INCIDENTS ON MOTORWAYS

In August 1993 the Tucker Parry Knowles Partnership (TPK) was invited by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) to undertake a research project for the Highways Economics and Traffic Appraisal (HETA) DIvision of the Department of Transport (DOT) to establish incident rates and durations on motorway links and to assess their impact on traffic capacity. The project involved assessing incidents at ten motorway survey sites by collecting multi-channel time lapse video information from closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) and using police historical records to extract information on vehicle incidents. This report describes the survey locations, methodology, analyses and the conclusions.

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  TRL

  Crowthorne House, Nine Mile Ride
  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom  RG40 3GA
• Authors:
  • ROBERTS, N P
  • WEBB, S A
  • COE, G A
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 36 p.
• Serial:
  • TRL PROJECT REPORT
  • Issue Number: PR 84
  • Publisher: TRL
  • ISSN: 0968-4093

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Freeways; Incident detection; Mechanical failure; Motor vehicles; Recording; Television; Traffic flow; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1684: Breakdown (veh); 1632: Incident detection; 2752: Motorway; 6969: Recording; 6949: Television; 671: Traffic flow; 8119: United Kingdom; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00663298
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 24 1994 12:00AM