Efficient Use of Highway Capacity Summary
Report to Congress

Figure 27. Graph. Incident Reductions with Temporary Shoulder Use—The Netherlands.

Bar graph indicating accident rates for all accidents and injury accidents by location. Location with peak hours lanes is on the x axis. Accident risk (accidents per 1 million vehicle-kilometers) is on the y axis. Facility A15 HSR: 1.075 all before, 0.92 all after, 0.08 injury before, 0.04 injury after. Facility A27 HSR: 0.52 all before, 0.3 all after, 0.05 injury before, 0.01 injury after. Facility A28 HSR: 0.64 all before, 0.3 all after, 0.06 injury before, 0.03 injury after. Facility A50 HSR: 0.55 all before, 0.45 all after, 0.07 injury before, 0.06 injury after. Facility A4 Plus: 0.55 all before, 0.5 all after, 0.07 injury before, 0.06 injury after. Facility A27 Plus: 0.24 all before, 0.08 all after, 0.02 injury before, 0.01 injury after.