133-3F- THE DEGREE OF INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN FACTORS PERTAINING TO THE VEHICLE AND THE PAVEMENT ON TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS UNDER WET CONDITIONS

IN COOPERATION WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SOME 500 WET WEATHER ACCIDENTS WERE STUDIED AND DATA COLLECTED ON SEVERAL VEHICLE, PAVEMENT AND WEATHER VARIABLES. IT WAS FOUND THAT SMALL PAVEMENT TEXTURE, SMALL VEHICLE TREAD DEPTHS, LOW SURFACE FRICTION, HIGH VEHICLE SPEEDS AND HIGH VEHICLE TIRE PRESSURES WERE DOMINANT IN THE ACCIDENTS STUDIED. /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:
  • Morgan, R R
  • Ashkar, B
  • Hankins, K D
  • Tutt, P R
• Publication Date: 1970-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Friction; Moisture content; Pavements; Speed; Surface course (Pavements); Texture; Tire treads; Tires; Traffic crashes; Vehicles; Weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wet conditions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219750
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 1 1971 12:00AM