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Title: Safety Evaluation of Flashing Beacons at Stop-Controlled Intersections
Accession Number: 01099786
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: FHWA organized a pooled fund study of 26 states to evaluate low-cost safety strategies as part of its strategic highway safety effort. One of the strategies chosen to be evaluated was the installation of flashing beacons at stop-controlled intersections. The intent of flashing beacons is to reduce the frequency of crashes related to driver unawareness of stop control. Geometric, traffic, and crash data were obtained at stop-controlled intersections for 64 sites in North Carolina and 42 sites in South Carolina. Empirical Bayes methods were incorporated in a before–after analysis to determine the safety effectiveness of installing flashing beacons while accounting for potential selection bias and regression-to-the-mean effects. Overall, installation of flashing beacons in North Carolina resulted in statistically significant reductions in total, angle, and injury-plus-fatal crashes. The intersections in South Carolina experienced little change following the introduction of flashing beacons, but the combined results from both states still indicated a statistically significant reduction in angle and injury-plus-fatal crashes. An economic analysis indicated that standard flashing beacons can achieve a 2:1 benefit–cost ratio.
Monograph Accession #: 01114728
Language: English
Authors: Srinivasan, RaghavanCarter, Daniel LPersaud, Bhagwant NEccles, Kimberly ALyon, CraigPagination: pp 77-86
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 9780309113274
Media Type: Print
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 29 2008 5:00PM
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