OPERATIONAL EFFECTS OF OVERALL GEOMETRICS ON HIGHWAY SAFETY
THIS STUDY CONCLUDES THAT ACCIDENTS, INJURIES AND FATALITIES CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED ON STATE HIGHWAYS BY THE CONVERSION OF THESE HIGHWAYS TO FREEWAYS. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THIS IS THE ONLY SURE WAY OF REDUCING ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE. A SYSTEM OF FREEWAYS IN ADDITION TO THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM WILL NOT REDUCE ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THE ACCIDENT RATE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ON THE NON-CONVERTED STATE HIGHWAYS AND THE OVERALL RESULT OF ACCIDENTS, INJURIES AND FATALITIES WILL NOT BE LESS THAN THEY WERE BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION OF FREEWAYS. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Paper sponsored by Committee on Operational Effects of Geometrics and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Authors:
- Bellis, W R
- Publication Date: 1967
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 119-133
- Monograph Title: Geometric aspects of highways
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 162
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crashes; Fatalities; Freeways; Injuries; Reduction (Chemistry); State highways
- Uncontrolled Terms: Conversion
- Old TRIS Terms: Reduction
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00219899
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-000 708
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Apr 20 1994 12:00AM