VEHICLE SPEED AND RURAL AUTOMOTIVE CRASH INJURY -PART I: TRAVELLING SPEED AND FATALITIES

FATALITY RATES FOR VARIOUS TRAVELLING SPEEDS---THE SPEED AT WHICH AN ACCIDENT VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT THE TIME THE ACCIDENT WAS PRECIPITATED---ARE TABULATED AS THE FIRST PART OF A SERIES OF STUDIES, SPONSORED BY THIS JOURNAL, ON THE RELATIONS AMONG VEHICLE SPEED, ACCIDENT TYPE, INJURY, AND DEATH IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS. FOURTEEN ACCIDENT TYPES ARE DEFINED, OF WHICH THE MOST COMMON SEVEN ARE ACCORDED DETAILED TABULATIONS. DATA ARE GIVEN SEPARATELY FOR DRIVERS WITH AND WITHOUT PASSENGERS, FRONT AND REAR PASSENGERS, AND EJECTED AND NONEJECTED OCCUPANTS. /ACIR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Authors:
  • Wolf, R A
  • GARRETT, J W
  • KIHLBERG, J K
  • Mayor, R P
  • Stearn, A
• Publication Date: 1968-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Crash rates; Crash types; Fatalities; Injuries; Speed; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221139
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: AUTOMOTIVE CRASH INJURY RESEARCH
• Report/Paper Numbers: Report No Vj-1823-r35
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 15 1970 12:00AM