Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0
Title:
Interstate Highway Crash Injuries During Winter Snow and Non-Snow Events
Abstract:
This paper compares crashes and injuries reported during winter snow events to those during equivalent winter non-snow events in Iowa. A significant increase was observed when winter snow event injury and non-injury crash rates were compared to equivalent winter non-snow injuries and crash rates. Another finding was that crashes during snow events were less injurious compared to equivalent non-snow event crashes. Snow event crash data were then analyzed to study the effects of storm-specific characteristics on injury occurrence. Includes review of past literature.
Source(s):
80th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Iowa State University. For an electronic copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.
Date: 2001
Author:
Khattak, Knapp
Keywords:
Crashes
Safety
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