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Title:Safety Impacts of Design Exceptions in Utah
Authors:Richard J. Porter and Jonathan S. Wood
University:University of Utah
Publication Date:Aug 2012
Report #:MPC-12-248
Project #:MPC-360
TRID #:01383563
Keywords:crash rates, crash severity, design standards, highway design, highway safety
Type:Research Report – MPC Publications

 

Abstract

This research compares safety, measured by expected crash frequency and severity, on road segments where design exceptions were approved and constructed to similar road segments where no design exceptions were approved or constructed. Data were collected for design exceptions in Utah in the years 2001 through 2006.

How to Cite

Porter, Richard J., and Jonathan S. Wood. Safety Impacts of Design Exceptions in Utah, MPC-12-248. North Dakota State University - Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, Fargo: Mountain-Plains Consortium, 2012.

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