STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CONNECTION WITH ROAD AND TRAFFIC FACTORS BEING INCLUDED IN THE ROAD DATA BANK
STATISTISK BESKRIVNING AV TRAFIKOLYCKORS SAMBAND MED VAEG- OCH TRAFIKFAKTORER INGAAENDE I VAEGDATABANKEN
The purpose of the investigation has been to use information from the road data bank and the accident data record in studying the way accident numbers and accident ratios vary with different road and traffic factors. The accident ratio is defined as the number of accidents per million kilometers per pair of vehicle axles. Every accident other than at intersections reported to the police is included, comprising both property damage and personal injuries which occurred during 1971-73 on the parts of the road network for which information about the horizontal and vertical alignment exists. Road and traffic factors considered in the investigation are: traffic flow, road alignment, paved width, speed limit, overtaking prohibition, central reserve, climbing lane, wearing course type, road type, region and road distance. /TRRL/
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Corporate Authors:
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
Linköping, Sweden SE-581 95 -
Authors:
- Bruedell
- Publication Date: 1976
Language
- Swedish
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 27 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alignment; Climbing lanes; Crashes; Data banks; Highways; Injuries; Length; Loss and damage; Medians; Passing; Pavements; Property; Speed limits; Statistics; Traffic crashes; Traffic flow; Wearing course (Pavements); Width
- Uncontrolled Terms: Property damage
- Old TRIS Terms: Pavement width; Personal injury
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00163385
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Report/Paper Numbers: VTI Rpt. No. 13 Monograph
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: May 3 1978 12:00AM