On rural roads, the largest number of accidents have occurred on Saturdays, Fridays, and Sundays, respectively. Tuesdays generally had the lowest number of accidents. The highest accident rates for two-lane roads were on Sundays and Saturdays, and the rates for expressways (interstates and toll roads) were the highest on Sundays. Accident rates on weekends were substantially higher than on weekdays. Rates of fatal and all accidents were lower during holiday periods than during weekends not involving holidays. Holiday periods had fewer accidents per day than weekends but had more accidents per day than weekdays. Traffic during holidays, however, was significantly greater than on either weekends or weekdays.


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    Title :

    Analysis of Weekday, Weekend, and Holiday Accident Frequencies


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    26 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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