ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND TRAFFIC VOLUME ON A SECTION OF A GERMAN AUTOBAHN

THE OBJECT WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE DEPENDENCE OF THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF ACCIDENTS ON TRAFFIC VOLUME FOR A SECTION OF AUTOBAHN IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON REAR END COLLISIONS. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO FIND AN EXPLANATION FOR THIS IN TERMS OF THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEADWAY AND TRAFFIC VOLUME. /HSL/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 2, pp 93-102, 8 REF
• Authors:
  • Leutzbach, W
  • SIEGENER, W
  • Wiedemann, Remigiusz
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Headways; Rear end crashes; Traffic crashes; Traffic volume
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226115
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1971 12:00AM