FATAL ACCIDENTS AND TRAVEL DENSITY

A STUDY OF STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTS SUMMARIZING FATAL ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE BY HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND INDIVIDUAL FATAL ACCIDENTS ON THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH INTERSTATE TRAVEL DATA SUGGESTS THAT (A) SECTIONS OF A HIGHWAY SYSTEM WITH HIGHER TRAVEL DENSITIES TYPICALLY HAVE LOWER FATAL ACCIDENT RATES, AND (B) FOR EQUIVALENT TRAVEL DENSITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SECTIONS OF A HIGHWAY SYSTEM, DIFFERENCES IN FATAL ACCIDENT RATES TEND TO BE GREATER AT LOWER DENSITIES.

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• Authors:
  • Chatfield, Benjamin V
• Conference:
  • 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 40-51
• Monograph Title: Freeway operational improvements
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 469
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Fatalities; State highways; Traffic density
• Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222386
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030902255X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 20 1974 12:00AM