First International Roadside Safety Conference and Peer Exchange

Every year, over 17,000 people are killed in roadway departure crashes in the U.S. The primary goal of this conference and peer exchange on Roadside Safety Design is to effect changes that will reduce the frequency and severity of roadside crashes. The ultimate measure of effectiveness is a reduction in the number of fatalities and injuries resulting from run-off-road crashes. To help meet this goal, roadside safety researchers, experts, and U.S./international partners have deemed it highly beneficial to develop and implement a Roadside Safety Conference that would occur every 3 to 5 years. The primary objective for the First International Roadside Safety Conference (IRSC) and Peer Exchange would be to reduce deaths and serious injuries associated with run-off-road crashes. The IRSC would contribute to this objective by: (1) peer exchange and improved dissemination of information within the international roadside safety community; (2) increased collaboration with international roadside safety experts, researchers, government agencies, and engineering consultants; and (3) a more rapid implementation of new technologies, best practices, and products from around the world. Key focus areas may include: (1) Advances in rigid and flexible barrier design; (2) Geometric features - i.e., slopes, ditches, drainage culverts, curbs, pavement edges; (3) Work-zone and temporary traffic control safety; (4) Implementation guidelines for safety treatments; (5) In-service performance evaluations; (6) Barrier compatibility for vehicles and motorcycles; (7) Vulnerable user safety - pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists; (8) Cost-effective safety improvements for low-volume roads; (9) Barrier selection criteria; (10) Narrow hazards - trees, luminaires, utility poles, signs, and traffic signals; (11) New energy-absorbing technologies; (12) Aesthetic safety treatments and practices; (13) Median design and crash prevention; (14) Improved visibility and delineation; (15) Maintenance of existing roadside safety infrastructure; (16) Computer simulation, dynamic component testing, and full-scale crash testing; (17) Road/roadside safety audits or management systems; (18) "Safe System Approach;" (19) Before/after crash data studies; (20) Concepts, products, and methods designed to reduce roadway departure crashes; (21) Strategic Highway Safety Plans and; (22) Rollover crashes.

• Record URL:
  http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/578

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $35000
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(329)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building
  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155

  Nebraska Department of Transportation

  1500 Highway 2
  P.O. Box 94759
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68509-4759

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Research Program
  1980 West Broad Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43223

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504

  West Virginia Department of Transportation

  Division of Highways
  Building 5, Room A-110
  Charleston, WV  United States  25305-0430

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  200 Mero Street
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622
• Project Managers:

  Gibson, Jodi

• Start Date: 20211013
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 40661

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Conferences; Crash analysis; Design; Geometric design; Highway safety; Medians; Prevention; Ran off road crashes; Roadside; Roadside hazards; Rollover crashes; Traffic crashes; Vulnerable road users
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01576039
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(329)
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 22 2015 9:00AM