title: Implications of the 65-mph speed limit for traffic safety.
abstract: This study evaluates the impact of the 65-mph speed limit on traffic safety. Using data for the years 1981 to 1995 for all 50 states, a pooled time series analysis is conducted. Separate models are estimated for state fatality rates on four categories of roads: rural interstate highways, rural noninterstate roads, all roads except for rural interstate highways, and all roads. It is reported that the 65-mph speed limit increased fatality rates on rural interstate highways but was correlated with a reduction in state fatality rates on the three other categories of roads.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Houston
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology