Using Advanced Technologies to Reduce Commercial Motor Vehicle Crashes in Work Zones

Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) have been overrepresented in severe-injury and fatal crashes in work zones. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), between 2018 and 2020, CMVs were involved in 13 percent of fatal crashes nationally outside of work zones, and 32 percent of fatal crashes in work zones. The issue is even more significant on rural interstate facilities, where nearly 56 percent of fatal work-zone crashes involve a CMV. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has joined the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and selected state departments of transportation (DOTs) to develop action plans to reduce CMV-related crashes. Advanced technologies, such as intelligent transportation systems and traffic control devices, can be used to reduce severe-injury crashes and fatalities related to CMVs in work zones. The research objective is to develop a guide for using advanced technologies to help state DOTs, public safety agencies, and the motor carrier industry reduce and mitigate the risk of CMV crashes in work zones.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5350
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $500000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 17-121

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Crichton-Sumners, Camille

• Start Date: 20230214
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Deployment; State departments of transportation; Technological innovations; Traffic crashes; Warning systems; Work zone safety
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01845592
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 17-121
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 18 2022 11:04AM