Traffic Safety Evaluation of Nighttime and Daytime Work Zones

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/14196

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Traffic Safety Evaluation of Nighttime and Daytime Work Zones

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 627: Traffic Safety Evaluation of Nighttime and Daytime Work Zones explores the crash rates for nighttime and daytime work zones and examines management practices that promote safety and mobility in work zones. The report also highlights work-zone crash reporting suggestions designed to help improve the data collected on work zone crashes.

The following appendices to NCHRP Report 627 are available online:

Appendix A: Data Collection, Reduction, and Analysis in California, North Carolina, Ohio, and Washington

Appendix B: EB Crash Analysis

Appendix C: MMUCC Guideline Data Elements

Appendix F: NYSDOT Accident Reporting Program - Data Elements and Attributes

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2008. Traffic Safety Evaluation of Nighttime and Daytime Work Zones. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/14196.

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78 pages | 8.5 x 11 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/14196

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-viii
Summary	1-3
Chapter 1 - Background	4-7
Chapter 2 - NYSDOT Work Zone Accident Database Analysis	8-13
Chapter 3 - Analysis of Traffic Crashes during Nighttime and Daytime Work Zone Operations	14-33
Chapter 4 - Recommended Management Policies, Procedures, and Practices to Improve Nighttime and Daytime Work Zone Safety	34-49
Chapter 5 - Recommended Work Zone Crash Data Elements, Collection Techniques, and Analysis Methods	50-64
Chapter 6 - Findings and Recommendations	65-67
References	68-70
Appendixes A, B, C, and F	71-71
Appendix D - Suggested Revisions to MMUCC Guideline Definitions	72-73
Appendix E - Florida, Louisiana, and Maryland Agency Work Zone Crash Reporting Forms	74-78
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications	79-79

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