DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ANALYSIS SYSTEM

A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE COLLECTION AND USE OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATA BY HIGHWAY AGENCIES IN STATES OTHER THAN GEORGIA. THIS STUDY WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE USE OF A SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE, A LITERATURE SEARCH, AND VISITS TO THREE STATE HIGHWAY AGENCIES. THE DATA BASE AVAILABLE TO THE GEORGIA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WAS EXAMINED AND ITS CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS WERE NOTED. ALSO EXAMINED WAS THE EXISTING OUTPUT PROGRAM CAPABILITY OF THE DIVISION OF TRAFFIC-ENGINEERING AND SAFETY, GEORGIA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. BASED ON THE FINDINGS IN THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE PARAGRAPHS, RECOMMENDATIONS - PRESENT AND FUTURE - WERE MADE TO IMPROVE THE DATA BASE AND THE DATA ANALYSIS PROCEDURES. MOST OF THE SPECIFIC ANALYSIS RECOMMENDATIONS DEAL WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS. OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ANALYSES ARE MADE, WITH RESERVATIONS, DEPENDING UPON THE RESULTS OF EFFORTS BY OTHER HIGHWAY AGENCIES. /FHWA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • GHD RES PROJ NO 7109
• Corporate Authors:

  Georgia Department of Transportation

  One Georgia Center
  600 West Peachtree Street, NW
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30308
• Authors:
  • Graves, R A
  • Hodges, R
• Publication Date: 1972-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 112 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Data analysis; Hazards; Mathematical analysis; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219771
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 1973 12:00AM