摘要: |
The report (Volume I) presents a study to evaluate the safey performance of G4 (1S) strong-post W-beam guardrails on both limited and non-limited access facilities in Florida. A companion report (i.e., Volume II) focuses on the performance of cable median barriers in Florida. In total, 685.2 miles of limited access facilities and 341.5 miles of non-limited access facilities were identified to have G4 (1S) strong-post W-beam guardrails. A atotal of 40,738 crashes from the year 2006-2010 at these locations were identified and their police reports were reviewed to obtain detailed crash information. OF these 40,738 crashes, 8,674 crashes were determined to be guardrail-related (i.e., involving vehicles hitting a guardrail.). These crashes were reviewed in further detail to identify crossover crashes and the manner in which the vehicles crossed the guardrails, i.e., either by over-riding, under-riding, or penetrating the guardrails. |