REDUCTION IN THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 110 KM/H TO 90 KM/H DURING SUMMER 1989: EFFECTS ON PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENTS, INJURED AND SPEEDS

On behalf of the Road Safety Office the Institute has analyzed the effect of the reduced speed limit during summer 1989. The traffic safety situation on rural roads during summer 1989 improved in relation to the corresponding period in 1988. As expected, the improvement was greatest on those roads where the speed limit was reduced from 110 km/h to 90 km/h, particularly on motorways.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB90-259292.
• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95
• Authors:
  • Nilsson, G
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Pagination: 27 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash rates; Crashes; Injuries; Reduction (Chemistry); Rural highways; Safety; Speed limits; Traffic safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Personal injury; Reduction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00604234
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: VTI-358A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1991 12:00AM