Investigators from University of California Release New Data on Risk Management (Speeding in highway work zone: An Evaluation of methods of speed…

Investigators from University of California Release New Data on Risk Management (Speeding in highway work zone: An Evaluation of methods of speed control)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Current study results on Risk Management have been published. According to news originating from Davis, California, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "Highway workers frequently work in close proximity of live traffic in highway work zones, traffic accidents therefore have devastating effects on worker safety. In order to reduce the potential for such accidents, methods involving use of advisory signs and police presence have been used to mitigate accident risks and improve safety for highway workers."

Financial support for this research came from Caltrans.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of California, "This research evaluates the magnitude of the speeding problem in highway work zones and the effects of four levels of police presence on improving work zone safety. Speed data were collected in six different work zone locations in northern and southern California and used to determine the magnitude and nature of speeding problem in highway work zones. In addition data were collected over 11 test-days in four work zones with four levels of police presence: radar speed display with police decal and lighting, passive use of a police vehicle with radar speed display, passive use of a police vehicle without radar speed display, and active police speed enforcement near work zones. This paper analyzes this data using statistical methods to evaluate the effectiveness of these different methods of speed control on the safety of the work zone. Four Measures of Effectiveness (MOE) were used in this evaluation consisting of average speed reduction, speed variance, 85th percentile speed, and proportion of high speed vehicles."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "The results indicate that all levels of police presence provided statistically significant improvements in one or more of the MOEs."

For more information on this research see: Speeding in highway work zone: An Evaluation of methods of speed control. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2018;113():202-212. Accident Analysis and Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis and Prevention - www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from B. Ravani, University of California, Res Center, AHMCT, Davis, CA 95616, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.01.030. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Keywords for this news article include: Davis, California, United States, North and Central America, Risk Management, Legal Issues, University of California.

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