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Title:

Application of the Roadway Safety Analysis Methodology in Utah
Cover of Application of the Roadway Safety Analysis Methodology in Utah

Accession Number:

01624327

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) continues to advance the safety of the state roadway network through their participation and endorsement of the “Zero Fatalities: A Goal We Can All Live With™” campaign to increase awareness of the importance of highway safety. As a continuing effort by UDOT to advance the safety of their roadway network, a research team from Brigham Young University (BYU) conducted research to apply and automate recently completed safety analysis tools in the state. This effort resulted in the creation of the Roadway Safety Analysis Methodology (RSAM), developed to apply and automate the work accomplished in recently completed highway safety research in Utah. The purpose of this paper is to report the results of applying the RSAM in Utah. The RSAM allows for an evaluation of highway safety in a statewide network, prioritizing the roadways experiencing more crashes than what would be expected. Utilizing the automation tools and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) in the RSAM, statistical models are utilized that allow users to evaluate the safety issues of roadways within their jurisdiction. By using the RSAM, UDOT Safety Programs engineers, Region directors, and other interested users have access to tools that will allow them to make informed decisions related to prioritizing highway safety projects and programs within the state of Utah. As the RSAM continues to develop and to be refined, other states can apply the methodology and statistically based tools to their jurisdictions and improve their decision making tools related to safety on their highways.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB10 Standing Committee on Transportation Safety Management.

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-01642

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Mineer, Samuel T
Schultz, Grant G
Saito, Mitsuru

Pagination:

14p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Photos; References (21) ; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Utah

Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-01642

Files:

NTL, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 10:33AM