ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE ON EXPRESSWAYS

SUMMARY STATISTICS NOW BEING PREPARED ON A MONTHLY BASIS OF EXPRESSWAY ACCIDENT REPORTS ARE FURNISHED TO STATE POLICE DISTRICTS IN COOK COUNTY, THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC SECTION OF THE DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS. INCLUDED IN THE SUMMARIES ARE DATA ON THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS FOR EACH EXPRESSWAY BY SEVERITY OF ACCIDENT, TYPE OF COLLISION, DRIVER ACTION, HOUR OF OCCURRENCE, AND DAY OF WEEK. CHARTS SHOWING THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS BY SECTION FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1962 AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ACCIDENTS ARE PRESENTED.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research NeWS, VOL 4, NO7, PP6-10, 8FIG
• Corporate Authors:

  Chicago Area Transportation Study

  300 West Adams Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Authors:
  • Jorgenson, D P
• Publication Date: 1962-11-30

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Charts; Crash severity; Crash types; Crashes; Drivers; Expressways; Numbers; Statistics
• Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois); Cook County (Illinois)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219865
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Transp Plng Abstracts /Prelim
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1994 12:00AM