Fifty-five per cent of U.S. highway contractors report motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the AGCofA and consultant HCSS.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Fifty-five per cent of U.S. highway contractors report motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, according to theof a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America and consultant HCSS.
Work zone crashes also are twice as likely to result in fatalities to drivers or passengers as construction workers. Eight per cent of contractors in the survey report construction workers were killed in work zone crashes, while 16 per cent of survey respondents report drivers or passengers were killed in those crashes.
Simonson noted 97 per cent of contractors report highway work zones are either as dangerous, or more dangerous, than they were a year ago. He added more than half of contractors want automatic ticketing for speeding in work zones. Seventy-nine per cent want a greater police presence and 65 per cent want stricter enforcement.
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