Effective Coordination with Towing Companies for Incident Response and Clearance

The project objectives are to synthesize existing DOT practices regarding coordination with towing companies and incident management and to develop training opportunities that will improve towing worker safety as well as traffic safety by improving incident response and clearance. The research methodology to meet this objective includes a literature review, survey, and coordination with the tow trucking industry. Attainment of the project objectives will help improve worker and traffic safety through faster response to and clearing of traffic incidents.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $150,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  TR202514

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Missouri Department of Transportation

  1617 Missouri Boulevard
  P.O. Box 270
  Jefferson City, MO  United States  65102
• Project Managers:

  Breeding, Scott

• Performing Organizations:

  Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation

  Lafferre Hall
  416 S 6th St.
  Columbia, Missouri  United States  65201
• Principal Investigators:

  Brown, Henry

• Start Date: 20241001
• Expected Completion Date: 20250930
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coordination; Incident management; Safety; State of the practice; Tow trucks; Training
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01953941
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Missouri Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: TR202514
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 2025 9:24AM