ACCIDENT RATES BY STREET TYPE IN CHICAGO, 1958

THE RELATIONSHIP OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TO TRAFFIC VOLUME, BY STREET TYPE, IS ONE OF THE FIELDS OF INVESTIGATION WHICH WAS CONSIDERED IMPORTANT IN THE PLANNING OF THE TRANS- PORTATION SYSTEM. A STUDY OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IS A RELATED ELEMENT IN TRAFFIC PLANNING RELATED TO STREET DESIGN, TO CAPACITY AND VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, SPEED, CONGESTION, AND TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WHICH INITIATE, REGULATE OR STIFLE A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF STUDIES INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ROADWAYS, ROADWAY USAGE AND ACCIDENTS. THIS REPORT IS CONFINED TO A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF TRAFFIC VOLUME AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF CHICAGO IN 1958, BY STREET TYPE. TRAFFIC VOLUME DATA OBTAINED BY CATS WERE USED TO ESTIMATE THE YEARLY VEHICLE MILES OF TRAVEL.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 51 Pp, 7fig, 20TAB, 3APP
• Corporate Authors:

  Chicago Area Transportation Study

  300 West Adams Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Authors:
  • Frye, F F
• Publication Date: 1961-12-18

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Highway capacity; Highway design; Highway planning; Highway travel; Highways; Streets; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Traffic crashes; Traffic speed; Traffic volume; Transportation; Transportation planning; Vehicle miles of travel
• Uncontrolled Terms: Street design; Transportation systems
• Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic planning
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219867
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Transp Plng Abstracts /Prelim
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM