SPEED AND THE RISK OF INVOLVEMENT IN A CASUALTY CRASH
The relationship between free travelling speed and the risk of involvement in a casualty crash in a 60 km/h speed limit zone was quantified using a case control study design. The 151 case vehicles were passenger cars involved in crashes in the Adelaide metropolitan area which were investigated at the scene by the NHMRC Road Accident Research Unit and reconstructed using the latest computer aided crash reconstruction techniques. The 604 control vehicles were passenger cars matched to the cases by location, direction of travel, time of day, and day of week, and their speeds were measured with a laser speed meter. It was found that the risk of involvement in a casualty crash doubled with each 5 km/h increase in free travelling speed above 60 km/h. By comparing these risks with those associated with alcohol in a study also conducted by the NHMRC Road Accident Research Unit in Adelaide it was found that each 5 km/h increase in speed above 60 km/h increases the risk of a casualty crash by roughly the same amount as each increase in blood alcohol concentration of 0.05 g/l00 ml. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see IRRD abstract no. E200232.
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Corporate Authors:
Land Transport Safety Authority
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Authors:
- KLOEDEN, C
- MCLEAN, J
- Publication Date: 1998
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 188-90
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Serial:
- ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH, POLICING, EDUCATION CONFERENCE, 1998, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, VOL 1
- Publisher: Land Transport Safety Authority
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobiles; Behavior; Blood alcohol levels; Conferences; Crash severity; Crashes; Drivers; High risk drivers; Injuries; Injury severity; Intoxication; Measurement; Speed; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
- ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2279: Accident proneness; 9001: Behaviour; 1553: Blood alcohol content; 1243: Car; 9003: Cause; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 2163: Injury; 6136: Measurement; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 5408: Speed; 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00789966
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- ISBN: 0-478-20643-7
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Apr 11 2000 12:00AM