Research Article

Calculation of the Roadside Clear Zone Width along Highways Based on the Safe Slope

Table 1

Statistical results.

MethodOutputResearchers (publication year)Research topic

Accident statistics19Ogden (1996); Ayati (2007); Sax (2010); Jurewicz (2010); MDOT (2011); Albuquerque (2011)RCZ width
Zeeger (1987); Zeeger (1992); Roque (2015)Roadside slope
Donnell (2006); Liu (2009, 2011); Doecke (2011); Johnson (2015); Roque (2018); Park (2016); Li (2018, 2019); Yu (2019)Roadside barrier

Graphical method7Turner (1989); AASHTO (1996, 2002, 2006, 2011); MTPRC (2015)RCZ width
AASHTO (1996, 2002, 2006, 2011); MTPRC (2015)Roadside slope
Ayati (2007)Roadside barrier

Driving simulation2Fitzpatrick (2014, 2016)RCZ width

Formula derivation1Fan (2013)RCZ width