HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH STUDY

THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO EXPAND THE DATA IN THE EXISTING HIGHWAY DESCRIPTION SYSTEM AND TO INVESTIGATE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HIGHWAY DESIGN AND OPERATION AND ACCIDENTS. MOST OF THE 4,600 MILES STUDIED WERE RURAL, TWO-LANE ROADS WITH LOW TRAFFIC VOLUMES. DATA BASE WAS AN ACCIDENT FILE FOR 1966-68 AND A HIGHWAY DESCRIPTION FILE. TYPES OF LOCATIONS WITH UNUSUALLY HIGH ACCIDENT RATES ARE NOTED, SUGGESTIONS MADE FOR IMPROVEMENTS, AND DATA PROCESSING AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS METHODS DESCRIBED. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Maine State Highway Commission

  Materials and Research Division, Bureau of Highways
  Augusta, ME  United States  04330
• Authors:
  • Segal, M D
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Pagination: 100 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway design; Highway operations; Highway safety; Information systems; Rural highways; Traffic; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226364
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 3 1972 12:00AM