Citation

Hoque MM. Aust. Road Res. 1989; 19(1): 29-40.

Affiliation

Bangladesh Univ of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Australian Road Research Board ARRB)

DOI

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Abstract

This paper reviews past studies of accidents by road class, both in Australia and overseas. It is concluded that too little is known about the dimension of the accident problem by road class and in many cases consideration was not given to define properly-structured hierarchy levels. A comprehensive study of accidents by road class in Melbourne has recently been completed. This paper summarises some of the results which provide new insights into this accident problem. It shows that the proportions of intersection versus link accidents vary markedly between road class. The average number of accidents per site varies considerably according to road class; each road class has its own profile of predominant accident types; accidents at primary and secondary arterial insersections are more clustered than on other road classes; the extent of clustering varies over the long term; and there is little clustering on links irrespective of road class and remains apparently the same over time.

Language: en