SPR-5020: Identifying Locations with Abnormally High Wrong Way Driving or Interstate U-Turns

Wrong way driving on Interstate entrance ramps and illegal U-Turns are emerging as safety concerns. These types of crashes are relatively infrequent, highly dependent on crash report narrative, and difficult to track at scale for systematically identifying locations that are candidates for mitigation measures. Connected vehicle data provides an important data source that scales well for developing procedures to identify wrong way driving and illegal Interstate U-Turns.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $224,109.00
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-5020

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Bullock, Darcy

  Desai, Jairaj

  Sakhare, Rahul

• Start Date: 20250901
• Expected Completion Date: 20270228
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Connected vehicles; Crash data; Interstate highways; On ramps; Traffic data; U turns; Wrong way driving
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01960879
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-5020
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 17 2025 3:59PM