Accident Costs in Regard to the Length Of Motorway – Croatian Experience

Abstract

The basic objective of this research is to explore the contribution of development of motorway networks to minimization of accident costs. Results of the study are based on Croatian experience. The possibility of a statistically negative correlation between gradation in the total motorway length and traffic accident costs will be investigated through observation of variations in the total length of motorway and the number and type of accidents that occured. Different scientific methods were applied in the research, including the method of induction and deduction, the method of abstraction and the method of correlation and regression analysis. The resulting knowlegde may be of help to traffic authorities, both on micro and macro levels.