COVID-19 Impacts on Speed and Safety for Rural Roads and Work Zones

Unfortunately, reduced volumes resulting from COVID-19, along with the strain on enforcement, appears to be producing higher speeds and more aggressive driving. Several of the MnDOT data driven safety priorities, noted below, may be impacted by these new conditions. Understanding the magnitude of speeding and other driver behaviors requires measurement and contrast. This effort focuses on roadways within rural areas, which typically have the highest fatality and injury rates. We will also examine work zones where the combination of speed and inattention can yield disastrous results not only for the driver and occupants but also agency and construction workers.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $35,919.00
• Contract Numbers:

  1036334 WO#5

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155

  Local Road Research Board

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St. Paul, Minnesota  United States  55155-1899
• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Institute for Transportation
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, Iowa  United States  50010-8664
• Principal Investigators:

  Hallmark, Shauna

• Start Date: 20201230
• Expected Completion Date: 20210731
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: COVID-19; Drivers; Rural areas; Rural highways; Speeding; Traffic safety; Work zones
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01762005
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1036334 WO#5
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 6 2021 3:52PM