Effect of repeal of the national maximum speed limit law on occurrence of crashes, injury crashes, and fatal crashes on Utah highways

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-229

  Vernon, Donald D ^a   Cook, Lawrence J ^b   Peterson, Katharine J ^c   Michael Dean, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Crashes; Fatality; Interstate; Rural; Speed limits; Urban; Utah

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA ACQUISITION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CRASH RATES; DEMOGRAPHY;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; UTAH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0344897719     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00151-3     Document Type: Article

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