The relation between speed and road safety : the development of road safety on 50 and 80 km/h roads compared with the development on 30 and 60 km/h roads.

De relatie tussen snelheidslimiet en verkeersveiligheid : onwikkeling van de verkeersonveiligheid op 50- en 80km/uur-wegen vergeleken met die op 30- en 60km/uur-wegen.

Since the implementation of the Start-up Programme Sustainable Safety from 1998 onward, the speed limit on a considerable length of urban access roads in the Netherlands has been changed from 50 km/h into 30 km/h. This involved more or less intensive infrastructural adaptations. The speed limit on part of the rural access roads was also lowered from 80 km/h to 60 km/h. This increased the total road length of 30 and 60 km/h roads and reduced the total road length of 50 and 80 km/h roads. If we want to understand the road safety development on roads with a certain speed limit, we must therefore take account of these changes in total road length. This report may be accessed by Internet users at: http://www.swov.nl/rapport/D-2013-06.pdf

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    Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid SWOV

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  • Authors:
    • Braimaister, L
    • Bos, N M
    • Kars, V
    • Stipdonk, H L
  • Publication Date: 2013

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  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: 79 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01495702
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
  • Report/Paper Numbers: D-2013-6
  • Files: ITRD, SWOV
  • Created Date: Oct 17 2013 10:32AM