On August 5, 2010, in Gray Summit, Missouri, traffic slowed in the approach to an active work zone on eastbound Interstate 44. A 2007 Volvo truck-tractor with no trailer was traveling in the right … [Read more...] about Highway Accident Report: Multivehicle Collision, Interstate 44 Eastbound, Gray Summit, Missouri, August 5, 2010
National Transportation Safety Board
Highway Work Zone Safety
The safety issues discussed in this study are: 1) the usefulness of work zone accident data; 2) the hazards of two-lane, two-way operations without positive separation of traffic on a normally divided … [Read more...] about Highway Work Zone Safety
Highway Accident Report: Work Zone Collision Between a Tractor-Semitrailer and a Tennessee Highway Patrol Vehicle in Jackson, Tennessee, July 26, 2000
About 8:52 a.m. on July 26, 2000, an eastbound 1999 International truck tractor pulling a loadedsemitrailer, and traveling at a driver-estimated speed of 65 mph in a 55-mph work zone, collided with a … [Read more...] about Highway Accident Report: Work Zone Collision Between a Tractor-Semitrailer and a Tennessee Highway Patrol Vehicle in Jackson, Tennessee, July 26, 2000
Safety Board Determines Cause of Fatal School Bus Crash in Omaha, Nebraska
The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of a school bus crash in Nebraska was the failure of the Nebraska Department of Roads to recognize and correct the … [Read more...] about Safety Board Determines Cause of Fatal School Bus Crash in Omaha, Nebraska
Highway Accident Report: Multiple Vehicle Collision and Fire in a Work Zone on Interstate Highway 79 Near Sutton, West Virginia July 26, 1990
About 5:40 p.m. on July 26,1990, a truck operated by Double B Auto Sales, Inc., transporting eight automobiles entered a highway work zone near Sutton, West Virginia, on northbound Interstate Highway … [Read more...] about Highway Accident Report: Multiple Vehicle Collision and Fire in a Work Zone on Interstate Highway 79 Near Sutton, West Virginia July 26, 1990