Download or read book Trends in Large Truck Crashes written by Ezio C. Cerrelli and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trends in Large Truck Crashes written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Large Truck Accident Causation Final Report written by J. P. Eicher and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Large truck Crash Causation Study written by Marc Starnes and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Large Truck Crash Facts 1999 written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Traffic and Geometric Characteristics Affecting the Involvement of Large Trucks in Accidents written by Nicholas J. Garber and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent trends indicate that vehicle miles traveled for large trucks is increasing at a higher rate than for other vehicles. The resulting competition between large trucks and other vehicles for highway space can be expected to result in more multi-vehicle collisions involving large trucks. The likelihood of these collisions causing severe injuries to vehicle occupants will also increase with the trend towards the use of smaller automobiles and heavier and larger trucks. In order to develop countermeasures that will alleviate this problem, it is first necessary to identify the characteristics of large-truck accidents and the role of traffic and geometric variables in such accidents ents. The major factors associated with large-truck accidents including the effect of highway facility type and highway geometry are investigated. Changes in large-truck accidents for periods before and after 1982 are evaluated by a comparison of pre- and post-1982 accident involvement rates. Factors that might have affected large-truck travel and accident rates include the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (STAA), the improvement of the nation's economy, and deregulation of the trucking industry. The results indicate that fatal crashes involving large trucks have been increasing in contrast to all other vehicles, for which the fatality rates are constant for the same period. Driver-related factors are associated with 75 percent of all accidents involving trucks, and driver error is associated with SO percent of all fatal truck accidents. A significant correlation is also observed between driver error and highway alignment in accidents involving trucks. The risk of a fatality in a multi-vehicle accident involving a truck and another vehicle is found LO be highest on two-way undivided facilities. On divided, limited access facilities, this risk is reduced by 50 percent. An unexpected increase in tractor trailer accident involvement rates for non-STAA primary routes is observed and is attributed to incompatibilities between large-truck characteristics and the non-STAA highway environment. This interim report presents the results of the first part of a study, which also involves the development of models relating accident occurrence with geometric and traffic characteristics. The development of these models is now in progress. These models and the information given in this interim report will facilitate the formulation of countermeasures that will reduce accidents involving large trucks in Virginia.
Download or read book The Severity of Large Truck Accidents written by James H. Hedlund and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Analysis of Fatal Large Truck Crashes written by Ramal Moonesinghe and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Current Trend in Heavy Truck Accident Fatalities 1980 1984 Technical Report written by Ezio C. Cerrelli and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Large Truck Crash Profile the 1998 National Picture written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heavy trucks written by Mark E. Cassidy and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book THE LARGE TRUCK CRASH CAUSATION STUDY written by Daniel Blower and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Synthesis of Safety Implications of Oversize overweight Commercial Vehicles written by and published by AASHTO. This book was released on 2009 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this report is to identify known relationships between commercial vehicle safety and crash causation factors and to prepare a synthesis of safety implications of oversize/overweight (OS/OW) commercial vehicles. This information can be used to support commercial vehicle enforcement and permitting practices and justify expenditures and investments on size and weight enforcement to enhance safety. In producing this report, insight was gained into the impacts of truck size and weight (TSW) regulations through three case studies. The state of practice in estimating large truck crash rates is complicated because of the many configurations and the wide range of possible weights for any particular configuration. This report highlights four primary findings regarding the contributions of OS/OW to commercial vehicle crashes found by its researchers.
Download or read book Traffic and Geometric Characteristics Affecting the Involvement of Large Trucks in Accidents Accident characteristics and fault tree analysis written by Nicholas J. Garber and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent trends indicate that vehicle miles traveled for large trucks is increasing at a higher rate than for other vehicles. The resulting competition between large trucks and other vehicles for highway space can be expected to result in more multi-vehicle collisions involving large trucks. The likelihood of these collisions causing severe injuries to vehicle occupants will also increase with the trend towards the use of smaller automobiles and heavier and larger trucks. In order to develop countermeasures that will alleviate this problem, it is first necessary to identify the characteristics of large-truck accidents and the role of traffic and geometric variables in such accidents. This study investigated the major factors associated with large truck accidents including the effect of highway facility type and highway geometry, and the development of mathematical models relating the factors with accident rates and probability of occurrence. This first volume documents the methodology of the study, the results of a statistical analysis of large-trucks historical accident data, the results of a fault tree analysis. This second volume gives a detailed description of the development of the regression and logistic models.
Download or read book Passenger Vehicle Crashes Into Stationary Large Trucks written by Gary L. Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: House Joint Resolution No. 23, 2002 Session of Virginia's General Assembly, requested that the Virginia Transportation Research Council and the Crash Investigation Team of Virginia Commonwealth University's Transportation Safety Training Center conduct a study of highway crashes involving trucks and other large vehicles stopped on the roadway or shoulder and struck in the rear. The purpose of the study was to determine the spatial and perceptual factors, physiological elements, and ingredients that combine to cause or materially contribute to these crashes; how and why these crashes occur; and practical countermeasures to reduce the number and severity of these crashes. To answer the question of how and why these crashes occur, Virginia crash data from 1997 through 2001 were analyzed. In only a few crashes was a large truck stopped on the roadway or shoulder struck in the rear by a passenger vehicle. Rear-end crashes in which the leading vehicle was stopped were more numerous, but single-vehicle roadway departure crashes into parked vehicles were more severe. Environmental, roadway, and surface conditions had little influence. The major contributing factor was driver inattention. With regard to the psychological and perceptual factors contributing to these crashes, it is likely that large trucks are more conspicuous than other stopped vehicles because of their size, unique profile, and requirements for reflectorized tape. However, large trucks stopped or parked continue to be struck in the rear by passenger vehicles. The cause here is also driver inattention in several forms, none of which can be directly attributed to any particular crash without a detailed crash investigation. As to possible countermeasures, two approaches stand out: increasing driver attention and removing large trucks from the shoulder. Existing methods for increasing driver attention include using infrastructure warning systems and continuous shoulder rumble strips. Future improvements to driver attention are linked to technically advanced collision warning systems that will enter the marketplace before 2012 and provide an automatic warning to drivers of possible collisions. Removing large trucks from the shoulder is more of a problem and is tied to the larger issue of the supply and demand for public and private commercial vehicle parking. Short-term improvements include amending and strictly enforcing existing parking regulations, developing a pilot program to alert truck drivers of available parking facilities, and investigating the use of Virginia's weigh stations for large truck parking. The long-term approach includes conducting studies designed to document the extent of large truck parking on the ramps and shoulders of Virginia's limited access highways, assessing the adequacy of large-truck parking statewide, and prioritizing locations with the greatest need for public and private development of large-truck parking facilities.
Download or read book Summary of Medium Heavy Truck Crashes in written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Truck Safety written by Phyllis F. Scheinberg and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
