Title: An Analysis of High Accident Rates : Technical Paper
Abstract: In general the results of accident investigations have been inconclusive, and, in some instances, contradictory. Some results of accident studies have indicated, however, that correlation of accidents with some elements of the highway at specific locations is very good and that a study of accident records can indicate this correlation. As a result, this study of high-accident highways in Indiana was begun. In this study, all sections of highway investigated were two-lane highways in rural areas. Two-lane rural highways were selected because a large percentage of the highways in Indiana have only two lanes and probably will remain two-lane highways for many years to come and, as a result, the greatest need for research is on this types of facility. Rural highways were selected for this first study because of the relative homogeneity of conditions affecting accidents on these roads.