THE LIKELY EFFECTS OF MOTORWAY TOLLING ON ACCIDENT RISK - PHASE 2

THis report presents the main results of a study of the effects of motorway tolls on the number of accidents. The MCONTRM program was used to model the redistribution of traffic flow for two highway networks: the Kent corridor and around the Danish town of Aalborg. Accident costs were calculated using the cost models from the Department of Transport's (now the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions) COBA program. It is estimated that a 10 percent diversion of motorway traffic from the motorways in Kent would increase the number of accidents in the entire county by about 3 and a half percent. The estimated increase in accidents in the Aalborg area with this level of diversion is less, about one third of the figure found for Kent. The difference between the two areas is partly caused by the lower flows on the Aalborg motorway. (A) (Published on the TRL CD-ROM entitled "Research on road user charging 1995-1998"). For the covering abstract see IRRD 491340.

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  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom  RG40 3GA
• Authors:
  • Broughton, J
  • GOWER, P
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.
• Serial:
  • TRL REPORT 352
  • Publisher: TRL
  • ISSN: 0968-4107

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Costs; Crash rates; Forecasting; Free fares; Freeways; Income; Mathematical models; Networks; Road pricing; Roads; Traffic flow
• Uncontrolled Terms: Increase; Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Denmark; United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 224: Cost; 8028: Denmark; 132: Forecast; 251: Free (no charge); 256: Income; 9032: Increase; 2748: Main road; 6473: Mathematical model; 2752: Motorway; 240: Road pricing; 671: Traffic flow; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00755654
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 16 1998 12:00AM