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Fifty-four percent of highway contractors reported that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, according to the results of a new Associated General Contractors of America highway work zone study. In response, association officials have launched a new mobile advertising campaign urging drivers who routinely pass through certain work zones to slow down and be alert.
Associated General Contractors of America
Kubacki said that 48% of contractors who reported work zone crashes on their projects said that motor vehicle operators or passengers were injured, and 24% of those crashes involved a driver or passenger fatality. Highway work zone crashes also pose a significant risk for construction workers, Kubacki noted. He said 25% of work zone crashes injure construction workers and 3% of those crashes kill them.
Work zone crashes also have a pronounced impact on construction schedules and costs, Kubacki said. He noted that 53% of contractors responded that their highway projects have been delayed during the past 12 months because of work zone crashes. He added that 74% of responding contractors report they feel highway work zone crashes pose a greater risk now compared to a decade ago.
Association officials have launched a new targeted mobile advertising campaign designed to reach regular highway work zone drivers and urge them to be careful in roadside construction sites before the start of the traditional summer driving season. As part of the campaign, drivers who regularly pass through highway work zones in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; St. Louis, Missouri; Birmingham, Alabama and Evansville, Indiana were sent mobile advertising with special work zone safety messages.
Associated General Contractors of America
“We are using technology to make sure one hundred percent of our ads are reaching work zone motorists,” the highway contractor added. “Instead of trying to sell something, we are harnessing mobile advertising technology to save as many lives as possible.”
The work zone safety study was based on a nationwide survey of highway construction firms the association conducted in April and May of this year. Over 550 contractors completed the survey nationwide. View the national, regional and state highway construction zone survey results.