ANALYSIS OF FATAL ACCIDENT TRENDS ON MARYLAND HIGHWAYS, 1970-1976

Various multivariate regression analysis techniques were used to analyze 7 years of fatal automobile accident and accident rate data for highways affected by the 89 km/h speed limit law in Maryland. Four of the fifteen variables studied -- the normal historical decline in fatal accident rates with time, changes in the posted speed limit, changes in the level of traffic volume, and increases in police enforcement -- statistically contribute to the explanation of the raw variance in the number and rate of fatal accidents. These four variables account for more than two-thirds of the total variance. Techniques for analyzing data from these highly intercorrelated variables are discussed and employed.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Dawson Jr, H S
• Publication Date: 1979-9

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 62-68
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatalities; Highway transportation; Highways; Law enforcement; Laws; Multiple regression analysis; Multivariate analysis; Regression analysis; Speed limits; Statistical analysis; Traffic crashes; Traffic volume; Trend (Statistics)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310360
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 9 1980 12:00AM