Citation

Hauer E, Allery BK, Kononov J, Griffith M. Transp. Res. Rec. 2004; 1897: 48-54.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

The starting point for a program of local safety improvements is the preparation of a list of sites with promise at which to conduct a detailed engineering study, by which cost-effective projects can be identified. Inclusion on the list depends on the criteria used for ranking sites. Five alternative ranking criteria were compared by the cost-effectiveness of the projects to which they lead. It was found that sites at which most accidents or most severity-weighed accidents are expected lead to most cost-effective projects.