Use and effectiveness of speed reducing measures in urban areas.

Author(s)
Lynam, D.A.
Year
Abstract

Information from UK and abroad is reviewed to identify the measures that have been shown to be effective in reducing speeds. Only speed humps or very severe pinch points induce low mean speeds but other measures can be effective in reducing 85th percentile speeds. Conprehensive schemes in local streets can produce large proportionate reductions in accident numbers but do not make a large impact on accident totals.

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Library number
940601 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Crowthorne, Berkshire, Transport and Road Research Laboratory TRRL road Safety Division, 1987, 20 p., 24 ref.; Working Paper ; WP/RS/54

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