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
Crash Types
Truck Drivers’ Concerns in Work Zones: Travel Characteristics and Accident Experiences
A study was conducted to determine truck drivers' concerns about traffic control in work zones (WZs) and to identify the locations of accidents and risky driving situations. A statewide opinion survey … [Read more...] about Truck Drivers’ Concerns in Work Zones: Travel Characteristics and Accident Experiences
Highway Accidents in Construction and Maintenance Work Zones
Statewide accidents in which road under construction was listed as a contributing factor were documented for the period 1983 through 1986. Accident data and traffic control devices used at 20 case … [Read more...] about Highway Accidents in Construction and Maintenance Work Zones
5 Workers Killed after Elderly Driver Loses Control: Accident Occurred on Country’s First Annual ‘Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day’
An 81-year-old man lost control of his apple delivery truck Wednesday and plowed through a construction zone, killing five workers on the nation's first annual "Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day." The … [Read more...] about 5 Workers Killed after Elderly Driver Loses Control: Accident Occurred on Country’s First Annual ‘Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day’
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
Highway Safety: Work Zones, Law Enforcement, Motorcycles, Trucks, Older Drivers, and Pedestrians
This report offers findings on road use behavior in Estonia; the typology of motorcycle crashes; truck crashes; the relationship between injury and fatality in aging road users; pedestrian collision … [Read more...] about Highway Safety: Work Zones, Law Enforcement, Motorcycles, Trucks, Older Drivers, and Pedestrians