Motor vehicle crashes on bridges and countermeasure opportunities

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This article examines patterns and contributing factors of motor vehicle accidents on four New York bridges. Police crash reports indicate that the four most common types of accidents were rear-end collisions, sideswiping, debris-related problems, and fixed-object crashes and that common contributing factors included unsafe driving, vehicle defects, and environmental hazards.

New York, Statistical Data Included, Research, Usage, New York, New York, Urban transportation, Bridges, Bridges (Structures), Traffic, Police reports

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Types and characteristics of ramp-related motor vehicle crashes on urban interstate roadways in Northern Virginia

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Freeway entrance and exit ramp interchange are the sites of more crashes per mile driven as compared to any other segments of interstate highways. The most frequent crashes on ramps occurred when vehicles were exiting interstates at night, during bad weather or on curved portions of ramps.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, Motor Vehicles, Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, Motor Vehicles & Parts, Transportation Equipment Manufacturing, Motor Vehicles and Equipment, Truck and bus bodies, Complete Vehicles NEC, Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing, Other Vehicles NEC, Complete Vehicles & Bodies NEC

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Analysis of motor-vehicle crashes at stop signs in four U.S. cities

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The study conducted to examine the police reports of crashes at stop sign-controlled intersection in four U.S. cities is presented. It argues that stop sign violations accounted for about 70% of all crashes.

United States, Evaluation, Traffic regulations

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