OVERTAKING BEHAVIOUR ON SINGLE CARRIAGEWAY ROADS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
This paper describes part of a study of the effect of overtaking provision on operating speed and capacity of single carriageway roads. The objective was to update and extend previous studies and to allow the influence of alignment and sight distance to be re-assessed. More than 1,100 overtaking maneuvers were recorded using a series of three video cameras to cover a 1 km length of overtaking section. The relationship between variables has been examined and appropriate distributions have been fitted. Formulae have been developed in which each variable may be estimated, for different types of overtaking maneuver, based on the speed of the overtaken vehicle and the accepted gap size. The results of the study are compared with previous research both in the U.K. and overseas.
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Corporate Authors:
Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute
Drottning Kristinas Vaeg 25
S-11428 Stockholm, Sweden 500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001 -
Authors:
- Hunt, J G
- MAHDI, T A
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Conference:
- Proceedings of the Conference, Strategic Highway Research Program and Traffic Safety on Two Continents, Part Three
- Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
- Date: 1991-9-18 to 1991-9-20
- Publication Date: 1991-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: v.p.
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Serial:
- VTI Rapport
- Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
- ISSN: 0347-6030
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Driving; Passing; Passing lanes; Research; Single lane traffic; Traffic surveys
- Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic studies
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00639777
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: VTI Rapport 372A, Part 3
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Dec 2 1993 12:00AM