One of the aims of
highway engineering is to reduce wrong-way driving. The proceedings of the Summit, along with additional research and investigation effort, resulted in the preparation and publication of the Guidelines for Reducing Wrong-Way Crashes on Freeways, a cooperative effort of IDOT, ICT, and
FHWA.
Wrong-Way Driving Guidebook In May 2014, ICT and IDOT published Guidelines for Reducing Wrong-Way Crashes on Freeways. The researchers compiled the guidebook by reviewing previous studies, assessing current practices, and examining national and state design standards and manuals that pertain to WWD. The research team also obtained significant information from the National Wrong-Way Driving Summit hosted by IDOT and SUIE as part of this project in July 2013.
Overview of Wrong-Way Driving Fatal Crashes in the United States In August 2014,
Institute of Transportation Engineers published a paper to provide an overview of the general trend of WWD fatal crashes in the United States; discuss general characteristics of WWD fatal crashes; and delineate significant contributing factors. The researchers found an average of 269 fatal crashes resulting in 359 deaths occurred annually in the United States during an 8-year period covering the years 2004 through 2011. It was found that
Texas,
California, and
Florida account for the highest number of WWD fatal crashes and fatalities and represent almost one-third of the national totals.
ATSSA's wrong-way driving executive summary The
American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), in February 2014, published a document titled "Emerging Safety Countermeasures for Wrong-way Driving" that was developed in the framework of an executive summary of various case studies that aim at providing transportation practitioners with a good understanding of WWD incidents and emerging safety countermeasures. In addition to bringing available information together in one document, contacts were suggested for each case study to help readers get at least additional the complementary information about each countermeasure they are considering.
New Zealand The Auckland Motorway Alliance has its own concept of reduce wrong-way driving, in which the traffic signals modification replaces the solid round green light with a green arrow in places where a turn is banned. As a result, this allows the removal of signs banning turns, reducing clutter. In march 2018, the Auckland Motorway Alliance won the New Zealand's 3M Traffic Safety Innovation Award for 2018. ==See also ==