RURAL INTERSECTION INVESTIGATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING THE GENERAL MOTORS TRAFFIC-CONFLICTS TECHNIQUE
A TRAFFIC CONFLICT IS ANY POTENTIAL ACCIDENT SITUATION. THE TRAFFIC-CONFLICTS TECHNIQUE DEVELOPED BY GENERAL MOTORS RESEARCH LABORATORIES IS A MEANS FOR ANALYZING THE ACCIDENT POTENTIAL OF ROADWAY INTERSECTIONS THROUGH OBSERVATION AND TABULATION OF 5 CONFLICT CATEGORIES: LEFT-TURN, WEAVE, CROSS-TRAFFIC, REAR-END, AND VIOLATION. THESE CONFLICTS OCCUR WHEN EVASIVE ACTION, SUCH AS BRAKING OR WEAVING, IS NECESSARY TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. TO DATE, THIS TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN APPLIED MAINLY TO URBAN INTERSECTIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE APPLICATION OF THE TRAFFIC-CONFLICTS TECHNIQUES TO RURAL ROADWAY INTERSECTIONS. THE TECHNIQUES WAS FOUND TO BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO BE APPLIED TO BOTH RURAL AND URBAN INTERSECTIONS, AND IT IS THE AUTHORS' OPINION THAT THE TRAFFIC-CONFLICTS TECHNIQUE DOES DETECT ACCIDENT POTENTIAL AND THAT IT APPEARS TO BE A GOOD SYSTEMATIC METHOD FOR STUDYING AND EVALUATING THE ACCIDENT POTENTIAL OF AN INTERSECTION PRIOR TO DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACCIDENT HISTORY. HOWEVER, MORE RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE WITH THE TECHNIQUE WILL BE NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH THIS AS A FACT. /AUTHOR/
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Corporate Authors:
Highway Research Board (HRB)
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Authors:
- Campbell, R E
- King, L Ellis
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Conference:
- Second Western Summer Meeting
- Location: Salt Lake City Utah, United States
- Date: 1969-8-11 to 1969-8-13
- Publication Date: 1970
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: PP 60-69, 5 FIG, 2 TAB, 17 REF
- Monograph Title: Highway safety
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Special Report
- Issue Number: 107
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Braking; Evaluation; High risk drivers; Intersections; Psychological conflict; Rural highways; Traffic flow; Weaving traffic
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225731
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 21 1970 12:00AM