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home / centre for automotive safety research / Publications / List / Details Publication Details| Title | Travelling speed and the risk of crash involvement. Volumes 1 and 2 | | Authors | Kloeden CN, McLean AJ, Moore VM, Ponte G | | Year | 1997 | | Type | Report | | Abstract | The relationship between free travelling speed and the risk of involvement in a casualty crash in a 60 km/h speed limit zone was quantified using a case control study design. The 151 case vehicles were passenger cars involved in crashes in the Adelaide metropolitan area which were investigated at the scene by the NHMRC Road Accident Research Unit and reconstructed using the latest computer aided crash reconstruction techniques. The 604 control vehicles were passenger cars matched to the cases by location, direction of travel, time of day, and day of week and their speeds were measured with a laser speed gun. It was found that the risk of involvement in a casualty crash doubled with each 5 km/h increase in free travelling speed above 60 km/h. Hypothetical speed reductions applied to the case vehicles indicated large potential safety benefits from even small reductions in travelling speed, particularly on arterial roads. | | Report Number | CR172 | | Publisher | Federal Office of Road Safety, Transport and Communications | | Publisher City | Canberra | | Sponsor | Federal Office of Road Safety (FORS) | | ISBN | 0642255903 | | ISSN | 0810770X | | Page Count | 72 | | Notes | Volume 1 available on http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/1997/Speed_Risk_1.aspx |
| Reference | | Kloeden CN, McLean AJ, Moore VM, Ponte G (1997). Travelling speed and the risk of crash involvement. Volumes 1 and 2 (CR172). Canberra: Federal Office of Road Safety, Transport and Communications. |
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