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Impact Of Speed On Vehicle Safety On Urban Arterial Roadways, Andrew C. Vosper
Impact Of Speed On Vehicle Safety On Urban Arterial Roadways, Andrew C. Vosper
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Vehicle speed has long been one, if not the primary contributing factor to crashes, influencing both the probability and severity. Within the Portland metro area arterials have the highest serious crash rate per road mile and vehicle miles travelled. (Metro, 2012) The purpose of this research is to compile vehicle speeds along select arterial roadways within the Portland metro area and comparing it to applicable crash data. The roadway segment of SE Foster Road between SE 52nd avenues and SE 82nd avenues was selected, due to the simplicity of the physical as-built roadway properties along with available Bluetooth …