STATE-LEVEL ACCIDENT RATES OF SURFACE FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION. A REEXAMINATION

State level accident rates for truck, rail and barge transportation have been updated for mid-1990s shipping conditions. The updated accident, fatality, and injury rates reflect multiyear data for interstate registered highway carriers, American Association of Railroads member carriers, and coastal and internal waterway barge traffic. Adjustments have been made to account for the share of highway combination-truck traffic actually attributable to interstate registered carriers and for duplicated or otherwise inaccurate or unusable entries in the public use accident data files applied. State-to-state variation in rates, reflecting recent developments in freight flows, the possible effect of speed limit changes on highway rates, and the stability of rates over time are discussed. Carrier specific information was used to confirm the general accuracy of the computed rates for highway shipments.

• Record URL:
  https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/14000/14700/14778/DE200112051.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Argonne National Laboratory

  9700 South Cass Avenue
  Argonne, IL  United States  60439
• Authors:
  • Saricks, C L
  • Tompkins, M M
• Publication Date: 1999-5-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 70 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barge carriers; Crash causes; Crash rates; Crash reports; Fatalities; Freight service; Injury rates; Interstate transportation; Railroad crashes; Speed limits; States; Traffic flow; Truck crashes
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00818177
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ANL/ESO/TM-150
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 2001 12:00AM