There were 1,065 fatal traffic accidents on California freeways in 1989. These resulted in the deaths of 1,179 people. This was an increase of 45 fatal accidents and 53 fatalities from 1988. Freeway travel during the same time increased 5% to over 105 billion vehicle miles. The 1989 fatality rate of 1.12 people killed per 100 million vehicle miles (MVM) of travel was unchanged from 1988. The fatal accident rate of 1.01 per MVM was 1% lower, however. Six accident types in 1989 increased numerically and three decreased. The major accident type increases were ran-off-road did-not-hit-fixed-object (33%), rear-end (5%), and hit-fixed-object (5%) accidents. The major reductions were cross-median (35%) and wrong-way (20%) accidents.


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    Title :

    Freeway Fatal Accidents, 1989


    Contributors:
    D. W. Howell (author) / C. D. Cutler (author)

    Publication date :

    1992


    Size :

    34 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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