A STUDY OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON THE DUBLIN--NAAS ROAD (1966 AND 1967)

A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF 344 ACCIDENTS OF ALL TYPES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE DUBLIN TO NAAS ROAD DURING THE YEARS 1966 AND 1967 IS PRESENTED. ACCIDENT RATES ON SECTIONS OF THE ROAD WITH DIFFERENT GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS ARE COMPARED AND A POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VOLUME/CAPACITY RATIO AND ACCIDENT RATE IS INDICATED. VEHICLE MOVEMENTS AT FIVE INTERSECTIONS, AND AT ACCOMMODATION CROSSINGS ON MEDIAN STRIPS, ARE ANALYSED AND HAZARDOUS MOVEMENTS DETERMINED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 62 Pp, 20 FIG, 43 TAB, 21 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Phys Plng & Constr Res Nat Inst /Ire

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• Authors:
  • Okeeffe, P J
• Publication Date: 1968-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Crash rates; Geometry; Highway capacity; Highways; Intersections; Railroad grade crossings; Traffic crashes; Volume
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220780
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 29 1970 12:00AM