Officials searching for answers as accident-prone stretch of U.S. 431 claims another life

By Alana Norris

Janet Tyson Prosser said Friday morning that the black tire marks outside her Anniston shop on U.S. 431 are all the evidence she needs that more should be done to make the highway safer. “I’m the one who calls 911,” Prosser said. “I’ve called them several times after accidents here.” … David Brown, a professor at the Center for Advanced Public Safety at the University of Alabama, in a phone interview Friday, said the average daily traffic count of a roadway is the most critical factor in predicting the frequency of crashes. “Double the number of cars out there and you double the chances of any one of them running into another or their running off the road and hitting something,” Brown said.

In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,200 students and more than 170 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.


Author: Alana Norris    /    Posted on: July 11, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features: