Creating Safer Work Zones

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Work Zone Safety for Drivers

Improving Traffic Control for Night Work Zones

Trucking Safely Through Work Zones

Picture of a flatbed going through a work zone area

Accommodating Pedestrians in Work Zones

Picture of pedestrians walking through a work zone area

Worker Safety and Visibility

Worker in a coned off area of a work zone

Public Information

Work Zone Safety for Drivers

Fatalities in motor vehicle Work Zone crashes increased more than 50 percent in the last 5 years

Motor vehicle Work Zone fatalities average around 900 persons every year

Motor vehicle Work Zone injuries average just under 50,000 persons every year

Trucking Safely Through Work Zones

Large Truck Work Zone fatalities average around 230 persons every year

Large Truck Work Zone crashes increased about 40 percent in the last 5 years

Practitioner Information

Accommodating Pedestrians in Work Zones

Worker Safety and Visibility

Non-motorist fatalities (workers, pedestrians, bicyclists) in motor vehicle Work Zone crashes increased more than 60 percent in the last 5 years

Non-motorist fatalities in Work Zone crashes average around 140 persons everyyear or approximately 16 percent of all Work Zone fatalities.

Improving Traffic Control for Night Work Zones

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