Abstract

Objectives of this study were to evaluate standard and experimental surfaces throughout Kentucky in terms of skid resistance and effects of traffic, and to provide criteria for judging suitability of these surfaces to satisfy requirements for skid resistance and economics. The effects of traffic were quantified by regression analysis and scatter of data. Criteria included an estimate of accident risks, effects of speed on skid resistance, and seasonal variations in skid resistance.

Pavements on low volume roads (less than 1,000 vehicles per day) maintained adequate skid resistances. Open-graded friction courses, with the possible exception of sections using phosphate slag aggregate, maintained adequate skid resistance to meet design requirements. The adequacy of other pavements may be judged from the criteria provided herein.

Estimates of accident reduction were made by combining the relationship between skid numbers and accidents with the distribution of skid numbers for each pavement type. Those reductions were used to calculate benefits that, along with costs of overlay, were used to determine benefit-cost ratios. Benefits exceeded costs for roads having AADT's greater than 750, 2,500, and 5,000 and SN's less than 24, 30, and 35, respectively.

Report Date

12-1980

Report Number

No. 570

Digital Object Identifier

http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1980.570

Notes

Presented at the American Society for Testing and Materials Symposium on Surface Characteristics and Materials (December 11, 1980: Orlando, Florida).

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