ACCIDENTS, OVERTAKING AND SPEED CONTROL

ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT RATES ARE OBSERVED TO BE HIGHER AT SLOW AND FAST TRAVEL SPEEDS THAN AT INTERMEDIATE VELOCITIES. THE HYPOTHESIS IS ADVANCED THAT ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT IS RELATED TO OVERTAKINGS. IT IS SHOWN THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OVERTAKINGS VARIES WITH SPEED IN A MANNER WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT RATE. SOME IMPLICATIONS OF THE RATE OF OVERTAKING ON THE SPEED SELECTION BY THE DRIVER ARE EXPLORED. THE EFFECT OF VARIOUS COLLECTIVE SPEED CONTROL STRATEGIES ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF OVERTAKING IS INVESTIGATED. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 3, No 1, PP 1-13
• Authors:
  • Hauer, E
• Publication Date: 1971-7

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash rates; Passing; Speed; Speed control; Traffic control; Traffic crashes; Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221563
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 27 1972 12:00AM