FINDINGS IN FREEWAY ACCIDENTS AND ILLUMINATION

THIS PAPER SUMMARIZES A THREE-YEAR STUDY CARRIED OUT IN THE USA AND CANADA ON A WIDE VARIETY OF FREEWAYS HAVING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ILLUMINATION AND UNIFORMITY AND ON SOME UNLIT ROUTES. ITEMS TABULATED FROM EACH ACCIDENT REPORT INCLUDED DAY OR NIGHT ACCIDENT, WEATHER CONDITIONS, SEVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT, TYPE OF ACCIDENT, AGE OF THE DRIVER AND TYPE OF LIGHTING. A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS WAS CARRIED OUT TO ASSESS THE BENEFITS OF MOTORWAY LIGHTING IN TERMS OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION. MEASUREMENTS WERE ALSO MADE OF LIGHTING DEPRECIATION DUE TO VARIOUS FACTORS, AND THE EFFECT ON THE DEPRECIATION ON ACCIDENTS WAS CALCULATED.

• Corporate Authors:

  Illum Engr Soc Conf Proc /UK

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• Authors:
  • Box, P C
• Publication Date: 0

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 21 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Freeway operations; Lighting; Luminaires; Prevention; Safety; Street lighting
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222447
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 25 1972 12:00AM