Response to accidents as a means of casualty reduction and secondary accident prevention.

Author(s)
Blessington, H.K. & Faber, O.
Year
Abstract

The central objective of the study was to find costs and benefits of installing emergency telephones on all-purpose roads. The benefits are: (1) to road users requiring assistance: peace of mind, time savings, life saving due to rapid response of emergency services, reduced exposure to hazard; and (2) benefits to other road users: reduced congestion in the event of accidents, reduced number of secondary accidents. The following conclusions can be drawn: all the tested options provide a very high economic return, benefit/cost ratios are between 8:1 and 17:1.

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Publication

Library number
C 14466 (In: C 14455 S) /85 / IRRD 894567
Source

In: Proceedings of the conference Road Safety in Europe and Strategic Highway Research Program SHRP, Prague, the Czech Republic, September 20-22, 1995, VTI Konferens No. 4A, Part 3, p. 111-121

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