CHICAGO AREA EXPRESSWAY ACCIDENTS

A MAP IS PRESENTED SHOWING THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ACCIDENTS BY MILE SECTION OF THE EXPRESSWAY IN COOK COUNTY IN 1964. THE REPORT SHOWS THAT FRIDAY, WHICH IS USUALLY THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC VOLUME DAY, WAS ALSO THE WORST DAY FOR ACCIDENTS--19 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL. THERE WERE 21,740 VEHICLES INVOLVED IN EXPRESSWAY ACCIDENTS IN 1964. ALMOST 90 PERCENT OF THESE WERE PASSENGER CARS WHILE 69 PERCENT OF THE ACCIDENTS RESULTED FROM A PASSENGER CAR STRIKING ANOTHER CAR . 87 PERCENT OF THE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY AND 11 PERCENT ON THE EXPRESSWAY RAMPS WITH THE REMAINDER ON SHOULDERS, BRIDGES, AND ETC.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research NeWS, VOL 7, NO2, PP 6-8, 1FIG, 2TAB
• Corporate Authors:

  Chicago Area Transportation Study

  300 West Adams Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Authors:
  • Orzeske, J D
• Publication Date: 1965-6-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Bridges; Crashes; Expressways; Location; Maps; Numbers; Ramps; Road shoulders; Statistics; Traffic volume
• Uncontrolled Terms: Friday
• Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
• Old TRIS Terms: Open highway
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219866
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Transp Plng Abstracts /Prelim
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1994 12:00AM