Residential Street Widths, On-Street Parking and Accident Frequency
This paper describes how international and national studies have shown that street width plays a role in accident frequency. In particular, narrower street widths promote lower vehicular speeds, which in turn reduce accidents and improve pedestrian safety. Conversely, wider streets result in higher vehicular speeds and therefore increased accident frequency. Another parameter implicated in accident frequency is on-street parking utilization. On-street parking has the effect of reducing street width, which fosters slower vehicular speeds and reduced accident rates. However, a robust treatment of the role of parking utilization on accident frequency, for varying street widths, has not been undertaken and moreover, the relevant literature has been indicative, yet equivocal. Therefore, this paper serves to elucidate the effect of parking utilization on accident frequency for various residential roads measuring 7 to 13 meters. A total of 163 two-way road sections, with an average length of 170 meters, and their corresponding accident history from 1996 to 2001, were included in the analysis. The results demonstrate that parking utilization affects accident frequency for the 12 and 13 meter roads, and there is a tendency for accident frequency to increase as parking utilization increases. However, for 8 and 11 meter roads accidents decrease with increasing levels of parking.
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Authors:
- Morrison, Brett
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Conference:
- Research into Practice: 22nd ARRB Conference
- Location: Canberra , Australia
- Date: 2006-10-29 to 2006-11-2
- Publication Date: 2006
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: CD-ROM
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 8p
- Monograph Title: Research into Practice: 22nd ARRB Conference Proceedings
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: City planning; Crash analysis; Crash rates; High risk locations; Highway safety; Off street parking; On street parking; Pedestrian safety; Residential areas; Residential streets; Traffic speed; Width
- Uncontrolled Terms: Residential development
- ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 155: Administration; 8513: Classification; 8525: Conference; 2755: Highway; 955: Parking; 307: Residential area; 1665: Safety; 755: Traffic; 6479: Width
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I80: Accident Studies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01039020
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 1876592494
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Jan 3 2007 8:48AM