FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO GATHER ACCIDENT DATA THAT WOULD BE USEFUL IN THE SELECTION OF PRIORITIES FOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDIES. THE STUDY INVESTIGATED THE RELATIVE FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF ACCIDENTS IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOCALITIES AND AT SIGNALIZED AND UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS. THE YEAR-TO-YEAR CHANGES IN THE FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF ACCIDENTS ARE ALSO REPORTED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr-pr-1/4/, BPR-611
• Corporate Authors:

  District of Columbia Dept of Highways and Traffic

  Bureau of Traffic Engineering and Operations
  Washington, DC  United States  20004

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Van, VECHTEN CT
• Publication Date: 1967-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash rates; Crash severity; Highways; Improvements; Intersections; Traffic crashes; Traffic engineering; Traffic signals
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219695
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 16 1994 12:00AM