Midwest Roadside Safety Pooled Fund Program (FY25-FY29)
n 1990, three states in the Midwest, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri, recognized the need for additional research to improve roadside safety and to reduce injuries and fatalities associated with ran-off-road crashes. With this need, the concept of a State Department of Transportation, annually-funded, research program was conceived. As a result, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln collaborated with the States of Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri to form the Midwest States Regional Pooled Fund Program, a program dedicated for sponsoring roadside safety research. In 1994, the program was joined by the States of Iowa and Minnesota. In 1995 and 1996, the States of South Dakota and Wisconsin jointed the Pooled Fund Program, respectively. In 1997, the State of Ohio joined the Pooled Fund Program with the other seven states. From 2000 to 2005, the Pooled Fund Program continued with support from these eight member states in addition to short-term support from the states of California, Connecticut, Montana, and Texas. In 2005 and 2006, the states of Illinois and Wyoming joined the Pooled Fund Program, respectively. In the 30th year, the Pooled Fund program has nineteen member states, including California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Largely due to the support from the Midwest Pooled Fund Program, MwRSF has come to be recognized as a global leader in the development of crashworthy safety structures. Numerous safety features have been developed through the Midwest Pooled Fund Program and have been adopted nationwide with several systems adopted internationally. These new safety features have saved the lives of countless motorists across the nation over the last decade. OBJECTIVES: The Midwest Roadside Safety Pooled Fund Program is a collaborative program between state DOTs and the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF) dedicated to sponsoring roadside safety research. The goal of this program is to address the roadside safety needs of state DOTs, solve problems of similar interest, and standardize safety features across state borders. MwRSF and Pooled Fund member states eagerly welcome new members. The goals of the Midwest Roadside Safety Pooled Fund Program include: 1) improving highway safety by making the roadside less hazardous for motorists; 2) designing, developing, and crash testing innovative roadside safety hardware to current impact safety standards, such as the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH); 3) conducting safety performance evaluations of existing roadside features; 4) performing computer simulation modeling of vehicle impacts with roadside hardware and geometric features; and 5) developing roadside safety guidance to aid transportation agencies in improving motorist safety.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Programmed
- Funding: $2815120
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Contract Numbers:
TPF-5(533)
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Sponsor Organizations:
California Department of Transportation
1227 O Street
Sacramento, CA United States 95814Indiana Department of Transportation
Indiana Government Center North
100 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, IN United States 46204-2249Iowa Department of Transportation
800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA United States 50010Kansas Department of Transportation
Eisenhower State Office Building
700 SW Harrison Street
Topeka, KS United States 66603-3754Missouri Department of Transportation
1617 Missouri Blvd.
P.O. Box 270
Jefferson City, MO United States 65102Nebraska Department of Transportation
1500 Highway 2
P.O. Box 94759
Lincoln, NE United States 68509-4759Ohio Department of Transportation
Research Program
1980 West Broad Street
Columbus, OH United States 43223South Dakota Department of Transportation
700 East Broadway Avenue
Pierre, SD United States 57501Utah Department of Transportation
4501 South 2700 West
Project Development
Salt Lake City, UT United States 84114-8380Virginia Department of Transportation
1408 E Broad Street
Richmond, VA United States 23219Wisconsin Department of Transportation
PO Box 7910
4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 104
Madison, WI United States 53707-7910South Carolina Department of Transportation
955 Park Street
P.O. Box 191
Columbia, SC United States 29202-0191New Jersey Department of Transportation
1035 Parkway Avenue
Trenton, NJ United States 08625 -
Managing Organizations:
Nebraska Department of Transportation
1500 Nebraska 2
Lincoln, NE United States 68502 -
Project Managers:
Fischer, Mark
- Start Date: 0
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash tests; Highway design; Highway safety; Roadside; Standardization; State departments of transportation
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01922046
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
- Contract Numbers: TPF-5(533)
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jun 18 2024 3:47PM