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NCHRP Synthesis 20-05/Topic 50-04 [Final (Synthesis)]
Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches
[ NCHRP 20-05 (Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Practices) ]
| Project Data |
| Funds: |
$45,000 |
| Staff Responsibility: |
Tanya M. Zwahlen |
| Research Agency: |
Charles V. Zegeer |
| Principal Investigator: |
University of North Carolina |
| Completion Date: |
8/31/2020 |
| Fiscal Year: |
2018 |
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In 2017, the latest year for which data are available, 887 fatal utility pole crashes occurred in the United States, accounting for 914 fatalities. These numbers were about the same as those in recent years but lower than such fatality numbers from a decade or two ago.
The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Synthesis 557: Utility Pole Safety and Hazard Evaluation Approaches summarizes the strategies, policies, and technologies that state transportation agencies (STAs) and utility owners (UOs) employ to address utility pole safety concerns.
Specific areas of interest for this synthesis report include methods to identify problem poles and high-risk locations, pole-placement policies, strategies and countermeasures to reduce the risk of pole-related collisions and resulting injuries and deaths, and available funding sources for implementing countermeasures. Case studies were also developed for exemplary STAs and UOs, highlighting some of their utility pole safety activities.
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