LEFT-HAND ENTRANCE AND EXIT RAMPS ON A FREEWAY

THREE FREEWAY INTERSECTIONS WITH LEFT-HAND SIDE ENTRANCE AND EXIT RAMPS ARE INVESTIGATED. THEY ARE IN HARTFORD, NEW HAVEN AND GREENFIELD. ACCIDENT RECORDS ARE STUDIED AND ANALYZED AND THUS THE ACCIDENT RATES AND THE ACCIDENT SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE TO IMPROVE EXISTING AND FUTURE DESIGNS CONTAINING LEFT-HAND RAMPS. IT IS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT A NATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM BE ADOPTED TO HELP IMPROVE HIGHWAY SAFETY. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Thesis, 34 PP, 7 FIG, 2 TAB, 13 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  130 Natural Resources Road
  Amherst, MA  United States  01003
• Authors:
  • GOODGE, M J
• Publication Date: 1969-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Crash severity; Freeways; Highway safety; Information processing; Interchange ramps; Intersections; Ramps
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway entrances and exits; Left side ramps
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220661
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1971 12:00AM