Travelling Speed and the Risk of Crash Involvement on Rural Roads
Kloeden CN, McLean AJ, Moore VM, Ponte G
Centre for Automotive Safety Research, The University of Adelaide
The main aim of this project is to quantify the relationship between travelling speed and the risk of involvement in an injury producing crash, for sober drivers in an urban setting. Using a case-control study design, speeds of vehicles involved in injury crashes are compared with speeds of vehicles not involved in crashes but travelling in the same direction, at the same location, time of day, day of week, and time of year.
The secondary aims of the project are to examine the effect of hypothetical speed reductions on this set of crashes and to explore the relationship between travelling speed and driver blood alcohol concentration.
