ANALYSIS OF WRONG-WAY INCIDENTS ON MICHIGAN FREEWAYS

THIS REPORT ANALYZES OBSERVED WRONG-WAY DRIVING INCIDENTS OCCURRING ON MICHIGAN FREEWAYS IN 1966. THE DATA INDICATE THAT FIFTY PERCENT OF THE INCIDENTS INVOLVE DRINKING DRIVERS AND THESE GENERALLY OCCUR AT NIGHT AND ON WEEKENDS. INCIDENTS INVOLVING NON-DRINKING DRIVERS OCCUR ABOUT EQUALLY DURING DAY AND NIGHT, BUT ARE GENERALLY DURING HIGHER TRAFFIC VOLUME PERIODS. THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT DATA TO RELATE INCIDENTS TO INTERCHANGE DESIGN. EXAMINATION OF ACCIDENT DATA DOES NOT INDICATE A DEFINITE PATTERN IN REGARD TO ACCIDENTS, INJURIES OR FATALITIES. HALF OF THE ACCIDENTS INVOLVED DRIVERS WITH TEN OR MORE VIOLATION POINTS, MANY OF WHOM WERE DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE. DARK OR NIGHTTIME HOURS ACCOUNTED FOR EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE ACCIDENTS REPORTED. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, No 85883
• Corporate Authors:

  Michigan Department of State Highways

  State Highways Building, PO Drawer K
  Lansing, MI  United States  48904

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1968

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash investigation; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Freeways; Night; Traffic crashes; Traffic volume; Wrong way driving
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway traffic accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219703
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 12 1994 12:00AM