Statewide traffic safety study phase I : review of current traffic safety research, practice, analytical procedures, and databases [technical summary report].

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Review of current traffic safety research, practice, analytical procedures, and databases technical summary report
• Creators:
  Wilmot, Chester G.
• Corporate Creators:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center ; Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic safety
  • Transportation safety
  • Safety
  • Research
  • Traffic safety--Louisiana
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/LA.03/399
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Louisiana
• Edition:
  Technical summary report; March 2008.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  In the last decade, Louisiana’s traffic related fatality rate has consistently put Louisiana within the ; top eight highest ranking states in the nation with regard to such; in 2001, Louisiana tied with ; Montana and South Carolina as states with the highest fatality rates. That year, Louisiana’s ; fatality rate was 2.3 fatalities per 100 million miles traveled, while the national average was 1.5. ; As would be expected, Louisiana’s high crash rate has significant economic and social costs. ; Property damage, lost productivity, medical expenses, and inflated motor vehicle insurance rates ; imposed an estimated 5.3 billion dollar burden on the state in 2002. Although these costs are not ; distributed equally, fatality rates among Louisiana’s 16 to 20 year olds are double that of all other ; ages. While improving road safety is a national objective, the conditions in Louisiana justify an ; independent study of conditions and opportunities for improvement within the state.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  LTRC project no. 05-3SS ; State project no. 737-99-0649
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/22368/dot_22368_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 30.40 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b1db8335a549da0dd32416dbf0776880d9787fc551d04c459bffcfa6f717c77e85c8212f3c6545116a12393eb156ade25a6ab5654535c25bdae6d053f6f0e44d