EXPERIENCE OF SPEED LIMITS IN GREAT BRITAIN

This report briefly outlines the British experience of the following aspects of speed restrictions: (1) severity and nature of accidents on roads with different limits, (2) effects of speed differentials amongst drivers, (3) trials of speed limits imposed on specific lengths of road and speed limits applied nation wide, (4) enforcement levels, and (5) recent emergency limits imposed as a result of the fuel shortages. For the covering abstract of the conference, see IRRD abstract no. 216847. /TRRL/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the report is entitled Traffic Speed and Casualties.
• Corporate Authors:

  Odense University Press, Denmark

  Odense University, Surgical Institution
  Odense,   Denmark 
• Authors:
  • SABEY, B E
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 185-198

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Conferences; Crash severity; Crashes; Drivers; Energy; Fuels; Injury severity; Law enforcement; Speed limits; Supply; Traffic law enforcement
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Fuel shortage
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 1534: Enforcement (law); 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 624: Speed limit; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133622
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 87 7492 1452
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 13 1976 12:00AM