Impact Of Rapid Incident Detection On Freeway Accident Fatalities
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1996-06-01
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Abstract:Heavily congested urban highways in the United States have spurred the development of Freeway Management Systems (FMS). Among the goals of these systems is the improvement of traffic management and the facilitation of more rapid incident detection and response. Reduction in this time, in turn, may affect the numbers of fatalities. A statistical analysis is conducted to determine the quantitative relationship between fatalities and the accident notification time on urban freeways. Using this relationship, the impact of freeway incident detection systems on fatalities is estimated. The economic benefits of fatality reduction are also derived. References, 4 tables, 18 p.
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