CONTRIBUTION OF INCREASED CRASH SPEEDS TO MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES IN VIRGINIA, 1961-1967

USING 1961 AS THE BASE YEAR, DATA ON CRASHES, SPEED, AND FATAL CRASH INVOLVEMENT OF DRIVERS WERE EXAMINED. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE INCREASING PROPORTION OF HIGH SPEED CRASHES WAS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACT IN THE GROWTH OF MOTOR VEHICLE DEATHS IN VIRGINIA FOR THE YEARS 1961-1967, ACCOUNTING FOR OVER ONE-HALF OF THE INCREASE IN DRIVER FATAL INVOLVEMENTS. DATA ARE PRESENTED IN TABLES, GRAPHS, AND CHARTS. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 19 Pp, 1 ReF
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Lunn, E E
  • Mela, D F
• Publication Date: 1969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatalities; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Speed; Tables (Data); Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221445
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 15 1972 12:00AM