Assessing the effects of geometry and non-geometry related factors in work-zone crashes

M Islam - Traffic injury prevention, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Work zones are unique in geometry and traffic management, utilizing special traffic
signs, standard channelizing devices, appropriate barriers, and pavement markings. These …

Analysis of injury severity of work zone crashes on rural and urban work zones: accounting for out-of-sample prediction and temporal instability

R Rangaswamy, N Alnawmasi, Y Zhang - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2024 - Elsevier
This research utilizes data collected in Florida to examine the differentials in injury severities
among single-vehicle drivers involved in work zone-related incidents, specifically focusing …

[图书][B] Investigating impact of work zones on crash frequency, severity and traffic

O Ozturk - 2014 - search.proquest.com
Work zone presence is an important concern for drivers in terms of safety and congestion. In
recent years, work zone safety has received much attention due to numerous highway …

Factors associated with work zone crashes

HJ Mohammed, YI Chang… - Transportation research …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Nationally, the annual number of fatal crashes in work zones over the past decade (2010–
2019) increased from 521 to 762, which led to rising fatalities from 546 in 2010 to 842 in …

Investigating the Impact of Work Zones on Crash Severity by Comparative Analysis

O Ozturk, K Ozbay, H Yang - 2015 - trid.trb.org
Work zone safety has received much attention in recent years due to numerous highway
construction projects that have resulted in many work zone crashes. To minimize the impact …

Road Work Zone Safety: Investigating Injury Severity in Motor Vehicle Crashes Using Random Effects Multinomial Logit Model

A Khattak, MU Farooq - 2023 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
Work zones serve the purpose of facilitating maintenance and rehabilitation activities on
roadways. However, these areas can also present unforeseen conditions to drivers …

Work zones versus nonwork zones: Risk factors leading to rear-end and sideswipe collisions

C Silverstein, J Schorr, SH Hamdar - Journal of Transportation …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Tens of thousands of vehicular collisions occur annually in work zones with nearly double
the fatality risk as compared to all collisions (work zone and nonwork zone). Due to this …

Analyzing the time-varying patterns of contributing factors in work zone-related crashes

S Das, A Dutta, R Tamakloe… - Journal of Transportation …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Work zones are crucial for maintaining and enhancing road infrastructure, but they also pose
a significant risk to traffic safety. Between 2016 and 2020, work zone-related crashes in the …

Unobserved heterogeneity and temporal instability in the analysis of work-zone crash-injury severities

M Islam, N Alnawmasi, F Mannering - Analytic methods in accident …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the state of Florida, work-zone related crashes and their resulting injury severities have
been increasing recently, particularly over the 2015 to 2017 time period. In the current study …

Work zone safety analysis and modeling: a state-of-the-art review

H Yang, K Ozbay, O Ozturk, K Xie - Traffic injury prevention, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Work zone safety is one of the top priorities for transportation agencies. In recent
years, a considerable volume of research has sought to determine work zone crash …