AN EMPIRICAL RELATION BETWEEN FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT PER ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT AND SPEED

Data on the frequency of fatal and of injury accident involvement per accident involvement, by speed, for several states are compared. It is found that the frequency of fatal accident involvement per accident involvement increases with speed in the same manner, for speeds above 40 mph, in all states considered.

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Joksch, H C
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 129-132
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Empirical methods; Fatalities; Speed
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125345
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 3 1975 12:00AM