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1 Background Crashes and related deaths and injuries involving utility poles have been a problem in the United States for many decades. Recently, more than 900 people died annually, and approximately 40,000 more were injured each year in collisions with utility and light poles along streets and highways.
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2 Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches Year Agency Author Title 1967 AASHTO Yellow Book Design and Operational Practices Related to Highway Safety 1973 FHWA Wentworth Motor Vehicle Accidents Involving Utility Poles -- Summary of Data Availability 1974 AASHTO Yellow Book Design and Operational Practices Related to Highway Safety 1980 FHWA Mak and Mason Accident Analysis -- Breakaway and Nonbreakaway Poles, Including Sign and Light Standards Along Highways 1980 NCHRP Michie and Mak Interim Criteria for Identifying Timber Utility Poles for Breakaway Modification 1983 TRB Zegeer and Parker Cost-Effectiveness of Countermeasures for Utility Pole Accidents 1986 FHWA Ivey and Morgan Timber Pole Safety by Design 1987 AA&P Good, Fox, and Joubert An In-Depth Study of Accidents Involving Collisions with Utility Poles 1989 TRB Ivey and Mak Recommended Guidelines for New Utility Installations 1991 NHUC Ivey The Time Has Come for Utility Pole Safety Programs 1992 FHWA Buser and Buser The Breakaway Timber Utility Pole: A Survivable Alternative 1993 NCHRP Ross et al. Recommended Procedures for the Safety Performance Evaluation of Highway Features 1993 TRB Ivey, Branstad, and Griffin Guardrail End Treatments in the 1990s 1995 FHWA Hehr The First Installation of Breakaway Timber Utility Poles 2011b AASHTO AASHTO Roadside Design Guide (RDG)
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Summary 3 Purpose of Report The purpose of this synthesis report is to summarize the strategies, policies, and technologies that STAs and UOs use to respond to safety concerns associated with utility poles. Information was gathered from a comprehensive literature review and also from the results of STA and UO surveys and interviews.
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4 Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches damage only (PDO) crashes vary widely and usually range from approximately $200 to $1,000.
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Summary 5 death or serious injury from a utility pole collision was associated with higher impact speeds and greater pole circumference (Mak and Mason 1980)
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6 Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches to high (e.g., AADT exceeding approximately 10,000 vehicles)
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Summary 7 measures also are available to aid in keeping vehicles on the roadway, such as in-advance curve warning signs or chevrons, edge-line rumble strips, superelevations on horizontal curves, and many other design options. Any of these solutions can be considered to reduce the frequency and severity of utility pole crashes under various conditions (Ivey and Scott 2004)
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8 Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches Analyze how dedicated funding could be made available to STAs, LPAs, and UOs for instituting safety improvements related to roadside and utility pole safety.
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