TRAFFIC AND ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH AT THE ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORY, ENGLAND

THIS PAPER OUTLINES THE ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIBES THE SCOPE OF WORK UNDERTAKEN IN THE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY DIVISION OF THE ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORY, ONE OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. THE RESEARCH STAFF OF THE DIVISION, CHIEFLY PHYSICISTS AND MATHEMATICIANS, ARE GROUPED INTO SIX SECTIONS UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS: THE ROAD USER, TRAFFIC FLOW AND ROAD LAYOUT, SKIDDING, VEHICLE PERFORMANCE, VEHICLE AND STREET LIGHTING, STATISTICS. ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, ROAD LAYOUT, VEHICLES, AND ROAD USERS RECEIVE, CRITICIZE, AND RECOMMEND ACTION ON REPORTS OF WORK DONE. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/31/31-032.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 31, pp 466 - 486, 22 FIG, 5 TAB, 3 PHOT, 11 REF. 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:
  • GRIME, G
• Publication Date: 1952

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 15-18, 1952
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 31
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway safety; Highways; Research; Traffic; Traffic safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic research
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221329
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 8 1971 12:00AM