STUDY OF TRAFFIC CONFLICTS AND ACCIDENT EXPOSURE

The work includes research into the concepts of road accident exposure and accident liability and also a series of field studies in the Sydney area designed to investigate the potential of vehicle conflicts counts and classifications in the assessment of exposure. Data on traffic conflicts and flows and accident histories have been analysed for a variety of locations, broadly classified into intersection and "main street" situations. The results have revealed a number of areas in which connections between conflicts, exposure and accidents can be found and they indicate that further research into traffic conflict situations would be worth pursuing. Suggestions as to possible directions for this work are presented in the conclusion to the report. /Author/TRRL/

Corporate Authors:
Unisearch Limited

221-227 Anzac Pde
Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
Authors:
- Blunde, W R
- Munro, R D
Publication Date: 1977-6

Language

English

Media Info

Features: Figures; References; Tables;
Pagination: 61 p.

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash exposure; Crash rates; Crashes; High risk drivers; Intersections; Mathematical analysis; Near midair crashes; Statistics; Testing; Traffic conflicts; Traffic counts; Traffic density; Traffic flow; Urban areas; Vehicles
Geographic Terms: Australia
ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2279: Accident proneness; 1057: Air transport network; 6471: Analysis (math); 8006: Australia; 455: Junction; 1642: Near miss; 6555: Statistics; 673: Traffic concentration; 689: Traffic count; 671: Traffic flow; 313: Urban area
Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I81: Accident Statistics; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00165701
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM