Implications of the 65 mph speed limit for traffic safety.

Author(s)
Houston, D.J.
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Abstract

This study evaluates the impact of the 65/mph speed limit on traffic safety. Using data for the years 1981 to 1995 for all 50 states, a pooled time series analysis is conducted. Separate models are estimated for state fatality rates on four categories of roads: rural interstate highways, rural noninterstate roads, all roads except for rural interstate highways, and all roads. It is reported that the 65-mph speed limit increased fatality rates on rural interstate highways but was correlated with a reduction in state fatality rates on the three other categories of roads. (A)

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991409 ST fo
Source

Evaluation Review, Vol. 23 (1999), No. 3 (June), p. 304-315, 50 ref.

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