An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Wider Edge Line Pavement Markings (Source TTI)

Fatalities on America’s rural roadways have decreased in recent years, but remain at unacceptably high levels. Despite only making up 23 percent of the US mileage, fatalities on
rural two-lane highways made up 57 percent of all traffic fatalities in 2009—resulting in more than $77 billion in losses for that year alone. Moreover, a rural motorist is 2.7 times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash per mile traveled than their urban counterpart.