Report of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Traffic Safety

Report of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Traffic Safety
Author: United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Secretary's Advisory Committee on Traffic Safety
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Total Pages: 168
Release: 1968
Genre: Traffic safety
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Enhancing Crash Data Reporting to Highway Safety Partners in Wyoming by Utilizing Data Analysis and Survey Techniques

Enhancing Crash Data Reporting to Highway Safety Partners in Wyoming by Utilizing Data Analysis and Survey Techniques
Author: Sahima Nazneen
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Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre: Highway engineering
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Road crashes have been a substantial concern for public highway agencies and societies for several decades. Traffic safety analysis is required to raise awareness about the effects of road crashes and traffic injuries and recommend the best measures to counter the occurrence of traffic crashes. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is the main transportation agency responsible for traffic safety in the state. Traffic safety stakeholders and partner agencies in Wyoming rely on WYDOT for reliable and accurate data to fulfill their strategic goals of improving road safety. This study assessed the safety data needs of partner agencies by identifying gaps in the type and quality of safety data provided by WYDOT through a survey questionnaire and provided recommendations for WYDOT regarding road safety data reporting. Various human aspects, including but not limited to, age, gender, seatbelt nonuse, impaired driving, and speeding, play crucial roles in crash frequency and severity. In this regard, the objective of this study is to analyze human factors influencing road safety in Wyoming. To this end, this study explored the factors related to the seatbelt nonuse rate and children injured in traffic crashes in Wyoming. The research also focused on identifying factors that contribute to pedestrian injury severity, bicycle, motorcycle, and Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) injury crashes. The findings of this study provide new insights into enhancing traffic safety for WYDOT and other partner agencies by identifying appropriate countermeasures to mitigate the impact of human factors on crash injury severity as well as reduce the number of severe and fatal crashes.

Action Program

Action Program
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Total Pages: 84
Release: 1949
Genre: Traffic accidents
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WRRSP

WRRSP
Author: Khaled Ksaibati
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Total Pages: 266
Release: 2009
Genre: Gravel roads
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SAFETEA-LU contains language indicating that state department of transportation (DOTs) will be required to address safety on local and rural roads. It is important for state, county, and city officials to cooperate in producing a comprehensive safety plan to improve their statewide safety. This legislation provides an opportunity to implement a more cohesive and comprehensive approach to local road safety in Wyoming. The Wyoming Local Technical Assistant Program (LTAP) coordinated an effort in cooperation with the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) as well as Wyoming counties and cities to identify low cost safety improvements on righ risk rural roads in Wyoming. In this project, safety techniques and methodologies were developed to identify and then rank high risk locations on rural roadways in Wyoming. What makes this project unique is the high percentage of gravel roads at the local level in Wyoming. The evaluation procedure developed is based on historical crash records and field evaluations. The main objective of this research was to develop and evaluate transportation safety techniques that can help Wyoming agencies in reducing crashes and fatalities on rural roads statewide. Three Wyoming counties were included in the pilot study. The statewide implementation began in 2009. This report describes the findings and recommendations of this research study, which would be very beneficial not only in Wyoming but also to those states interested in implementing a High Risk Rural Road (HRRR) Program.

Action Program for Highway Safety

Action Program for Highway Safety
Author: United States. President's Committee for Traffic Safety
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Total Pages: 250
Release: 1961
Genre: Traffic safety
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Implementation of the WRRSP (Wyoming Rural Road Safety Program)

Implementation of the WRRSP (Wyoming Rural Road Safety Program)
Author: Khaled Ksaibati
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Total Pages: 80
Release: 2011
Genre: Rural roads
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SAFETEA-LU contains language indicating that State Department of Transportation (DOTs) will be required to address safety on local and rural roads. It is important for state, county, and city officials to cooperate in producing a comprehensive safety plan to improve statewide safety. This legislation provides an opportunity to implement a more cohesive and comprehensive approach to local road safety in Wyoming. The Wyoming Local Technical Assistant Program (LTAP) coordinated an effort in cooperation with the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), Wyoming Division of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), as well as Wyoming counties and cities to identify low-cost safety improvements on high-risk rural roads in Wyoming. Crash data was obtained from the WYDOT CARE program which includes all reported crashes on all rural county roads. Wyoming rural roads have relatively small numbers of crashes. Therefore, longer analysis periods were needed to identify high-risk locations. The Wyoming Rural Road Safety Program (WRRSP) obtained data over a 10-year period to conduct crash data analysis. The combined crash data and field safety evaluation procedure will result in the identification of high crash locations where specific safety countermeasures are recommended. The proposed benefit/cost analysis will insure that only cost-effective measures will be selected for funding. WYDOT approved the WRRSP and recommended statewide implementation in 2008. In addition, WYDOT and the FHWA Division office approved the WRRSP for eligibility to receive funding from the High Risk Rural Road (HRRR) Program. Three Wyoming counties were included in the initial study, and nine additional counties have participated since the initial study. Three additional counties have already requested help to implement this program in the near future. The statewide implementation was launched in 2009. Safety projects funded by the WRRSP included: Installation of advance warning signs, delineators, and guard railing, pavement striping; widening of shoulders; relocation of mail boxes from inside of right of way (ROW); installation of culvert and cattleguard extensions; relocation of fences, and improving horizontal and vertical alignments. A statewide sign program was also implemented with the WRRSP. This report summarizes the implementation of the WRRSP in Wyoming.