FREEWAY ACCIDENTS AND LEVELS OF SERVICE

AN EXPRESSWAY SECTION IN ST. LOUIS WAS USED TO MEASURE ACCIDENT RATES CORRELATED TO LEVELS OF SERVICE AND TYPES OF ACCIDENTS TO LEVELS OF SERVICE. THERE IS A DEFINITE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TYPE OF ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT RATES TO LEVELS OF SERVICE, BUT THIS RELATIONSHIP COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED BY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. /HSL/

• Record URL:
  • https://spexternal.modot.mo.gov/sites/cm/CORDT/MCHRP71-6.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No MCHRP-71-6
• Corporate Authors:

  Missouri State Highway Commission

  State Highway Building
  Jefferson City, MO  United States  65101
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Crash rates; Headways; Level of service; Ran off road crashes; Rear end crashes; Statistical analysis; Traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic analysis
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228201
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 17 1973 12:00AM