CE 7630 - Advanced Highway Safety Studies and Evaluation

Introduction to advanced highway safety studies. Specific topics include human factor relationships to safety, road safety management systems, safety data, statistical procedures, intersection studies, freeway studies, safety audit, and crash data.

Requisites: CE 6630
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to analyze and interpret crash data.
Students will be able to explain the relationships between human factor and highway safety.
Students will be able to discuss the needs for and limitations of highway safety data.
Students will be able to describe the AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) strategic highway safety plan.
Students will be able to describe some studies done on intersection safety and freeway justification.
Students will be able to apply statistical procedures for performing countermeasure data analyses.
Students will be able to explain various road safety management systems.
Students will be able to explain a road safety audit and how it is conducted.