CROSS-MEDIAN ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE

CROSS-MEDIAN ACCIDENTS ARE ANALYZED OVER A SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD. STUDIES SHOW THAT: (1) HEAD-ON COLLISIONS REPRESENTED LESS THAN 3% OF THE TOTAL ACCIDENTS BUT ACCOUNTED FOR 22% OF THE FATALITIES, (2) THERE IS NO APPARENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOTAL ACCIDENT RATES AND ROADWAY VOLUMES FOR SECTIONS OF ROAD WITH COMPARABLE DESIGN FEATURES OPERATING AT OR BELOW THEIR DESIGN CAPACITY, (3) OVERTAKING AND SINGLE-VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ACCOUNT FOR 85% OF THE TOTAL ACCIDENTS AND 65% OF THE FATAL ACCIDENTS, (4) PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS, 5% OF THE ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 17% OF THE FATAL ACCIDENTS, AND (5) THERE IS NO APPARENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DESIGN MEDIAN WIDTH AND TOTAL ACCIDENT RATE.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbbulletin/266/266-005.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 266, pp 63-77, 1 FIG, 7 TAB, 3 REF, 1 APP Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Crosby, John R
• Publication Date: 1960

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: Pavement edge markings, shoulders and medians
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 266
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Fatalities; Frontal crashes; Medians; Passing; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Prevention; Safety; Single vehicle crashes; Toll roads; Traffic volume
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220230
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 5 1994 12:00AM