Background and development of federal highway administration's skid-accident reduction program. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1974.

Review is made of Federal Highway Administration actions related to pavement skid-control qualities of federal-aid highway projects since the Highway Safety Act of 1966. Emphasis is on skid-resistance; obtaining and correlating accident data, material properties, and practices in design, construction, and maintenance for better skid-resistance; and determining priorities for current projects.