Work Zone Mobility and Safety Program
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Description of Slide 18

2000-2005 work zone fatal crashes shows that 20% of crashes were pedestrian related and 25% were construction equipment/worker related, indicating new empahsis areas.

Description

This image shows a copy of an Excel spreadsheet, providing a summary of work zone fatal crashes from 2000-2005. The spreadsheet lists total number and percentage of crashes categorized by Pedestrian, Construction Equipment/Worker, Trucks, Speeding, DUI, Seatbelts NOT Used, Interstate, US/SR, Other Route, Motorcycle, Stopped Traffic, Not Staying in Correct Lane, Rear End, Not Dry Pavement, and Night. The following table replicates the table in the image. The image has arrows pointing to the total percentages for Pedestrians (20%), Construction Equip/Worker (25%) and Trucks (38%) and says "New Emphasis Areas?"

Total
Number
Peds Construction
Equip/Worker
Trucks Speeding DUI Seatbelts NOT Used Interstate US/SR Other
route
Motorcycle Stopped
Traffic
Not Staying in
Correct Lane
Rear Entry Not Dry
Pavement
Night
20 5 5 6 4 2 5 of 12 11 6 3 3 5 8 5 4 7
empty cell 25% 25% 30% 20% 10% 42% 55% 30% 15% 15% 25% 40% 2500% 20% 35%
14 2 4 4 7 1 6 of 10 7 5 2 2 2 2 4 2 8
empty cell 14% 29% 29% 50% 7% 60% 50% 36% 14% 14% 14% 14% 29% 14% 57%
14 2 4 4 7 1 9 of 11 10 3 1 1 3 6 4 1 1
empty cell 14% 29% 29% 50% 7% 82% 71% 21% 7% 7% 21% 43% 29% 7% 7%
26 4 5 10 11 6 10 of 20 10 12 4 2 2 10 5 4 11
empty cell 15% 19% 38% 42% 23% 50% 38% 46% 15% 8% 8% 38% 19% 15% 42%
20 4 7 11 6 2 8 of 12 14 1 5 4 4 5 6 2 7
empty cell 20% 35% 55% 30% 10% 67% 70% 5% 25% 20% 20% 25% 30% 10% 35%
16 5 2 7 4 4 6 of 11 8 4 4 0 1 5 1 1 4
empty cell 31% 13% 44% 25% 25% 55% 50% 25% 25% 0% 6% 31% 6% 6% 25%
110 22 27 42 39 16 44 of 76 60 31 19 12 17 36 25 14 38
empty cell 20% 25% 38% 35% 15% 58% 55% 28% 17% 11% 15% 33% 23% 13% 35%