Abstract
A study of traffic conflicts at a rural dual carriageway intersection has been made and the relation of conflicts with injury accidents investigated. Serious conflicts, defined as situation involving a vehicle in at least a sudden rapid deceleration or lane change to avoid collision, correlate well with reported injury accidents both in location and time of day. More than two vehicles were present in three quarters of the conflict cases studied. Three of the most common situations leading to multi vehicle conflicts are described. No evidence was found that vehicles travelling faster than average were an important factor in the generation of accident situations.