SPEED LIMITATION 110-90 KM/H, 1979-06 - 1979-10. COMPARISON OF OCCURRED ACCIDENTS
HASTIGHETSBEGRAENSNING 110-90, 1979-06 - 1979-10. JAEMFOERELSE AV OLYCKSUTVECKLING
With the aim of saving fuel the maximum speed limit was lowered from 110 to 90 km/h on the largest roads in Sweden. This was only during a limited period, four months in the summer of 1979. The aim of this evaluation was to investigate if this speed reduction resulted in a lower rate of road accidents. The number of occurred accidents during this period on the 110 km/h roads was compared with occurred accidents on roads that have always had the speed limit of 90 km/h. The 90 km/h roads chosen were as similar as possible to the 110 km/h roads. The result was approximately 9 per cent fewer accidents. The kind of accidents that were reduced were the most severe ones. (TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Swedish National Road Administration
Fack S-10220
Stockholm 12, Sweden -
Authors:
- JOHANSSON, O E
- Publication Date: 1981
Language
- Swedish
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 30 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Animals; Before and after studies; Crash rates; Crash severity; Energy conservation; Evaluation and assessment; Fatalities; Injury severity; Prevention; Safety; Speed limits; Statistics; Traffic safety
- Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Temporary
- Geographic Terms: Sweden
- ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 2459: Animal; 9148: Before and after study; 9009: Decrease; 212: Energy conservation; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 1602: Fatality; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 624: Speed limit; 6555: Statistics; 8109: Sweden; 9077: Temporary
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Energy; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00367023
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
- Report/Paper Numbers: NTU148 Monograph
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 30 1982 12:00AM