Abstract
Friction measurements were made with a skid trailer at 70 mph on 820 miles of rural, four-lane, controlled-access routes on the interstate and parkway systems in Kentucky. These facilities were subdivided into test sections and half-mile sites. Accident experience, friction measurements and traffic volumes were obtained for each subdivision.
The expression of accident occurrence which correlated best with skid resistance was wet-surface accidents per 100 million vehicle miles. There was a definite trend exhibiting a rapid decrease of accidents with increasing Skid Number (70 mph) to 26 ± 1; thereafter, with increasing Skid Numbers, the rate of decrease was considerably lessened. This trend was developed using test-section data and verified using half-mile sites. Analysis of Peak Slip Numbers and accident occurrences indicated similar trends to those developed with Skid Numbers.
Report Date
9-1972
Report Number
No. 339
Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1972.339
Repository Citation
Napier, Cass T., "Accidents on Rural Interstate and Parkway Roads and Their Relation to Pavement Friction" (1972). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 909.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/909
Notes
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