ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY ON AUTOBAHNS

The German motorway network with a length exceeding 11 000 km accounts for more than one fourth of the total kilometrage recorded in Germany. Although motorways are the safest roads, autobahn safety is in the focus of political interest. In response to a request by the German Bundesrat (Upper House of Federal Parliament) BASt has conducted a range of research projects in 1993 and 1994 on the following subjects: (1) Long-term development and changes in accident structure; (2) International comparison of the risk and structure of fatal accidents on motorways (IRTAD data); (3) Analysis of the structure of serious injury accidents on autobahns; (4) Investigation of how far the results of a microscopic data analysis (based on a regional sample of fatal autobahn accidents) can be transferred at federal level; (5) Safety evaluation of all autobahn segments; (6) International survey of experiences made with road safety measures on motorways in other countries; (7) Simulation study of autobahn traffic flow related to different local speed limits and "no passing zones" for lorries; and (8) German experiences with local speed limits, no passing rules for lorries, traffic management systems and police traffic control. (A). For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 882436.

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  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95
• Authors:
  • BRUEHNING, E
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 251-63
• Serial:
  • ROAD SAFETY IN EUROPE AND STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM (SHRP), LILLE, FRANCE, SEPTEMBER 26-28, 1994 (VTI KONFERENS)
  • Issue Number: 2A:2
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 1104-7267

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crash rates; Crash severity; Fatalities; Freeways; Hazards; Injuries; Injury severity; Law enforcement; Legislation; Safety; Simulation; Speed limits; Traffic flow; Trucks
• Geographic Terms: Europe; Germany
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 8525: Conference; 1534: Enforcement (law); 8034: Europe; 1602: Fatality; 8125: Germany; 2163: Injury; 1556: Legislation; 1236: Lorry; 2752: Motorway; 9150: Risk; 1665: Safety; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 9103: Simulation; 624: Speed limit; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Law; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00726323
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 28 1996 12:00AM