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Countermeasures For Pedestrian-Involved Accidents On Interstate-Highways, Anna C. Hunter
Countermeasures For Pedestrian-Involved Accidents On Interstate-Highways, Anna C. Hunter
Civil Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
Pedestrian access to the Interstate is prohibited, but many pedestrian-involved accidents still occur on the Interstate in the United States. This project is a case study of West Memphis, Arkansas, which has the second highest occurrence of pedestrian-involved accidents on the Interstate in Arkansas. The study site location includes a segment of Interstate I-40 which is at- grade. The surrounding area contains several different land-uses, which is believed to be the primary generator of these accidents. The goal of this project is to determine the primary causes of these accidents and determine potential countermeasures to reduce the crash rate for …