AbstractA number of methods have been proposed for measuring the added risk of a road accident during rainy weather. These methods are reviewed here, and two of them are applied, with adjustments, to data from Israel and the United States. Their accuracy, however, is limited because surrogates have to be used for traffic exposure to rain. Nevertheless, results do indicate that the added risk of an injury accident in rainy conditions can be substantial: two to three times greater than in dry weather. And when a rain follows a dry spell the hazard could be even greater.
Risk of a road accident in rainy weather
Accident Analysis and Prevention ; 20 , 3 ; 161-176
1987-04-23
16 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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