Speed management on local government managed roads – research, recommendations and guidelines

The relationship between speed and accidents on rural single-carriageway roads Prepared for Road Safety Division, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

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Validation of simulated assessment of teen driver speed management on rural roads.

More US teens die from traffic crashes than from any other cause, with speed and rural roads major contributing factors. This study aimed to validate a high-fidelity simulator to explore these risks in an injury-free environment. Twenty-one newly-licensed 16-year-old males completed simulated and on-the-road drives of the same rural roads. Average free speeds on three road segments showed no sy...