The mortality consequences of raising the speed limit to 65 mph on rural interstates.
Am J Public Health
; 79(10): 1392-5, 1989 Oct.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2782510
ABSTRACT
As of April 1987, states were permitted to raise the speed limit on rural interstates to 65 mph without incurring federal sanctions; 38 states elected to do so in 1987. Fatality data for the months when the new limit was in effect in 1987 were compared with fatalities in the same months of 1982-86 on rural interstates and other rural roads. Fatalities on rural interstates in the states with increased speed limits in 1987 were conservatively estimated to be 15 percent higher than they would have been if the states had retained the 55 mph limit (95% CI = 6, 24). Among states that retained the 55 mph limit, fatalities on rural interstates were 6 percent lower than expected (95% CI = -23, 13).
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Accidents, Traffic
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Public Health
Year:
1989
Document type:
Article