Freeway Incidents in the United States, United Kingdom, and Attica Tollway, Greece: Characteristics, Available Capacity, and Models

A summary of real-world incident statistics is presented from various freeways, and statistics from the Attica Tollway, in Greece, are simultaneously compared with incident data from U.S. and U.K. freeways. Detailed statistics are available from the Attica Tollway; statistics for U.S. and U.K. freeways were compiled from the available literature. Attica Tollway capacity under incident conditions is compared with estimates from the "Highway Capacity Manual" 2000. Interestingly, the incident capacity estimates by freeway number of lanes available and number of lanes closed because of an incident are practically identical for the Attica Tollway and U.S. freeways. This finding agrees with conclusions by others that similarly configured (standard) freeways produce similar incident profiles. The implication is that incident behavior could be predictable, but detailed analytical models are lacking. To this end, models are developed to explain the correlations between incident duration or queue length and a variety of independent variables such as number of crashed vehicles, number of responding vehicles, response times, number of lanes at the incident location, and various other temporal factors.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/2047-07
• Summary URL:
  • http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Freeway+Incidents+in+the+United+States%2c+United+Kingdom%2c+and+Attica+Tollway%2c+Greece%3a+Characteristics%2c+Available+Capacity%2c+and+Models&author=P.+Prevedouros&author=B.+Halkias&author=K.+Papandreou&author=P.+Kopelias&publication_year=2008
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• Authors:
  • Prevedouros, Panos D
  • 0000-0001-6983-2321
  • Halkias, Bill M
  • Papandreou, Konstantinos
  • Kopelias, Pantelis
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 57-65
• Monograph Title: Freeway Operations 2008
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2047
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freeway operations; Highway capacity; Toll roads; Traffic characteristics; Traffic incidents; Traffic models
• Identifier Terms: Highway Capacity Manual 2000
• Uncontrolled Terms: Incident duration; Queue length
• Geographic Terms: Greece; United Kingdom; United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01099330
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309113205
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: May 21 2008 7:05AM