| Title | Speeding In Rural Areas. |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 9378 |
| Corporate Creator | United States. Federal Highway Administration |
| Publisher | United States. Federal Highway Administration |
| Publication Date | 20000900 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | Americans travel more on urban roads than on rural roads [1,592,057 million vehicle miles (M VMT) are driven annually in urban areas, compared with 1,033,310 M VMT in rural areas]. However, in 1998, 61% of all U.S. motor vehicle fatalities and 65% of all speeding-related fatalities occurred on rural roads. Two out of every 3 speeding-related fatalities occur in rural areas. Presented here are figures showing the distributions of speeding-related fatalities by road class for rural versus urban areas and graphs indicating speeding-related fatality rates by highway class for rural areas versus urban areas and nonspeeding-related fatality rates by highway class for rural areas versus urban areas. The figures and graphs show 1998 statistics. |
| Rosap ID | dot:14135 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14135 |
| TRT Terms | Speed limits; Speed zones |
| General Subjects | Distributions (Statistics); Fatalities; Highway classification; Rural areas; Speeding; Urban areas; Vehicle miles of travel |
| Classification | NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Speed Limits |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
802558 |
| Resource type | Research Paper |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/9000/9300/9378/speeding_rural.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |