Investigation of Contributing Factors Regarding Wrong-Way Driving on Freeways, Phase II

Submitter: Peggy Currid

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Title

Investigation of Contributing Factors Regarding Wrong-Way Driving on Freeways, Phase II

Contributor(s)

• Zhou, Huaguo
• Pour-Rouholamin, Mahdi

Issue Date

2015-09

Keyword(s)

• wrong-way driving
• crash
• contributing factors
• countermeasures
• traffic safety
• freeways

Abstract

In the second phase of this project, two major tasks were completed: (1) organizing a national wrong-way driving (WWD) summit and (2) developing guidelines for reducing WWD on freeways. The first national WWD summit was held in Edwardsville, Illinois, on July 18 and 19, 2013. The conference proceedings were published by the Illinois Center for Transportation in 2014. An executive summary on the findings and survey results from the summit are included in this report. Guidelines for reducing WWD on freeways were published in 2014 as another important outcome of Phase II for this project. The guidelines include four chapters: introduction, traffic control devices, geometric designs, and advanced technologies. A 4-hour training course was then developed based on the guidelines. A pilot training was conducted on March 26, 2015, in Springfield, Illinois. The participants’ comments and evaluation results are summarized in this report. The final training materials, comprising instructor’s notes and a student handbook, are submitted with this final report. In addition, another major task was to identify and develop a methodology to evaluate implemented WWD strategies by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The additional 2-year WWD crash data (2012–2013) were collected to conduct a before-and-after study. The preliminary results showed that the number of WWD crashes declined after implementation of the countermeasures. Because most of the countermeasures were implemented in early 2014, additional after-implementation crash data are recommended for a more comprehensive evaluation of different countermeasures.

Publisher

Illinois Center for Transportation/Illinois Department of Transportation

Series/Report Name or Number

Illinois Center for Transportation Series No. 15-016; FHWA-ICT-15-016

ISSN

0197-9191

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/88402

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Illinois Department of Transportation, R27-090

Copyright and License Information

No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161

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