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Integration of Safety into the Design Process Timothy E. Barnett, P.E., PTOE State Safety Operations Engineer

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Integration of Safety into the Design ProcessTimothy E. Barnett, P.E., PTOE

State Safety Operations Engineer

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“IF YOU THINK GOOD

DESIGN IS EXPENSIVE,

YOU SHOULD LOOK AT

THE COST OF BAD

DESIGN”

DR. RALF SPETH, CEO JAGUAR

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Fatal Collisions in Alabama

RwD40%

Head On30%

Sideswipe14%

Angle12%

Other3%

Rear End1%

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Crash Contributing Factors

Treat, 1979; Graphic Credit: Thomas Neuman

13% VEHICLE

DRIVER

93%

34% ROADWAY

57%

27%

6%

3%3%

3%1%

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Most design engineers believe a designvalue published in a manual is thereprimarily for safety reasons, and that anydeviation from that value will result insignificant degradation in safety.

Commonly Held View

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In Fact

Rigid design standards in many cases haveevolved to serve three purposes:

• Efficiency in design,

• As a quality control measure,

• Efficiency in construction.

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Philosophical Considerations in Highway Design

“The direct application of established design criteriaor standards (i.e., nominal safety) is no assurancethat a certain quality of design (i.e., substantivesafety) will be achieved—indicating that such criteriaare not sufficient in themselves.”

Jack E. Leisch“Dynamic Design for Safety”ITE 1972

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Nominal versus Substantive Safety

Examined in reference to compliance with standards, warrants, guidelines and sanctioned design procedures

The expected or actual crash

frequency and severity for a

highway or roadway

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Nominal Safety is AbsoluteSubstantive Safety is a Continuum

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AASHTO Policy

AASHTO has emphasized that the Policy onGeometric Design is a flexible document.

Indeed, a close reading of it reveals thatthere is significant flexibility in bothtechnical content and recommended usage.

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Focus on Standards

The focus on rigid standards has been translatedin the minds of designers to a belief thatstandards equals safety, and that no compromisescan be accepted.

This view holds even with design values thatclearly are not related to substantive safety.

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Training

• For the most part, we have focused on the importance of nominal safety, and

• Many designers have been taught that adherence to nominal safety directly translates into substantive safety performance.

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Preliminary and Final Engineering

Traffic volume is the chief determinant of relativerisk.

The length of highway over which the exceptionoccurs strongly influences relative risk.

The design element or feature in question (lanewidth, shoulder width, superelevation, curvature,grade) will have differing expected sensitivities basedon the type of facility.

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Planning Level Tools

• Statewide Strategic Highway Safety Plan

• ALSAFE

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Project Level Tools

• Roadway Improvement Safety Evaluation (RISE)

• Vision Zero Suite

• Interactive Highway Safety Design Methodology (IHSDM)

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Different Approach

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>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >>

Design

Existing Conditions Alternative 1

Alternative 2 Alternative 3

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Design Countermeasures to Address Safety

• Intersection Design

• Roadway Departures

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Older Driver and Pedestrian Safety Issue

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Rural Intersections

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Directional Crossovers

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Alternative Intersection/Interchange Design

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Shoulders

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Median Barriers

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Roadside Barriers

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Centerline Rumble Stripes

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Cross Centerline Crash

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Edge Lines

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