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Highway Safety Investigation Manual For The Oregon Department Of Transportation, Karen Dixon, Christopher Monsere
Highway Safety Investigation Manual For The Oregon Department Of Transportation, Karen Dixon, Christopher Monsere
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Across the state, region, and nation highway safety investigators have developed a wide variety of tools and techniques for highway safety investigation procedures. Analysis techniques can range from systematic evaluation approaches such as the Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT’s) Safety Priority Index System (SPIS) down to specific localized safety assessment strategies. It is important to develop consistent methods for safety evaluations across Oregon to ensure that safety investigations are conducted in a similar manner. It is also important to develop a screening process for proper highway safety investigations and document the procedures used for this assessment.
The objective of this …