NTL Record

Title State Practices to Reduce Wet Weather Skidding Crashes
Record ID 74303
Personal Name
Creator
McGovern, Colleen M.; Rusch, Peter F; Noyce, David A.
Personal Name
Contributor
Xu, Guan; Cheung, Joseph; Knoblauch, Richard L.; Amjadi, Roya; Moravec, Michael M.; Allred, Craig
Corporate Creator United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
Corporate
Contributor
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
Publication Date 20110501
Language English
Abstract This report provides guidance to states for implementing a program focused on reducing wet weather skidding crashes and identifies the four common components of existing state programs. These components include identification of wet pavement crashes, friction testing procedures, investigation and remedial action of wet pavement crash locations, and project/program evaluations. The report identifies existing guidance from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) related to each of the four components. It also provides detailed case studies on existing state programs in California, Florida, Michigan, New York, and Virginia, all of which have shown success in reducing wet weather skidding crashes. The report concludes with a comparison of the five state programs and identifies common procedures for each of the four program components. This report provides states with valuable information to launch a wet weather crash reduction program or to improve an existing program.
Public Note The Contract Manager for this report was Guan Xu (Office of Safety Technologies). Additional technical oversight provided by: Joseph Cheung (Office of Safety), Richard Knoblauch (Office of Research, Development, and Technology), Roya Amjadi (Office of Safety Research and Development), Mike Moravec (Office of Pavement Technology), Craig Allred (Resource Center).
Rosap ID dot:49268
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49268
TRT Terms Wet weather; Skidding; Friction; Pavement design
General Subjects Wet weather crash reduction program; Pavement friction; Pavement friction treatments
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1741738
Contract Number DTFH6-05-D-00026-T-10003
Report Number FHWA-SA-11-21
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/74000/74300/74303/FHWA-SA-11-21.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository