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· Single-vehicle crashes accounted for more than half of all work zone fatal crashes.
· Rear-end fatal crashes were about 2.7 times as common in work zones as in
all fatal crashes.
Other points regarding work zone safety include the following:
· Ninety percent of work zone fatal crashes involved vehicle drivers or occupants.
Approximately 10 percent were pedestrians and bicyclists (FARS, 2003).
· Heavy trucks were involved in more than 20 percent of fatal work zone crashes
(FMCSA, 2004).
· Alcohol was involved in 39 percent of fatal work zone crashes in 2003 (National Work
Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse, http://wzsafety.tamu.edu/index.stm).
A broad range of engineering enforcement, education, and agency policy strategies are
available (and discussed in Section V) and the potential to significantly improve work zone
safety for workers, motorists, and other highway users. These safety strategies also link to
guides in the NCHRP Report 500 series already developed (or being developed) to address
other priority areas in the SHSP.
Key References
AARTBA (American Road and Transportation Builders Association). April 6, 2004. "Roadway
Construction Workers at Higher Risk Federal Government Data Show, ARTBA Programs Aim
to Improve Worker Safety." News Release. http://www.artba.org/news/press_releases/
2004/04-06-04.htm
Cambridge Systematics, Inc. (with Texas Transportation Institute). July 19, 2004. Traffic
Congestion and Reliability: Linking Solutions to Problems, prepared for Federal Highway
Administration, final report. http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/congestion_report/
congestion_report.pdf
DHHS/NIOSH (Department of Health and Human Services/National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health). Building Safer Highway Work Zones--Measures to Prevent
Worker Injuries from Vehicles. Publication No. 2001-128.
FARS (Fatality Analysis Reporting System). January 2005. Web-Based Encyclopedia.
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov
FARS (Fatality Analysis Reporting System). 1994-2003. 1994-2003 Alcohol Related Work
Zone Fatalities. NHTSA. http://wzsafety.tamu.edu/crash_data/alcohol_fatality.stm
FHWA (Federal Highway Administration). September 1998. Meeting the Customer's Needs for
Mobility and Safety During Construction and Maintenance Operations. Office of Program Quality
Coordination, FHWA-PR-98-01-A.
FHWA (Federal Highway Administration). 2004. Work Zone Facts and Statistics.
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/resources/facts_stats.htm
FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration). April 2004. Large Truck Crash Facts
2002. U.S. DOT. Analysis Division.
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Keever, D.B., K. Weiss, and R.C. Quarles. 2001. Moving Ahead: The American Public Speaks on
Roadways and Transportation in Communities. FHWAOP-01-017. National Transportation
Library, FHWA, U.S. Department of Transportation.
http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/10000/10300/10320/movingahead.pdf
Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America. August 1998. "Road Construction
Hazards Fact Sheet." Washington, D.C. http://wzsafety.tamu.edu/files/factsheet.stm
Wunderlich, K., and D. Hardesty. 2003. "A Snapshot of Summer 2001 Work Zone Activity
Based on Information Reported on State Road Closure and Construction Websites." EDL
13793. National Transportation Library, FHWA, U.S. Department of Transportation.
http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov//JPODOCS/REPTS_TE//13793.html
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