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Widespread deployment of integrated countermeasure systems could prevent over 48 percent of rear-end, run-off-road, and lane change crashes.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/16/2008 | Source Date:
In-vehicle rollover advisory control warning messages are expected to prevent 20 percent of rollover crashes caused by excessive speed in curves, based on driving data collected during a Freightliner FOT.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/16/2008 | Source Date:
While both cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) benefit from electronic stability control (ESC) systems, evaluation data suggest that the reduction in the risk of single-vehicle crashes was significantly greater for SUVs (49 percent) than for cars
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/08/2008 | Source Date:
Speed camera programs can reduce crashes by 9 to 51 percent.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/08/2008 | Source Date:
An evaluation of electronic stability control (ESC) and crash data from the Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis indicated that the crash rate for single-car crashes and head-on crashes decreased by about 36 percent where ESC was
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 09/08/2008 | Source Date:
Plan for logistical and operational issues prior to project implementation.
Content Type: Lesson | Date Posted: 08/09/2008 | Source Date:
Automatic anti-icing systems on bridges reduced crashes by 25 to 100 percent and benefit-to-cost ratios ranged from 1.8:1 to 3.4:1.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/08/2008 | Source Date:
In Tennessee, a low visibility warning system installed on I-75 dramatically reduced fog-related crashes.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/05/2008 | Source Date:
In North Carolina, a wet pavement detection system on I-85 yielded a 39 percent reduction in the annual crash rate under wet conditions.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 07/30/2008 | Source Date:
In Myrtle Creek, Oregon, an advanced curve speed warning system installed on I-5 reduced the speed of 76 percent of drivers surveyed.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 07/11/2008 | Source Date:
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