Hazardous effects of highway features and roadside objects
Title:
Hazardous effects of highway features and roadside objects
Author:
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research.
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Publication Information:
Washington : Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Offices of Research & Development ; Springfield, Va. : For sale by the National Technical Information Service, 1978-
Physical Description:
v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series:
Report - Federal Highway Administration ; no. FHWA-RD-78-202
Report ; no. FHWA-RD-78-202.
General Note:
Performed by Calspan Field Services, Inc., under contract DOT-FH-11-8501.
Final report; Sept. 1978.
Contents:
V. 1. Literature review and methodology. Introduction -- Survey of pertinent literature -- Methodology -- References. v. 2. Findings. Sample descriptors -- Predeparture factors related to accident occurrence -- Road departure -- Off-road factors -- Impact characteristics -- Accident severity -- Factors influencing injury -- Special studies -- Discussion.
Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to determine hazards in run-off-road accidents. The major data sources were accident data from specially trained state police, and road and roadside data from state files. Data were collected in six states; the sample consisted of almost 8,000 accidents on rural roads. Vol. 1 contains a literature review, and the methodology for the data collection and preparation for analysis. Vol. 2. contains the study results.
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