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FHWA Highway Safety Programs

Kentucky Launches Statewide High Friction Surfacing Treatment to Reduce Roadway Departure Crashes on Horizontal Curves

Publication Year:

Original publication: 2013 National Roadway Safety Awards Noteworthy Practices Guide Publication FHWA-SA-14-002; 2013

Description of Practice

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) launched a three-year statewide High Friction Surfacing Treatment (HFST) program at over 75 locations in 2010 to improve pavement friction and reduce roadway departure crashes on horizontal curves. HFST was applied at specific sites where skidding crashes resulted in fatalities, serious injuries, and property damage.

Key Accomplishments and Results

There have been measured reductions in the number of roadway departure crashes on treated surfaces.

Contact

Tracy Allen Lovell, PE
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Traffic Operations
502-782-5534
Tracy.Lovell@ky.gov