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.
Publication Date: May 12, 1992
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Publication Types: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Topics: Crash Data; Work Zone Safety