THE RELATION BETWEEN THE ROUGHNESS OF ROAD SURFACES AND THE CHANCE OF AN ACCIDENT
DE RELATIE TUSSEN DE STROEFHEID VAN WEGDEKKEN EN DES KANS OP EEN ONGEVAL
Approximately one third of all accidents with cars on highways outside built-up areas happen on a wet road, both during rainfall and after it has stopped raining. During rainfall less than 10% of all vehicle-kilometers are driven, while accidents in these situations account more than 20% of all accidents. If it is accepted that in wet road conditions the proportion between the number of vehicle-kilometers and the number of accidents is approximately the same as when it is raining, it can be stated that a wet road surface is at least 2.5 times as dangerous as a dry road surface. The covering abstract for the conference is IRRD no. 216265. ;TRRL;
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Supplemental Notes:
- Verslag Verkeerstechnische Leergang 1973.
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Corporate Authors:
Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB
Wassenaarseweg 220, P.O. Box 93200
The Hague, Netherlands -
Authors:
- Paar, H G
- Publication Date: 1973
Language
- Dutch
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 7 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Coefficient of friction; Crash causes; Crash rates; Crashes; Moisture content; Pavement surface course; Pavements; Rainfall; Rolling contact; Roughness; Speed; Texture; Tires; Vehicle miles of travel; Wet weather
- Uncontrolled Terms: Wet conditions; Wet pavements
- Geographic Terms: Netherlands
- ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1612: Accident rate; 5460: Coefficient of friction; 5440: Contact (tyre road); 8078: Netherlands; 5408: Speed; 3053: Surface texture; 1381: Tyre; 292: Vehicle mile; 3015: Wet road
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00131470
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM