THREE DIFFICULTIES IN THE COMPARISON OF ACCIDENT RATES

HOWEVER USEFUL IT MAY SEEM TO BE TO MAKE COMPARISONS OF ROAD SAFETY IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, IT IS TODAY STILL A RISKY BUSINESS. THERE ARE REALLY THREE REASONS FOR THIS: (1) LACK OF CLARITY ABOUT THE DATA TO BE USED (TYPE AND SEVERITY OF ACCIDENTS; TRAFFIC VOLUMES;) (2) THE FACT THAT ACCIDENT RATES MAY VARY WITH TRAFFIC VOLUMES HAS NOT HITHERTO BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT; (3) NO ACCOUNT IS GENERALLY TAKEN OF THE FACT THAT ACCIDENT OCCURRENCES ARE NOT HOMOGENEOUS, SO THAT THE ACCIDENT RATE IS NOT A SUFFICIENT DESCRIPTION. /HSL/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 1, No3, PP253-259
• Authors:
  • PFUNDT, K
• Publication Date: 1969

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Crash rates; Crash severity; Highway safety; Traffic crashes; Traffic volume
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220935
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1970 12:00AM