Development of an Accident Warrant for Installation of Intersection Control Beacons at Rural Intersections in the State of Ohio
Author: Alan Joseph Kundtz
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 178
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Author: Alan Joseph Kundtz
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 178
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Prahlad D. Pant
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Civil Engineering
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jerome W. Hall
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 42
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 118
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: J. B. Bartell
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: International Road Federation
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 520
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) organized a pooled fund study of 26 States to evaluate low-cost safety strategies as part of its strategic highway safety effort. One of the strategies chosen to be evaluated for this study was flashing beacons. Three types of flashing beacons--intersection control beacons, beacons mounted on STOP signs, and actuated beacons--were considered collectively at stop-controlled intersections. This strategy is intended to reduce the frequency of crashes related to driver unawareness of stop control at unsignalized intersections. Geometric, traffic, and crash data were obtained at stop-controlled intersections for 64 sites in North Carolina and 42 sites in South Carolina. Empirical Bayes methods were incorporated in a before-after analysis to determine the safety effectiveness of installing flashing beacons, while accounting for potential selection bias and regression-to-the-mean effects. Overall, installation of flashing beacons in North Carolina resulted in statistically significant reductions in total, angle, and injury plus fatal crashes. The intersections in South Carolina experienced very little change following the introduction of flashing beacons. The combined results from both the States supports the conclusion that an angle crash reduction of a 13 percent and an injury and fatal crash reduction of 10 percent can be expected. The economic analysis based on the combined results for angle and nonangle accidents from both States indicates that standard flashing beacons and some of the actuated ones (i.e., the less expensive beacons) are economically justified, but that a benefit cost ratio of 2:1 may not be achievable for the more expensive actuated beacon types.
Author: Kay Fitzpatrick
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780309066242
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 90
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn parts 1 and 2 an investigation was conducted into the current effectiveness of center suspended and advance warning flashing beacons in reducing accidents, and safety lighting installations in reducing night accidents. A before and after study method was used to evaluate 45 flashing beacon and 41 safety lighting projects. The current warrants for intersection flashing beacons and for safety lighting were compared with other possible warrants to determine if more effective criteria could be established. 2 methods of predicting future accidents are reviewed.