Intersection Safety Strategies
- Posted: Thursday June 23rd, 2016
- Source: Federal Highway Administration
- Topic: Engineering, Road
- Sub-Topic: Geometric Design, Intersection Design/Safety, Low Cost Countermeasures, Safety Countermeasures
Description:
This FHWA guide provides safety strategies for both signalized and Unsignalized intersections. The strategies are ranked by cost (low, moderate, moderate-high, and high), as well as, divided into safety categories.
For signalized intersections categories include:
- Reduce frequency and severity of intersection conflicts through traffic control and operational improvements
- Reduce intersection conflicts through geometric improvements
- Improve sight distance at signalized intersections
- Improve driver awareness of intersections and signal control
- Improve driver compliance with traffic control devices
- Improve access management near signalized intersections
- Improve safety through other infrastructure treatments
For Unsignalized intersections categories include:
- Improve management of access
- Reduce conflicts through geometric design improvements
- Improve sight distance
- Improve availability of gaps and assist drivers in judging gaps
- Improve driver awareness
- Choose appropriate intersection traffic control
- Improve compliance with traffic control devices and traffic laws
- Reduce operating speeds
- Guide motorists more effectively
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