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Roadside Encroachment Database Development and Analysis

项目名称：	Roadside Encroachment Database Development and Analysis
摘要：	Run-off-road (ROR) traffic crashes account for almost one-third of the deaths and serious injuries each year on US highways. The effective design of roadsides, including the placement of roadside safety devices, can reduce the frequency and/or severity of these crashes but requires an understanding of the nature and frequency of roadside encroachments. Unfortunately, the best quality encroachment data currently available were collected in the 1960s and 1970s. The age of these datasets means they are likely no longer representative of the current vehicle fleet or highway conditions. Further, each of these datasets has significant limitations, including specific exclusion of heavy vehicles and motorcycles and a very limited range of traffic volumes (i.e., less than 20,000 vehicles per day); such limitations have fostered much debate over the value of findings from these studies. Immense progress has taken place in both the development of new roadside safety devices and in the improvement of existing devices since the 1960s. Proper development, testing, and placement of these devices along the roadside, however, is required to maximize their effectiveness. The guidelines for development, testing, and placement of these devices rely heavily on roadside encroachment data across the range of traffic volumes and vehicle types. There is a critical need to collect new roadside encroachment data to understand the frequency and nature of encroachments across the entire vehicle fleet. These data will guide refinement of current crash testing procedures in the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) and facilitate updates to the Roadside Design Guide (RDG) and potentially the Highway Safety Manual (HSM). Thus, this research is supported by the Technical Committee on Roadside Safety�s (TCRS) Strategic Plan. The objectives of this research are to (1) develop a database of roadside encroachment characteristics for a variety of roadside conditions and roadway types and (2) analyze the database to evaluate (a) the effects of the characteristics on the nature and frequency of roadside encroachments, (b) the relationship between unreported and reported crashes, and (c) whether heavy vehicles, buses, and motorcycles encroach differently than passenger vehicles.
状态：	Active
资金：	675000
资助组织：	Federal Highway Administration
项目负责人：	Harrigan, Edward T
执行机构：	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg
主要研究人员：	Gabler, H Clay
开始时间：	20180619
预计完成日期：	20220618
实际结束时间：	0