SAFETY IN SMALL URBAN AREAS
LA SECURITE DANS LES PETITES AGGLOMERATIONS
Statistical data are given on fatalities, severity, and types of personal injuries, and distribution of casualties in France as a function of the size of the urban area and type of road. A sample consisting of 35 urban areas varying in size but containing less than 4300 inhabitants, in which 279 accidents occurred in 2 years was selected in three departments. A study of the accidents, characteristics of the road network and environment was conducted to investigate the influence of the structure and functions of the road network on traffic accidents. The results are presented according to the following road types: main roads with 3 or more lanes, main roads of medium width (2 lanes), main roads in recently urbanized zones, service roads varying in traffic density. This article was originally published in French in Recherche Transports Securite, 1985-03, no 5, 11-16. (TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
Wokingham, Berkshire United Kingdom -
Authors:
- FLEURY, D
- Fontaine, H
- MALATERRE, G
- Peytavin, J-F
- Publication Date: 0
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
- Pagination: 15 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Classification; Crash rates; Crash severity; Crashes; Environment; Fatalities; Highways; Injuries; Networks; Roads; Service roads; Size; Small towns; Statistics; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes; Traffic safety; Translations; Urban areas; Width
- Uncontrolled Terms: Highway classification; Road networks
- Geographic Terms: France
- ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9014: Dimension; 2455: Environment; 1602: Fatality; 8036: France; 2163: Injury; 2748: Main road; 2795: Service road; 6555: Statistics; 671: Traffic flow; 2827: Traffic lane; 8538: Translation; 313: Urban area; 6479: Width
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00451358
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Report/Paper Numbers: Translation 3214
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM