TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND ROADSIDE FEATURES
THE MICHIGAN STUDY OF ROADSIDE FEATURES AS ELEMENTS IN THE ACCIDENT PICTURE RESULTED IN SOME GENERAL FINDINGS ABOUT CERTAIN BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE ACCIDENT SITUATIONS WHICH HAVE DEVELOPED ON HIGHWAYS WHICH TRAVERSE SUBURBAN AREAS. A LIMITED NUMBER OF CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH ACCIDENTS TOOK PLACE WERE RECORDED TO DETERMINE, IF POSSIBLE, THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUAL TYPES OF FEATURES IN CREATING HAZARDS FOR TRAFFIC. THE STUDY INDICATES THAT INTERSECTIONS ARE CENTERS OF TRAFFIC HAZARDS AND THAT HAZARDS INCREASE WHEN THE COMPLEXITIES OF TRAFFIC MOVEMENT AT THESE POINTS ARE FURTHER COMPLICATED BY ROADSIDE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO PROVIDE HIGHWAYS IN SUBURBAN AREAS WHICH WILL PROTECT THE MAINSTREAM OF TRAFFIC FROM INTERFERENCE FROM THE ROADSIDE.
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Supplemental Notes:
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Authors:
- McMonagle, J Carl
- Publication Date: 1952
Media Info
- Monograph Title: Land acquisition and control of adjacent area
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Bulletin
- Issue Number: 55
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Commercial buildings; Crash causes; Crash rates; Intersections; Roadside improvement; Roadside structures; Suburbs; Traffic crashes
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00220277
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Apr 21 1994 12:00AM