Speed and Speed Management Synthesis

This report presents a synthesis of research findings on the safety effects of speed, speed limits, enforcement, and engineering measures to manage speed. The report is the update of research on speed and speed control that was originally published in 1963 and updated in 1970 by the Highway Users Federation for Safety and Mobility as a chapter in Traffic Control and Roadway Elements--Their Relationship to Highway Safety. The synthesis was updated again in 1982 by the Federal Highway Administration. A great deal of speed related research has been carried out since that time. This synthesis highlights the results of significant safety research related to speed completed since the last update in 1982. Some of the earlier benchmark studies are summarized where appropriate.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/98154/speed.cfm
• Summary URL:
  • http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/tris/search.do?b1=1&f1=0&t1=su%3Asafety&r=1&d=dc&p=4&z=1&s=yr&o=1&new=n
• Corporate Authors:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2002-8-20

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benchmarks; Crashes; Research; Speed control; Speed detectors; Speed limits; Traffic crashes; Traffic engineering; Traffic law enforcement
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01077001
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 28 2007 8:01AM