Study finds high rate of construction work zone crashes in U.S.
Drivers, passengers more likely to die than construction workers
Thirty-eight percent of highway contractors had motor vehicles crash into their construction work zones during the past year, according to the results of a new study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). The study also determined that work zone crashes are more likely to kill vehicle operators and passengers than construction workers.
“Any time your job site is just a few feet away from fast moving traffic, danger is never far away,” said Mike Hoover, the chair of the AGC's’s national highway and transportation division and executive vice president of Tempe, Ariz.-based Sundt Construction. “When you see construction signs and orange barrels, take your foot off the gas, put the phone down and keep your eyes on the road.”