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Statens vag- och trafikinstitut (VTI) - Fack - 581 01 Link ping

No. 116A - 1977

National Road & Traffic Research lnsttute - Fack - 581 01 Linképing - Sweden

Objectives and Criteria

for Speed Limit Systems

(abbreviated version of RAPPORT No. 76, 1976)

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C O N T E N T S ABSTRACT BACKGROUND OBJECTIVES Objective relating 2.2 Objective ralating Objective relating 2.4 Objective relating vehicle costs 2.5 Objective relating economics 2.6 Objective relating speed limit 3. to to to to to to accident density accident rate accident costs accident and transport infringement of

PROPOSALS FOR OBJECTIVES AND CRITERIA FOR A SPEED LIMIT SYSTEM

REFERENCES

APPENDIX 1: Memorandum giving modified

norms for speeds higher than the basic speed limit of 70 km/h

APPENDIX 2: Speed limit in force outside

built-up areas during the years 1960 1976. VTI RAPPORT 116 A Page m m m ww 11 12 13 18

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ABSTRACT

It has been found that the enforcement of speed limits is a measure which makes it possible to influence

both the number of traffic accidents and the resultant damage. However, the question of how this measure should be put to use ~ or, in other words, which ob jective should be adopted in choosing speed limits for different road and traffic environments has not yet

been studied in sufficient detail.

Such studies require a system according to which gene-ral speed limits can be set up. The applicability of such a speed limit system can subsequently be ad

justed to give the desired effects on traffic safety

and travel times.

The present report accounts for some feasible, guiding objectives. These have been used to provide a basis for a prOposed speed limit system.

This report describes objectives that are concerned

solely with various aspects of traffic safety.

How-ever, the arguments are then develOped to include costs relating to vehicles and to travel times.

Furthermore, the report presents a discussion of the

insight and understanding of the road user in relation

to the speed limit system, eXpressed as road-users infringements of speed limits.

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BACKGROUND

Speed limit trials have been run in Sweden since the beginning of the 19605. (See Appendix 2.) Following

the changeover to right hand traffic in September 1967,

trials were started in l968 involving differentiated

speed limits on the rural road network, which meant that the entire road system was under speed limit con

trol, the valid speeds being indicated by road signs.

Since 1968, the limits have been changed for certain types of road sections and traffic environments, the purpose being to acquire data upon which a speed limit

system can be based; such a system permits adjustments

that are related to the various items of data. In the

main, the speed limits have beed reduced successively

in the intervening years, a move that has led to both fewer accidents and to less damage resulting from acci

dents. In certain instances, the speed limits were in

creased which led to an increase in the number of acci dents and greater damage following accidents.

Thus, it was found that the enforcement of speed limits is a measure which makes it possible to influence both the number of traffic accidents and the resultant

da-mage. However, the question of how this measure should

be put to use or, in other words, which objective

should be adOpted in choosing speed limits for diffe-rent road and traffic environments has not yet been

studied in sufficient detail.

Such studies require a system according to which

gene-ral speed limits can be set up. The applicability of

such a speed limit system can subsequently be adjusted to give the desired effects on traffic safety and

tra-vel times.

The present report accounts for some feasible, guiding objectives. These have been used to provide a basis

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for a proposed speed limit system.

The report has been drawn up at the request of the National Swedish Road Safety Office and among those who have participated in the work, apart from the National Swedish Road Safety Office, are representati ves of the National Swedish Police Board and of the

National Swedish Road Administration.

The purpose of a speed limit system is to present, on the basis of the guiding objective, and relating to various measures of traffic safety and other aspects of the traffic complex, criteria that can be applied to the choice of speed limit, and which can be assumed

on such grounds to give the desired degree of traffic

safety.

An example of a measure of traffic safety is the number

of accidents occuring, or the accident rate, which gives

the number of accidents in relation to the volume of traffic. Other measures that can be used include the damage and injuries resulting from accidents, or the

accident costs.

A measure applicable to the traffic complex as such is the speed of the traffic. Other such measures are tra-vel times, the number of drivers who exceed speed li

mits, the cost of travel or the cost of vehicles.

Primarily, this report describes objectives that are concerned solely with various aspects of traffic safe-ty. However, the arguments are then developed to

in-clude costs relating to vehicles and to travel times.

Furthermore, the report presents a discussion of

in-sight and understanding of the road user in relation

to the speed limit system, expressed as roadusers in fringements of speed limits.

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OBJECTIVES

Objective relating to accident density

The annual daily traffic criteria that were accepted when the basic speed limit of 70 km/h was introduced have led to an equalization of the differences in accident density, i.e. of the number of accidents per

distance unit. Roads having more or less the same

standard have had their speed limits lowered when the annual daily traffic exceeded a given value.

Figure 1 shows the relationship between accident den-sity and, respectively, accident rate and the annual daily traffic. If a limit value for the accident density could be obtained, the speed limit could be

This

would mean that the accident rate would fall succes

reduced successively when the traffic increases.

sively and roads with a high traffic intensity would

show lower accident rates than roads of corresponding

standard but with low traffic intensity.

The relationships described in the figures indicate that the accident density is prOportional to the size of the annual daily traffic. This in turn indicates

that the accident rate is not dependent on the size of

the annual daily traffic.

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ACCIDENT DENSITY

(accidents per kilometre per year)

4

/

LIMIT VALUE FOR

ACCIDENT DENSITY

D

ANNUAL DAILY TRAFFIC

ACCIDENT RATE

(accidents per million vehicle kilometre)

Am

110

I 90

I 70

, :%>

ANNUAL DAILY TRAFFIC

Figure 1. Relationship between accident density and,

respectively, accident rate and the annual

daily traffic for the speed limits: 110, 90 and 70 km/h, aSsuming that the number of accidents is prOportional to the annual daily traffic.

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Objective relating to accident rate

It is reasonable to assume that one objectiv of diffe-rentiated speed limits - apart from reducing the num

ber of accidents and their consequences - is to equal ize the differences shown by the accident rates i.e. the number of accidents per million vehicle kilometres.

The results obtained so far show that, on two lane

roads, this equalization has in fact been achieved.

ACCIDENT RATE

(No. of accidents per.million vehicle kilometres)

A 0.7_ L

0'6

22%

-2%

+42%

0.5 » 0,4_

0-3- Prior to After Prior to After Prior to After

1.6.1971 1.6.1971 1.6.1971 1.6.1971 1.6.1971 1.6.1971

0.2_

O

Ikads: 21 b c

Figure 2 Changes in the number of accidents per

Million vehicle km on roads originally having a speed limit of 90 km/h:

a) Following a decrease in speed limit to 70 km/h

b) When the speed limit was left unchanged c) Following a increase in speed limit to

110 km/h

(see appendix 1)

Figure 2 shows that the accident rates, expressed as the number of accidents per million vehicle kilometres were to a considerable extent equalized on the roads with speed limits of 70, 90 and 110 km/h, respectively,

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as a result of the introduction of the differentiated

speed limits currently valid.

Roads with narrow cross-sections were given lower speed limits than roads with wider cross sections.

(See Appendix 1.)

Owing to the geographic position of Sweden, there are

very large differences in climatic and light condi-tions during the course of the year. Consequently,

there are large variations in the accident rates for

the year. Statistics show that the accident rate is

far larger during the winter months than during the

months when mild weather conditions prevail. (The

reason for this is, for the most part, the state of

the road surface and the light conditions prevailing during winter.)

A study performed by the Institute (9) describes the

differences in accident risks arising from various

light and road surface conditions in different regions

of the country and at different times during the year. The measure used for accident risk is the accident

rate the number of accidents per million axle-pair

kilometres. The road network used in this study was

the national road network and the data upon which the

study was based was collected in 1973.

The average accident rates obtained for the various

external conditions studied, and for regions in

northern, central and southern Sweden, were as follows:

Northern Sweden

Clear surface Ice/snow

Daylight 0.37 1.07

Nighttime 0.83 1.43

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Central Sweden

Clear surface Ice/snow

Daylight 0.46 2.67

Nighttime

1.01

3.30

Southern Sweden

Clear surface Ice/snow

Daylight 0.55 5.29

Nighttime l.O6 7-93

A comparison of the different regions shows that the

accident rates throughout are lowest for northern

Sweden and highest for southern Sweden. This relation

ship is particularly accentuated during periods marked

by ice and/or snow. Then the accident rate is about 2.5 times higher in southern Sweden than that in the

central region. Furthermore, the accident rate in the

central region is, in turn, about 2.5 times higher than the value obtained for the northern region.

In comparison to clear surface conditions, the ice/snow

relationship gives an accident rate which is 2 3

times higher in northern Sweden, 3 - 6 times higher in

central Sweden, and 7 - 10 times higher in southern

Sweden.

Irrespective of region, the accident rates obtained for dark night time conditiOns are about twice as high

as those for daylight conditions when the ground is

clear and about 1.5 times higher when the surface is,

covered with snow or ice.

Just as difference in accident rates for different road and traffic environments can be equalized by using speed limits that are differentiated according to the road standard, so should it be possible to equalize accident rates during the year by using

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V T I R A P P O R T 1 1 6 A ACCIDENT RATE ( 1,3 1,2 1,1 1,0 0,9 0,8 0,7 0,6 0,5 0,4 0,3 0,2 0,1 0

NORTHERN SWEDEN

9

T

CENTRAL SWEDEN SOUTHERN SWEDEN

(%)

ACCIDENT RATE (g)

)

ACCIDENT RATE

1,

1.3

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Figure 3. Accident rates for the total number of accidents and accidents involving personal injuries, grouped by region and month.

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speed limits that are differentiated according to time. It should be possible to achieve improvements in traffic safety by enforcing lower speed limits during the winter months. It should even be possible in the future to allow speed limits to be determined by the prevailing road surface and light conditions.

Objective relating to accident costs

In the objective deScribed above, no consideration was

given to the fact that accidents occurring at high speeds generally result in far greater damage than those occurring at lower speeds. One way of elimi-nating this discrepancy is to attempt to equalize the differences between the costs involved by using diffe-rentiated speed limits. This would result in lower accident rates for roads of a better standard

compa-red to those obtained for roads of a lower standard.

Objective relating to accident and vehicle costs

As in the case of costs incurred in accidents, the

cost outlay for vehicles increases with increasing speeds. The increase in vehicle costs depends on creased energy consumption and expenditure due to in-creased wear and tear to the vehicle. In View of the fact that energy supplies are a matter of current in terest, it might well be pertinent to take vehicle costs into account in discussions on objectives for a speed limit system.

The consequence of an objective in which both accident

costs and vehicle costs are taken into account is that

the accident rate should diminish increasingly with

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improved road standards compared with an objective which takes into account only accident costs. Figure

4 shows how the vehicle costs for family cars vary

according to speed. Sw.Crs./Family car-kilometre 0.27 0.26 0.25 02L 023 0.22 0.2 1 020 0.19 0.18 Figure 4 4L

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T Gravel

l

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Aspha:j//

l

\

Oil gravel +asphalt (old//

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road)

V/'

\JV/

1.0 VI,

S0 60 70- 90 mo 110 KH/H

Vehicle costs for family car at different

speeds and for different road surfaces

(prices as per 1973).

Source: Profitability estimations of

Road Project DAlZl National

Swedish Road Administration 1973

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Objective relating to transport economics

In the objectives discussed hitherto, no direct consi

deration has been paid to the effects of speed limits on travel times. An objective relating to the econo-mic aspects of transport aims at setting a speed limit

which, in every conceivable road environment, gives

minimum transport costs, i.e. the sum of the costs of

accidents, vehicles and time. The "Optimum" speed

limit in each road environment will be dependent on such factors as arbitrary evaluations of time and accidents. The experimental work that has been done

so far does not provide sufficient information upon which to base an objective dealing with the economic

aspects of transport. Judging from the profitability calculations used in road planning, and the results obtained from various road trials with differentiated

speed limits (which are designed to study the effect

of these on accidents and on the actual driving speeds

speeds exceeding 100 km/h are not "profitable" from

the standpoint of transport economy. Furthermore, in

order to reach minimum transport costs at a speed of

100 km/h, it is essential that the road environment in question is devoid of accidents.

Figure 5 illustrates, using two models, the relation ship between the accident rate and the actual mean driving speeds which lead to a minimum transport cost.

Mddel l is designed so that the accident rate is pro

portional to the square of the actual driving speeds (v2), and Mddel 2 is designed so that the accident

rate is prOportional to the cube of these speeds (v3)

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Figure 3 12

ACCIDENT RATE (ST?)

A

1.0

0.5 _

0 l 1 I I I I

70

75

80

85

90

95

100

SPEED (v)

Relationship between the accident rate and the actual mean driving speed at minimum

transport costs.

Objective relating to infringements of speed limit

Another feasible objective for a speed limit system which is constructed purely on a system of surveil-lance, is to assume that the frequency of infringe-ments is the same for the different road and traffic

environments.

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PROPOSALS FOR OBJECTIVES AND CRITERIA FOR A SPEED LIMIT SYSTEM

On the basis of the objectives presented above and in consultation with representatives for the National

Swedish Police Board, the National Swedish Road Safety Office and the National Swedish Road Administration,

the following proposed objective has been drawn up.

OBJECTIVE RELATING TO ACCIDENT RATE

The points covered by this ob-jective should also include accident densities, personal in juries resulting from accidents,

and the insight into and under

standing of the speed limit

sys-tem shown by the road user.

The objective can be formulated as follows:

To equalise the differences in accident rates and in-juries within "homogenous" road categories, by the application of differentiated speed limits. The term "accident rate" refers to the number of accidents occuring per million vehicle kilometres, while "in juries" refers to the number of peOple injured per traffic accident. The speed limits may differ in both

location and time.

Ideally, the objective implies that the accident rate and injuries relating to one "homogenous" road cate-gory should be of the same magnitude for all the roads

belonging to this category at various times during the

year.

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The reason for differentiating the objectives applying to different road categories is to be found in the

large variations in standard, in traffic volume and in

traffic composition applicable for the various cate gories.

These differences also lead to considerable variations

in the accident rates. A comparison between motormways

and two-lane highways may serve as an example. The

physical plan of the motor ways steers the traffic in

such a way that such roads are generally safer than two-lane roads, i.e. the accident rate is lower for

motor-ways than for two-lane roads. This difference

in accident rate, which is largely due to differences

in road standard and traffic composition, should not be eliminated completely in a speed limit system.

As roads of a high standard carry, with few exceptions, a high traffic intensity, the accident density is a factor that must be considered. However, it appears to be impossible to set an upper limit for accident

density since it would mean enforcing very low speed

limits on the roads of motor way standard having high traffic intensity.

As a first step towards determining which criteria

should be applicable to a road differentiated speed

limit system, it is necessary to reach agreement on

the relationship between the accident rates applying

to different road categories. However, the term "road

category" requires definition first.

A construction relating to road category must take in

to account not only accident rates but also the perso nal injuries mentioned earlier the number of peOple injured per traffic accident. The figures for these

are obtained by studying the distribution of the

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types of accidents occurring in different road and

traffic environments. In this case, too, it is

necessary to reach agreement on the extent of varia

tions in personal injuries that can be accepted as

permissible in the road traffic system.

The statistics drawn up by the National Swedish Road Administration (based on the traffic accidents occurr

ing on rural roads that were reported to the police in 1973) enable an estimation to be made of the number of injured persons per accident reported to the police

for different types of accidents.

Type of accident Number of injured persons per reported accident

Single vehicle 0.60 Turn-off 0.48 Catching-up 0.43 Overtaking 0.51 Crossing 0.51 Head on 0.86 Bicycle 0.90 Pedestrian 0.99 Animals 0.10 Others 0.45

As seen from the table, the injuries to persons

in-curred during different types of accidents vary con siderably. According to the table, personal injuries are most likely to occur in accidents arising from head-on collisions and in accidents between a vehicle

and a bicycle or a pedestrian, whereas a collision

with an animal seldom leads to personal injuries.

The data upon which to base criteria designed to compbr with the objective set up have been very largely in creased since the introduction of the speed limit

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system currently in use. In this connection, mention

canbe made of the Road Data Bank that has been started

and the research and develOpment work that is being done on speed and accident models

account the traffic volume,

and speed limits.

Figure 6

rate and the road width for three

road width,

which take into

road alignment

illustrates relationships between the accident

different alignment figure that the the alignment and

radius >lOOO metres with

530 0/00 or brow of hill.

radius >lOOO metres with >30 o/oo, curve radius 700 1000 metres irrespective

of slope, and curve radius 400-700 metres with slope 330

0/00 or brow of hill.

Curve radius 400-700 metres 'with lepe >30 0/00 and curve radius $400:metres irrespec

classes. It can be seen from the

accident rate is affected by both

the road width.

ACCIDENT RATE

Class I alignment: Curve

sth

Class II alignment: Curve

shxe

1.0 _

\. Class III alignment:

\

- tive of slope.

.

\. III \ ./ 0.5 _ 0 WM 1 I I I I n n l I I 50 150 ROAD WIDTH (DM)

Figure 6 Relationships between accident rate and

road width for different alignment classes

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With reference to the prOposed objective, it is there

fore possible to state the criteria necessary for se

lecting speed limits and which take into account

a road width

0 road alignment

0 accident type distribution

Using the relationship between the accident rate and injuries incurred in accidents (relating to the various

road categories), the actual status of traffic safety may be derived from the variety of criteria determining

the choice of speed limit.

Thus, it is possible for the authorities who are re-sponsible for traffic safety to decide how, and the extent to which, speed limit measures can be effected

in order to influence the number of traffic accidents.

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R E F E R E N C E S

(Articles written in Swedish, with titles translated

into English)

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Roosmark P-0 and Nilsson G

Differentiated general speed limits. Parts 1.1

and 1.2

The effect on traffic accidents.

VTI (SVI), Special report No. 90, 1970

Roosmark P-0 and Nilsson G

The effect on traffic accidents of the 70 km/h

speed limit

VTI, Report No. 24, 1973

Anderson B M and Nilsson G

The effect of speed limits on traffic accidents A comparison between the speed limits 130 and

110 km/h on motor ways, and the speed limits 90

and 110 km/h on two-lane roads

VTI, Report No. 59, 1974

Nilsson G

Studies of the relationships between accidents, road profiles and traffic volume

VTI, Report No. 27, 1973 Nilsson G

Relationship between traffic accidents and road

cross section, annual daily traffic and speed limits

VTI, Intern Report No. 128, 1973

Br de U and Nilsson G

Prediction model for traffic accidents

VTI, Report No. 77, 1975

Gynnerstedt G

Simula-and its system-ana-Summarized descriptionof the project:

tion of rural road traffic, lytical background

VTI, Intern Report No. 164, 1975

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Jornrup H and Svensson A

The effect of speed limits outside built up areas STR, Bulletin No. 10 1971

Nilsson G

Accident rate as a measure of traffic safety Variation in accident rates in relation to road surface conditions and light conditions

VTI, Report No. 73, 1975

Marcellis J C

An Economic Evaluation of Traffic Movement at Various Speeds

Highway Research Record No. 35, 1963 (In English) Kolsrud B and Ustman C

Edholm S,

Differentiated general speed limits

Part 2

The adjustment of drivers to speeds

VTI (SVI), Special Report No. 90, 1970

Carlsson G and berg G

Follow-up speed studies of the 70 km/h speed limit

during the summer (6 months) of 1971 VTI, Report No. 12, 1974

Nilsson G

A summary of differentiated speed limit trials

run during the years 1968-1972 VTI, Report No. 88, 1976

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Appendix 1

Criteria for higher speed limit than basic speed limit 70 km/h. Road category l. MoUnmay Rcaimud i 2. 3. Roads in nordmin Sweda1 I v I V I/ \ I V I V IV I V 12 9 7.0 6.0 6.0 10.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 5.5 5.0 5.0 VTI RAPPORT 116 A

Annual daily traffic

.9 (gravel) (ADT 1969)

53000

< |/ \ |/ \ I/ \ I A I A I A I /\ |/ \ |/ \ |/ \ l 500 000 800 250 000 000 000 000 000 500 300 200 Spaai lhnit

._.._1_<I_n__/1_1_._.

110 110 110 110 110 110 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90

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Appendix 2

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Speed limits in force outside built-up areas during

the years 1960-1976.

Time Speed limit

22 dec 1960 - 9 jan 1961 80 90 100 29 march - 5 april 1961 90 19 may 24 may 1961 90 22 june - 12 july 1961 90 1 sept 11 sept 1961 90 22 dec 1961 8 jan 1962 80 18 april - 2 may 1962 100 8 june 25 june 1962 90 13 july 31 july 1962 90 17 aug - 3 sept 1962 100 21 dec 1962 - 7 jan 1963 90 10 april - 17 april 1963 90 31 may 3 june 1963 90 20 june - 23 june 1963 90

every week end (friday sunday)

during the period

28 june 4 aug 1963 90 20 dec 1963 - 6 jan 1964 80 25 march - 1 april 1964 90 15 may 18 may 1964 90 18 june - 21 june 1964 ' 9O 3 july 2 aug 1964 90

every week-end (friday sunday)

during the period

7 aug 30 aug 1964 100 11 dec 1964 10 jan 1965 80 14 april 21 april 1965 90 4 june 7 june 1965 90 24 june 27 june 1965 90 2 july - 1 aug 1965 90 29 oct - 28 nov 1965 90 17 dec 1965 - 9 jan 1966 80 1 april - 13 april 1966 90 27 may 30 may 1966 90

VTI RAPPORT 116 A

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Appendix 2

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Time Speed limit

23 june - 30 june 1966 90

1 july - 31 july 1966 90

evemy week-end (friday-sunday) 100

durlng august 1966 1 hov 30 nov 1966 90 16 dec 1966 8 jan 1967 , 80 17 march - 29 march 1967 90 12 may - 15 may 1967 90 22 june 31 june 1967 90 31 july - 2 sept 1967 90 3 sept 5 sept 1967 60 6 sept - 17 oct 1967 70 18 oct - 31 dec 1967 80 1 jan 7 may 1968 80 8 may - 28 june k1 1200 1968 Di fI (130,110,90) 28 june k1 1200 - 1 sept 1968 90

2 sept 19 dec 1968 Di fII

(130,110,90)

20 dec 1968 - 7 jan 1969 90

8 jan 2 april 1969 Dr fII

(130,110,90)

3 april - 8 april 1969 90

9 april 18 june 1969 InffJI

(130,110,90)

19 june 23 june 1969 90

24 june 1969 - 29 april 1970 Dr EII (130,110,90) 30 april 1970 - 31 may 1971 90 1 june 1971 - - Di EIII (110,90,70)

VTI RAPPORT 116 A

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Figure

Figure 1. Relationship between accident density and, respectively, accident rate and the annual daily traffic for the speed limits: 110, 90 and 70 km/h, aSsuming that the number of accidents is prOportional to the annual daily traffic.
Figure 2 Changes in the number of accidents per Million vehicle km on roads originally having a speed limit of 90 km/h:
Figure 3. Accident rates for the total number of accidents and accidents involving personal injuries, grouped by region and month.
Figure 3 12ACCIDENT RATE (ST?)A1.00.5 _0l1I I I I7075808590 95 100 SPEED (v)

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