|
Assessing the Impact of Speed Limit Increases on Fatal Interstate Crashes
By Sandy Balkin, Ernst & Young LLP and J. Keith Ord, Georgetown University
TABLES / APPENDICES / ATTACHMENTS / REFERENCES
Table 1: Significant Rural Changes
| STATE |
FIRST CHANGE
|
SECOND CHANGE
|
1986 CRASHES
|
1987 CRASHES
|
1988 CRASHES
|
1995 CRASHES
|
1996 CRASHES
|
1997 CRASHES
|
1998 CRASHES
|
| Alabama |
|
24.8%
|
62
|
53
|
57
|
49
|
62
|
79
|
65
|
| Arizona |
41.0%
|
|
96
|
126
|
116
|
100
|
103
|
98
|
140
|
| Arkansas |
32.6%
|
|
26
|
30
|
34
|
28
|
38
|
28
|
46
|
| Florida |
|
37.2%
|
105
|
96
|
153
|
102
|
116
|
166
|
133
|
| Georgia |
|
30.0%
|
66
|
52
|
65
|
50
|
100
|
73
|
85
|
| Illinois |
21.9%
|
|
48
|
59
|
73
|
58
|
68
|
71
|
74
|
| Iowa |
35.8%
|
|
12
|
21
|
29
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
21
|
| Kansas |
23.1%
|
|
17
|
22
|
24
|
27
|
18
|
23
|
14
|
| Maine |
18.4%
|
|
13
|
8
|
20
|
9
|
8
|
12
|
14
|
| Maryland |
|
37.4%
|
20
|
17
|
19
|
16
|
15
|
26
|
18
|
| Michigan |
46.7%
|
|
14
|
34
|
44
|
34
|
46
|
40
|
46
|
| Minnesota |
25.7%
|
|
9
|
19
|
21
|
15
|
15
|
12
|
31
|
| Missouri |
13.0%
|
42.2%
|
58
|
53
|
54
|
66
|
87
|
93
|
98
|
| Nebraska |
35.5%
|
|
12
|
12
|
20
|
19
|
21
|
22
|
28
|
| Nevada |
|
27.1%
|
22
|
35
|
32
|
44
|
53
|
44
|
62
|
| New Hampshire |
21.4%
|
|
5
|
6
|
19
|
6
|
10
|
10
|
8
|
| New Mexico |
15.8%
|
25.5%
|
66
|
103
|
78
|
87
|
85
|
105
|
102
|
| North Carolina |
42.6%
|
|
40
|
58
|
76
|
55
|
71
|
50
|
53
|
| Ohio |
46.6%
|
|
34
|
54
|
47
|
45
|
46
|
44
|
39
|
| Pennsylvania |
|
36.4%
|
56
|
68
|
69
|
52
|
64
|
54
|
67
|
| Tennessee |
15.5%
|
40.4%
|
53
|
70
|
73
|
74
|
86
|
70
|
97
|
| Texas |
|
18.0%
|
164
|
195
|
236
|
201
|
220
|
217
|
200
|
| Virginia |
31.6%
|
|
39
|
39
|
64
|
74
|
59
|
71
|
62
|
| Washington |
24.5%
|
|
26
|
32
|
40
|
35
|
43
|
30
|
39
|
| West Virginia |
46.2%
|
|
14
|
13
|
29
|
38
|
48
|
40
|
34
|
| Wisconsin |
24.3%
|
|
15
|
13
|
24
|
16
|
27
|
25
|
20
|
|
|
1834
|
2141
|
2391
|
2210
|
2441
|
2518
|
2591
|
||
|
|
16.74%
|
11.68%
|
10.45%
|
3.15%
|
2.90%
|
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