Abstract
Expressways are a quickly growing segment of the U.S. highway system, and their growth is planned to continue into the future. Understanding the safety performance of two-way, stop-controlled rural expressway intersections will help corridor planners and designers include special consideration in their plans and designs for accommodating future intersection safety improvements. Such an understanding will allow the operators of existing expressway corridors to plan for accommodating special safety treatments as traffic volumes grow and as adjacent land uses change. Planning for these changes is important, as the analysis shows that intersection crash rates, crash severity rates, and fatal crash rates increase with minor roadway volume.