Run-Off-Road Collisions

Acknowledgments

This series of six implementation guides was developed under NCHRP Project 17-18(3). The project was managed by CH2M HILL. The co-principal investigators were Ron Pfefer of Maron Engineering and Kevin Slack of CH2M HILL. Timothy Neuman of CH2M HILL served as the overall project director for the CH2M HILL team. Kelly Kennedy Hardy, also of CH2M HILL, participated in development of the guides.

This phase of the project involved the development of guide books addressing six different emphasis areas of AASHTO's Strategic Highway Safety Plan. The project team was organized around the specialized technical content contained in each guide. The CH2M HILL team included nationally recognized experts from many organizations. The following team of experts, selected based on their knowledge and expertise in a particular emphasis area, served as lead authors for each of the guides.

  • Forrest Council of BMI led the development of "A Guide for Addressing Run-Off-Road Collisions"
  • Doug Harwood of Midwest Research Institute led the development of "A Guide for Addressing Unsignalized Intersection Collisions"
  • Hugh McGee of BMI led the development of "A Guide for Addressing Head-On Collisions"
  • Richard Raub of Northwestern University Center for Public Safety led the development of "A Guide for Addressing Aggressive-Driving Collisions"
  • Patricia Waller led the development of "A Guide for Addressing Collisions Involving Unlicensed Drivers and Drivers with Suspended or Revoked Licenses"
  • Charlie Zegeer and Kevin Lacy of University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center led the development of "A Guide for Addressing Collisions Involving Trees in Hazardous Locations"

Development of the guides utilized the resources and expertise of many professionals from around the country and overseas. Through research, workshops, and actual demonstration of the guides by agencies, the resulting document represents best practices in each emphasis area. The project team is grateful to the following list of people and their agencies for their input on the guides and their support of the project:

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Tony Kane

Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety
Alberto Gutier

Bastrop, Texas, Police Department
Bill Anderson

Ben Gurion University of the Negev
David Shinar

California Department of Motor Vehicles
Dave DeYoung

California Department of Transportation
Roy Peterson

City of Lubbock, Texas
Jeryl Hart

City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Stan Polanis

Consultant
Terry Witkowski

Craven County, North Carolina, Sheriff's Office
James Bradley
Richard Woods

CTTER
Stephen Blake

Dallas Trees and Parks Foundation
Mike Bradshaw

Delaware State Police
Mark Collender
Barbara Conley

Durham Police Department
James R. Cleary
Teen Ennis

Federal Highway Administration
Beth Alicandri
Craig K. Allred
Nick Artimovich
Joe Bared
Joshua Grzegorzewski
Michael Halladay
Carl Hayden
Hari Kalla
Martha Kapitanov
Nak Joo Kim
Kristine Leiphart
Liana Liu
Leonard Meczkowski
Richard Powers
Harry W. Taylor

Federal Highway Administration—Eastern Federal Lands
Ken Atkins

Federal Highway Administration—Midwest Resource Center
Patrick Hasson

Federal Highway Administration—Southern Resource Center
K. Lynn Berry
Mary Jane Daluge
Julian Frank
Eric Worrell

Florida Department of Transportation
Brian Blanchard
Patrick A. Brady
Billy Hattaway
Lisa Helms
Jim Mills

Georgia Institute of Technology
Karen Dixon

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Richard Retting

Iowa Department of Transportation
Dave Little
Tom Welch

Kansas Department of Transportation
Jim Brewer
Ron Seitz

Kentucky Department of Highways
Simon Cornett

Lee County, Florida, Sheriff's Office
Dennis Brooks
Jerry Cantrell

Lockhart, Texas, Police Department
Charles L. Bethel

Maine Department of Transportation
Gerry Audibert
Robert LaRoche

Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
Jane Valenzia

Maryland State Highway Administration
Ken Briggs
Curt Childress
Manu Shah

Michigan Department of Transportation
Kurt Kunde
Andy Zeigler

Michigan Governor's Office
Chad Canfield

Michigan State Police Department
Mike Nof

Mid-America Research
John Lacey

Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Joseph Bowler
Scott Bradley

Minnesota Department of Transportation
Ron Erickson
Loren Hill

Mississippi Department of Transportation
John B. Pickering
John Reese
Jim Willis

Missouri Department of Transportation
Steve McDonald

National Association of County Engineers
Tony Giancolo

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Richard Compton

National Transportation Safety Board
George Black

New Bern, North Carolina, Police Department
Todd Conway
James E. Owens

New Jersey Department of Transportation
John Spedding

New York State Department of Transportation
Jonathan Bray
Robert Limoges
David C. Woodin

Ohio Department of Transportation
Larry Sutherland

Oregon Department of Transportation
Jeff Greiner
Chris Monsere
Vivian Payne

Palm Beach County, Florida, Sheriff's Office
Capt. Steven Withrow

Parsons Brinckerhoff
Gregory Hoer

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Mike Baglio

Roadway Safety Foundation
Kathy Hoffman

Santa Barbara, California, Police Department/Traffic Safety
David Whitham

Scenic America
Meg Maguire

Smithville, Texas, Police Department
Lee Nusbaum

South Carolina Department of Transportation
William Bloom
Terecia Wilson

Texas Department of Transportation
Paul Frerich
Darren McDaniel

Texas Transportation Institute
Dean Iberson

Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Kumar Neppalli

Transportation Research Board
Ann Brach

Utah Department of Transportation
Sterling Davis

Washington State Department of Transportation
John C. Milton

Washington State Patrol
John Batiste
Tim Quenzer

Westat
Neil Lerner

West Virginia Department of Transportation
Ray Lewis

Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Peter Amakobe

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Malcolm Ray

A Guide for Addressing Head-On Collisions

BMI's staff participating in the project included

  • Hugh McGee, Goal Area Manager;
  • Forrest Council, Expert Advisor;
  • Leanne Prothe, Project Engineer; and
  • Kimberly Eccles, Project Engineer.

The participants from the demonstration states included

  • Terecia Wilson, Director of Safety, South Carolina Department of Transportation;
  • William Bloom, Director of Planning and Research, South Carolina Department of Transportation;
  • Meg Moore, Engineer of Field Coordination, Traffic Operations Division, Texas Department of Transportation;
  • Darren McDaniel, Transportation Engineer, Traffic Operations Division, Texas Department of Transportation; and
  • Roy Peterson, Chief, Traffic Safety Programs, California Department of Transportation.

Numerous other states provided information on implementation of strategies within their states. These states include Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington.