SPR-5017: Safety Performance of Setting Speed Limits Based on Roadway Alignment

This project will conduct a comprehensive study on how speed limits on different state roadways impact safety by analyzing various data types including crash data and connected vehicle speed data. Results from this project would assist INDOT in developing best practices for speed limit setting based on roadway alignment.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $152,868.00
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-5017

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Feng, Yiheng

  Gao, Jing

• Start Date: 20251001
• Expected Completion Date: 20270331
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Crash data; Highway safety; Operating speed; Speed limits
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01965649
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-5017
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 16 2025 10:36AM