HIGHWAY ACCIDENT COSTS AND RATES IN TEXAS

A METHOD IS DEVELOPED FOR ESTIMATING COSTS FOR SELECTED TEXAS ACCIDENTS USING COST DATA DEVELOPED FOR ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS, ILLINOIS, NEW MEXICO AND UTAH. FROM THE NUMBER AND TYPE (CAR/TRUCK) OF VEHICLES INVOLVED AND THE NUMBER OF FATALLY INJURED PERSONS, ACCIDENT COSTS CAN BE DERIVED USING THE DIRECT COST PER INVOLVEMENT. ACCIDENT RATES FOR SELECTED HIGHWAY DESIGNS AND FOR VARIOUS AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNTS ARE PREDICTED AND ANALYZED. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transp

  11th and Brazos Streets
  Austin, TX  United States  78701

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Burke, B
• Publication Date: 1970-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crash rates; Crashes; Estimates; Highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost data
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219748
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 1 1971 12:00AM