Citation

Anderson JM, Rhodes AH. Proc. Int. Tech. Conf. Enhanced Safety Vehicles 1992; 1992: 299-304.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, In public domain, Publisher National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

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Abstract

71 heavy goods vehicle (HGV) surveys took place at 52 sites in 7 regions of the UK between 1989 and 1991. A random sample of 5456 HGVs were surveyed to provide the data for a review of the current methods used to estimate cumulative traffic loading for road pavement design. New average vehicle wear factors were proposed for each of 8 HGV classes but there were no improvements in accuracy when the data was disaggregated by region or by HGV flow. A new method for estimating cumulative traffic loading was proposed with marginal improvements in accuracy.