Strategies to Address Head-on Crashes

This research project aims to develop strategies to address head-on crashes in District Seven. This goal will be achieved by first understanding the contributing factors leading to head-on collisions and then using this knowledge to identify and recommend effective countermeasures and strategies to address these crashes. Accordingly, the specific project objectives include: (1) review and summarize existing literature on head-on crashes; (2) identify specific contributing causes, factors, and patterns of head-on crashes; (3) estimate Crash Modification Factors (CMFs) to assess the safety effects of common engineering treatments to mitigate head-on crashes; and (4) develop near-term and long-term implementation action plans.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $175000
• Contract Numbers:

  BED29 977-07

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Florida International University

  Division of Research
  11200 SW 8th St, MARC 430
  Miami, FL  United States  33199
• Managing Organizations:

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Research Center
  605 Suwannee Street MS-30
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Project Managers:

  Alluri, Priyanka

• Performing Organizations:

  Florida International University

  Division of Research
  11200 SW 8th St, MARC 430
  Miami, FL  United States  33199
• Principal Investigators:

  Guthrie, Jo Ellyn

• Start Date: 20230405
• Expected Completion Date: 20240831
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Crash causes; Crash modification factors; Frontal crashes
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01878637
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Florida Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: BED29 977-07
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 5 2023 11:13AM