This is the first volume in a series of six publications providing research results on the safety effectiveness of highway design features. This series provides designers and traffic engineers with useful information on the relationship between accidents and highway geometrics. The Scientex Corporation, the Highway Safety Research Center at the University of North Carolina, Chapel hill, and Michael Baker Jr., Inc., have compiled this Compendium under contract with the Federal Highway Administration. The six volumes include: I) access control; II) alignment; III) cross sections; (IV) interchanges; V) intersections; and VI) pedestrians and bicyclists. This volume discusses the relationship between access control and accidents. The information relates both to freeways and nonfreeways. Both urban and rural areas are discussed, but city streets are not included. The results of studies which identify measures which can be used to control access on nonfreeways are also presented. (A)
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