65 mph speed limit : analysis of fatal accident injury severity

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• Creators:
  Skinner, David ; Borener, Sherry
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Fatalities
  • Injury severity
  • Crash data
  • 65 mph speed limit
  • Statistical analysis
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-HS070-PM-89-29
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Project memorandum
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  Several studies of the fatality experience in the 38 states that implemented a65 mph speed ; limit on Rural Interstate highways in 1987 concluded that the higher speed limit has ; caused fatalities to increase. This relationship between the speed limit and fatalities ; was found when the experience of all these states was considered simultaneously. ; Another perspective has been used as well, mainly in more informal analyses. These ; analyses examined the fatality experience of one state to draw conclusions about that state, ; and often, by inference, other states. These efforts have produced mixed results. The small ; and variable numbers of Rural Interstate fatalities makes individual state analyses difficult. ; This study seeks to extend the studies of the group experience of states that raised the ; speed limit along three lines: ; (1) including all 1988 data from the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) to ; look for effects on occupant fatalities. Most studies used data only for 1987 2. ; (2) examining not only occupant fatalities, but the injury severity distribution ofall ; occupants in fatal accidents. ; (3) using the added data to try to learn more about the way in which speed affects ; the number and severity of accidents.
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5852/dot_5852_DS1.pdf
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• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
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