Highway Safety

Accident Rates at Intersections, Ai

Nx1,000,000
Ai 
Tx365 xAADT

Where :
N  number of accident occurences
T  time frame of analysis in years
AADT  annual average daily traf fic

Example Problem:

An intersection has a record of following number of accidents for 5 years:

Fatal = 8
Injury = 63
Property Damage = 136

If the AADT for this particular intersection is 3,010, determine the accident rate per million entering
vehicles.

Accident Rate at Highway Section, As:

Nx100,000,000
As 
Tx365 xAADTxL

Where :
N  number of accident occurences
T  time frame of analysis in years
AADT  annual average daily traf fic
L  length of highway section in km

Example Problem:

A 5-km highway section has a recorded number of accidents of 550 in 5 years. If the average daily traffic
of this highway section is 12,480, determine the accident rate per 100 million vehicle-kilometer.