RESULTS OF SPEED ZONING ON RURAL HIGHWAYS

A SURVEY OF SEVERAL BEFORE-AND-AFTER STUDIES COVERING TRAFFIC-ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE AND MOTOR-VEHICLE SPEEDS ON SECTIONS OF SPEED-ZONED STATE TRUNK HIGHWAYS IN WISCONSIN IS PRESENTED. THE SURVEY WAS MADE TO PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPEED ZONING FOR THE CONTROL OF TRAFFIC SPEEDS AND FOR THE REDUCTION OF ACCIDENTS ON THE RURAL STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM OF WISCONSIN. REVIEW OF THE DATA INDICATES THAT SPEED ZONING ON RURAL HIGHWAYS MAY BE EXPECTED TO RESULT GENERALLY IN A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF MOTOR- VEHICLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/33/33-035.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 33, pp 429-446, 32 FIG, 22 TAB. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Mohr, H W
• Publication Date: 1954

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 12-15, 1954
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 33
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Crashes; Rural highways; Speed control; Speed limits; Speed zones; Traffic control; Traffic regulations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic laws
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226005
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 16 1972 12:00AM