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9 Introduction This synthesis is based in part on TRB State of the Art Report 9 (Ivey and Scott 2004)
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10 Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches Figure 1. Collisions with utility poles, often with resulting serious injuries or fatalities for vehicle occupants (Image: Delaware DOT)
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Introduction 11 Figure 2. Fixed-object fatalities, by type of object struck, 2017 (IIHS 2018)
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12 Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches Report Objective The objective of this synthesis report is to summarize the strategies, policies, and technologies that STAs and UOs employ to address these safety concerns. Information gathered for this synthesis included how STAs and UOs identify, analyze, and successfully address potential utility pole hazards.
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Introduction 13 highway rights-of-way also are evaluated in the review. This part of the synthesis report literature review focuses on issues such as the following: • Policy details regarding the distance of poles from the road and other pole-placement criteria or regulatory guidance • Specific roadway treatments that STAs routinely employ to reduce utility pole crashes (or decrease the risk of such crashes)
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