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Publication

Highway Work Zone Safety

Abstract:

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 highway; 3) the use of truck-mounted attenuators in moving maintenance operations and at long-term construction sites; 4) the placement of flaggers; 5) the need to identify design changes in work zones that will aid drivers with degraded sensory perceptions resulting from aging, inattentiveness, or impairment; 6) the lack of compliance with existing guidelines for work zone traffic control devices and procedures; and 7) the need for a national work zone safety program. As a result of this study, safety recommendations were issued to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

Publisher: National Transportation Safety Board
Publication Date: May 12, 1992
Source URL: Link to URL
Publication Types: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Topics: Crash Data; Work Zone Safety

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