SNOW POLE MOUNTED ROADSIDE REFLECTORS: EFFECTS ON ACCIDENT RATES

VAEGKANTSREFLEKTORER PAA SNOESTOER

The aim was to investigate whether roadside reflectors have a positive effect on traffic safety. The safety measure employed was police reported accidents. The experiment started in the winter 1973/74 and went on for 2.5 years. It was found that the number of accidents in darkness and in daylight was significantly lower where snow poles had been equipped with reflectors than when they had not. The accident prevention effect of reflectors was found to be highest on roads with speed limits of 90km/h or more, and on roads with a width of 10-13 meters. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish National Road Administration

  Fack S-10220
  Stockholm 12,   Sweden 
• Publication Date: 1976-10

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 36 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 15

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Darkness; Daylight; Highway safety; Night; Prevention; Reflectorized materials; Reflectorized road markings; Roadside; Safety; Speed limits; Traffic lanes; Width
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149646
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1977 12:00AM