Study confirms that 10-foot lanes make safer intersections SSTI

By Chris McCahill, SSTI

Side impact- and turn-related crash rates are lowest at intersections where average lane widths are between 10 and 10.5 feet, according to a study presented at the Canadian Institute of Transportation’s annual meeting last month. This challenges the long-held, but often disputed, assumption that wider lanes are safer.
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http://www.ssti.us/2015/07/study-confirms-that-10-foot-lanes-make-safer-intersections/

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