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An Analysis of Traffic Accidents on a High-Volume Highway A. O. P eterson Research Assistant and H. L. M ic h a e l Associate Director Joint Highway Research Project Purdue University IN T R O D U C T IO N In the United States (1)* and in Indiana (12) the population, the number of vehicle miles, the number of motor vehicle registrations, and the number of deaths from traffic accidents, 1953 to 1963, increased as shown in Figures 1 and 2. However, the death rate per 100 million vehicle miles decreased substantially during this ten year period. Although successful steps have been taken to reduce motor vehicle accidents, the highway engineer is the first to admit that there is room for much improvement. The Joint Highway Research Project in 1964 initiated a traffic engineering demonstration project on the U. S. 52 Bypass at Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana. One of the first phases of this study was a study in depth of the traffic accidents which occurred on this facility to develop recommendations for traffic engineering improvements which would reduce accidents on this facility and information of value on other high volume urban highways. The Lafayette-West Lafayette Bypass was the scene of 834 accidents between January 1, 1961, and December 31, 1963. A total of 374 injuries and ten deaths resulted from these accidents. These are the accidents which were investigated