National Traffic Speeds Survey III: 2015

Vehicle speeds are an important factor in traffic safety. NHTSA’s most recent data estimates that approximately 27 percent of all fatal motor vehicle crashes are speeding-related (NCSA, 2018). NHTSA estimated the economic cost of speeding-related crashes to be $52 billion in 2010. This is the third of three field surveys NHTSA has funded in response to this pervasive traffic safety problem. The surveys measured driving speeds for all types of motor vehicles on freeways, arterial highways, and collector roads across the United States and produced national and regional estimates of traffic speeds for various types of roads and vehicles, tracking these speed measurements over time.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/traffic_tech/812489_tt-national-traffic-speeds-survey-iii-2015.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2018-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 2p
• Serial:
  • Traffic Tech - Technology Transfer Series
  • Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Field studies; Freeways; Rural highways; Speed data; Speeding; Surveys; Traffic speed; Urban highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Collector roads; Speed estimates
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01669820
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 812 489
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: May 22 2018 5:20PM