This document summarizes available methods for transportation agencies and road contractors to design and operate work zones to reduce the risk of large truck crashes. Large trucks include vehicles … [Read more...] about Design and Operation of Work Zone Strategies to Improve Large Truck Safety
Truck Crashes
Safe Trucking Through Work Zones
This brochure offers safety tips for trucking through work zones. Statistics and the most commonly occurred types and locations of large truck crashes in work zones are also provided. … [Read more...] about Safe Trucking Through Work Zones
Talking Freight – Work Zone Design and Large Trucks
The reconstruction and rehabilitation of U.S. interstate highways and other major and minor roadways that are part of the overall roadway system network often require work zones that allow the … [Read more...] about Talking Freight – Work Zone Design and Large Trucks
Highway Accident Report: Multivehicle Collision, Interstate 44 Eastbound, Gray Summit, Missouri, August 5, 2010
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
6 Killed, 1 Hurt in Chain-Reaction Crash in Work Zone on Northern NY Road
Six people were killed in an accident on a northern New York road Thursday when a tractor-trailer rear-ended a vehicle moving slowly due to road repaving, causing a chain reaction of accidents … [Read more...] about 6 Killed, 1 Hurt in Chain-Reaction Crash in Work Zone on Northern NY Road
Fatal Work Zone Accident on Turnpike Near Fremont
One man is dead and two seriously injured after a semi-truck struck three Ohio Turnpike Commission workers. The accident caused westbound lanes on the turnpike to be shutdown, resulting in a few miles … [Read more...] about Fatal Work Zone Accident on Turnpike Near Fremont