Article: Qld: New study to tackle problem of rural road deaths

Article: Qld: New study to tackle problem of rural ...
AAP General News (Australia);  December 17, 2001 ;     254 words ... ... News (Australia) 12-17-2001 Qld: New study to tackle problem of rural road deaths A new study will tackle the problem of why Queenslanders ... the same or got worse in rural areas. The new study will be based in north Queensland and researchers ...

Article: Florida follows only Arizona in rate of rural-road ...
The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  March 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... nation's most dangerous, a new study says. The Road Information ... here. That's a very high rural-road fatality rate," said Frank ... and research. Arizona's rural-road death rate was 4.6. South ... The typical fatal crash on a rural road is caused when a driver loses ...

Article: Rural road safety: a global challenge.(rural ...
Public Roads;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... OECD Web site (www.oecd.org). Rural Road Safety Is a Global Concern For each of ... representatives from 14 countries, to examine the rural road safety problems in the OECD countries ... the expert group was to quantify the rural road safety problem. Unfortunately, data ...

Highway Safety: Federal and State Efforts to Address Rural ...
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... identified (1) the factors contributing to rural road fatalities, (2) federal and state ... that may hinder making improvements in rural road safety. GAO obtained information from ... for about 20 percent of the nation's rural road mileage. GAO also contacted academic ...

Article: SOUTHERN AVENUE BETWEEN RURAL ROAD, MCCLINTOCK ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 4, 2006 ;     548 words ... ... news release: Southern Avenue between Rural Road and McClintock Drive will be closed from ... a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Oct. 5. Rural Road between Southern Avenue and the US 60 ... Southern Avenue will be detoured north onto Rural Road. All westbound traffic on Southern Avenue ...

Article: INDIANA DOT FOCUSES ON RURAL ROAD SAFETY
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 14, 2007 ;     654 words ... ... proclaimed September 16-22, 2007 Indiana Rural Road Safety Week, and the Indiana Department ... than half of all highway fatalities. Rural road safety is especially important in Indiana ... on rural roads to achieve the level of rural road safety we desire." More fatalities ...

Article: Rural Road Safety Study Released.(TRIP)
Constructioneer;  April 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... first-hand the tragic consequences of rural road fatalities," said the National Association ... governments need additional funding for rural road safety improvements. Congress has a ... becoming more aggressive in addressing rural road safety issues, taking steps to reduce ...