Accident causation study on roadways with limited sight distance crest vertical curves /
a safety problem.
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1994.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | a safety problem. accurately reflect the driver and vehicle population Available sight distances less than 350-400 feet may present causation study was conducted to determine if roadways with contributing factor were caused by a vehicle striking another currently on the transportation network. An accident daytime or nighttime, as a possible contributing factor. Ten design of a roadway's horizontal and vertical alignment. distance as a contributing factor occurred on vertical curves distance equation were developed in the 1950s and may not distance. All the accidents with limited stopping sight drivers and large trucks did not appear to be overrepresented evaluated had limited stopping sight distance, during the evaluated were large truck accidents. In addition, only one in accidents on roadways with limited stopping sight it was determined that only 18 of the 439 accident narratives limited stopping sight distance as a contributing factor limited stopping sight distance present a safety hazard for Many of the parameters used in the current stopping sight National Safety Council. Only 30 of the accident narratives occurred on vertical curves with a K value less than 100, of stopping sight distance. Most of the accidents with of the 18 accidents with limited stopping sight distance as a of the large trucks was involved in an accident with stopping older driver as well as large trucks. The percentage of older drivers on the selected two-lane and multilane study percentage of older drivers in all accidents, reported by the roadways with limited sight distance crest vertical curves selected roadways. After analyzing the accident narratives, sight distance as a possible contributing factor. Older sites with limited stopping sight distance was similar to the Stopping sight distance is an important parameter used in the stopping sight distance present a significant problem for the the most recent three to five years were obtained for the the transportation network. Rural two-lane and multilane vehicle. There has been a concern that roadways with limited were identified in three states, and accident narratives for which corresponds to 350-375 feet of stopping sight distance. with a K value less than 125, which corresponds to 400 feet |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Civil Engineering". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 87 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |