Fairfield County Engineer

Converting intersections on high-speed roadways to single-lane roundabouts reduces the number of conflict points from 32 to just 8. Roundabouts reduce injury crashes by an impressive 88%.

Roundabouts are an FHWA Proven Safety Countermeasure. Kansas DOT applied this countermeasure to design freight-friendly rural roundabouts and achieved a remarkable record: zero injury crashes in the six years following installation:https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/2022-06/fhwasa14013_0.pdf