Publication Details

Safety effects of cross-section design on rural multilane highways

Type: Paper

Author(s): Wang, Jun; Hughes, Warren E.; Stewart, J. Richard

Collection title: HSIS Summary Report

Publisher: Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

Url: http://www.hsisinfo.org//pdf/97-027.pdf

Publication Date: Sept-1997

Number: FHWA-RD-97-027

Address: McLean, VA

Abstract: This is the summary report of a study conducted by J. Wang (LENDIS Corp.), W.E. Hughes (Bellomo-McGee, Inc.), and R. Stewart (Highway Safety Research Center of the University of North Carolina). The study examined the effects of various cross-section-related design elements on accident frequency and developed an accident prediction model for rural, multilane, non-freeway highways. The summary report describes the state data bases used, analysis methods, results, and study implications.