ACCIDENT RATES AT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS

A STUDY WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THE MEAN ACCIDENT RATE AT HEAVILY TRAVELED CROSS INTERSECTIONS IN THE MELBOURNE METROPOLITAN AREA. THE MEAN RATE AT 124 SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS WAS 6.22 PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENTS PER 10 MILLION VEHICLES THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. THE MEAN RATE AT 16 UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS WAS FOUND TO BE 5.68. /HSL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  ARRB

  Melbourne, Victoria  Australia 
• Authors:
  • Thorpe, J D
• Conference:
  • Australian Road Research Board Conference Proc
• Publication Date: 1968

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 995-1004
• Serial:
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: Pt1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Intersections; Signalized intersections; Signals; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225913
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 10 1971 12:00AM