Incorporating Safety into the Highway Design Process

Project Description

There is a growing public demand for safer streets and highways. In response to this demand, state and national transportation agencies have developed safety programs that emphasize public education, accelerated highway renewal, community-sensitive street systems, and innovative technology to facilitate safe highway design. Highway safety concerns are also evident in Texas. Crashes in Texas continue to increase and currently exceed 300,000 per year. Nearly 4000 motorists die annually on Texas highways. The goal of this multi-year project is to develop and maintain a comprehensive, state-of-the-art assembly of resource documents, workshops, and reference materials dealing with the safety effects of geometrics.

Project Publications

A Plan for Incorporating Safety into the Highway Design Process 0-4703-1

Role and Application of Accident Modification Factors in the Highway Design Process 0-4703-2

Development of Tools for Evaluating the Safety Implications of Highway Design Decisions 0-4703-4

Calibration Factors Handbook: Safety Prediction Models Calibrated with Texas Highway System Data 0-4703-5

Incorporating Safety into the Highway Design Process: Fifth-Year Report 0-4703-6

Development of Safety Performance Monitoring Procedures 0-4703-7

Incorporating Safety into the Highway Design Process: Summary Report 0-4703-S

Roadway Safety Design Synthesis 0-4703-P1

Interim Roadway Safety Design Workbook 0-4703-P4

Procedure for Using Accident Modification Factors in the Highway Design Process 0-4703-P5

Roadway Safety Design: An Engineer's Guide to Evaluating the Safety of Design Alternatives 0-4703-P8

Roadway Safety Design Workbook 0-4703-P2

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