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Trucking
Legend
Most Common
Types of Crashes
by Work Zone Area
Safely
The No-Zone
area around
a large truck
Termination
Area
lets traffic Rear End
Through
Work Zones
resume
Work Zone
normal Fixed Object
Direction of Travel operations
Traffic Signs
Work Space
Channelizing Devices
(Cones, Drums, Barricades)
Rear End
Activity Area
is where work Fixed Object
Traffic Space
allows traffic
takes place Angle
to pass through
the activity area
Head On*
Rear End
Transition Area
moves traffic out
Fixed Object
of normal path Angle
Advance
Warning Area Rear End
tells traffic what to
Truck driver expect ahead Fixed Object
cannot see
vehicle in
no-zone *Normally occurs in activity area
with two-way traffic operations
Number of Fatalities
The stopping distance required for a large truck 200
traveling at 55 mph is almost 50 percent greater Angle, rear-end, and head-on collisions are the
than that needed for a car. most common types of work zone crashes involv- 100
ing large trucks.
Car Truck 0
2001
HOW many occur? 1997 1998 1999 2000