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In 1960, the new interstate ■ routes had antecedent rate of 154, as compared to 289 for the old interstate routes and 309 for ,the rural primary routes. The injury rates, respectively, were 68, 136, and 140, and the death rates, 2.1, 6.7, and 5.8.
The report concludes that “design standards obviously play a tremendous part in safety . . . more, in fact, than many highway engineers have fully realized.” It points out. however, that “while j the interstate routes are much | safer and no doubt will contribute substantially to the overall safety of our highway system, they are by no means a solution tp the safety problem.”
There are now 105 miles of interstate roads in use and 220 more miles are under contract. Even when the 1,053-mile system is completed, however, it will represent only about two per cent of the state’s road mileage, apd it will carry only about 25 per cent of the traffic.. “Our major safety problem,” the report emphasized, “has always been and will continue to be on the conventional roads.”
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