Road construction accidents increase even as COVID-19 keeps drivers away

Sixty percent of highway contractors reported motor vehicles crashes on their work zones over the past year. Here is what state officials and contractors are doing about it.

Construction Dive

By Robyn Griggs Lawrence

June 15, 2021

When lockdowns swept the nation last year but construction work was deemed essential, many state DOTs saw a golden opportunity to fast-track jobs that would otherwise snarl traffic and anger motorists. With fewer cars on open roads, the thinking went, workers could do their jobs more efficiently and safely. "That decrease in traffic would lead you to believe work zone crashes would be down," Steve McGough, president and CEO of construction software company HCSS, said during a webinar announcing the results of a survey his company and the Associated General Contractors of America conducted about highway work zone dangers last month. "They are not."

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