ROAD LIGHTING AND ACCIDENTS

Details are given of the study of possible relations existing between road lighting and accidents in the United Kingdom. Lighting quality parameters were measured along 89 1-km long sections of two-way roads where the speed limit was 48 km/h. The sections had similar surfacings and lighting installations that had not been changed for 3 years. The number of night accidents and daytime accidents was known for the same period. The analysis of these data shows that the day/night accident ratio is connected with some lighting variables and not with others. The most obvious relation found was that of average luminance where the average ratio of accidents on sections with an average luminance above the average of other sections was significantly lower. (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 19th Session-Kyoto 1979-International Commission on Illumination--Publication CIE No. 50.
• Corporate Authors:

  Bureau Control de La Cie

  52 Boulevard Malesherbes
  Paris,   France 
• Authors:
  • COBB, J
  • Hargroves, R A
  • Marsden, A M
  • Scott, P P
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 414-418

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brightness; Conferences; Crash rates; Crashes; Field tests; Highways; Information processing; Luminance; Measurement; Measuring instruments; Night; Speed limits; Street lighting; Surfacing; Tests; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 8655: Data processing; 8614: Database; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 1342: Headlamp; 2755: Highway; 6226: In situ; 545: Lighting (street); 525: Luminance; 6136: Measurement; 9048: Modification; 8079: New Zealand; 1733: Pedestrian; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 624: Speed limit; 2972: Surfacing; 6255: Test; 1255: Vehicle; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00361272
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)
• ISBN: 92-9034-050-9
• Report/Paper Numbers: CIE No. 50
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1982 12:00AM