REPORT ON FORMATION OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS

IN RECOMMENDING THE FORMATION OF A COMMITTEE OF THE HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD TO DEAL WITH HIGHWAY SAFETY, SOME OF THE FACTORS UPON WHICH SAFE TRAVEL DEPENDS AND SOME PROBLEMS IN NEED OF TECHNICAL RESEARCH ARE DISCUSSED. SURFACE CONDITIONS THAT CAUSE SLIPPERINESS, SUPER-ELEVATION AND RADII OF CURVES, VISIBILITY, AND SIGNS AND SIGNALS ARE SOME FEATURES OF HIGHWAY DESIGN THAT NEED STUDY. THE MECHANICS OF DRIVING, THE METHODS FOR PRODUCING VISIBILITY AT NIGHT, AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DRIVERS ARE ALSO IMPORTANT SUBJECTS FOR STUDY.

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/6/6-003.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 6, pp 32-44, 1 TAB. 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:
  • Dickinson, H C
• Publication Date: 1927

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C., December 2-3, 1926
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 6
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash causes; Curvature; Drivers; Highway design; Pavements; Prevention; Radius; Safety; Skid resistance; Skidding; Superelevation; Traffic crashes; Traffic signals; Traffic signs; Visibility
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology; Radius of curvature
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220980
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 11 1971 12:00AM