Table 3 Average speed in rural areas (kilometres per hour)
From: Coverage versus response time objectives in ambulance location
Road category | Lights and sirens | Standard speed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speed | Morning rush hours | Evening rush hours | Speed | Morning rush hours | Evening rush hours | |
Motorway | 110 | 100 | 102 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Expressway | 110 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 90 | 90 |
Important national road | 101 | 88 | 89 | 86 | 67 | 65 |
National road | 91 | 78 | 80 | 67 | 58 | 57 |
Local road | 68 | 59 | 60 | 58 | 53 | 55 |
Minor road | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |