SPEED EXPERIMENT IN ESTONIA - IMPACTS ON ROAD SAFETY AND ROAD USER BEHAVIOUR

In May 1997, the Estonian government increased the general speed limit on all Estonian roads from 90 to 100 km/h, for a one month period. The next step was an experiment in 1998 where speed limits only on certain sections of the country's roads were increased from 90 km/h to 100, 110 or 120 km/h for a period of 5 months. Study design was quasi experimental. Comparison data was used; the road sections that were qualified for the raised speed limits were assigned randomly into two groups: experimental roads where the speed limits were raised and control roads where the limits remained unchanged. Speed measurements took place before, during, and after the speed limits were raised; altogether data collected consisted of more than 1.5 million individual speed measurements. Accident data consisted of police reports on the road sections included in the study. Studies also included a survey where more than 1,600 drivers were interviewed at the roadside, mainly at service stations.

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• Authors:
  • Antov, D
  • Roivas, T
• Conference:
  • Traffic Safety on Two Continents
  • Location: Malmo, Sweden
  • Date: 1999-9-20 to 1999-9-22
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 41-54
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 0347-6030

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash severity; Police reports; Safety programs; Speed limits; Speed measurement; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: Estonia; Europe
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00796306
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: VTI konferens 13A, Part 6, 6
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 28 2000 12:00AM