COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF RISKS DUE TO HEAVY VEHICLE TRAFFIC PER CATEGORY OF NETWORKS AND HEAVY VEHICLES

EVALUATION COMPARATIVE DES RISQUES DUS A LA CIRCULATION DES POIDS LOURDS PAR CATEGORIES DE RESEAUX ET DE VEHICULES DE TRANSPORTS DE MARCHANDISES

THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES DATA ON HEAVY VEHICLE SAFETY. IT WAS DRAFTED IN 1976 USING THE RESULTS OF A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ACCIDENTS AND ROUTES UTILIZED BY THREE CATEGORIES OF HEAVY VEHICLES: 3,5 TO 10 T; OVER 10 T; TRACTORS AND SEMI-TRAILERS ON THREE RURAL NETWORKS: MOTORWAYS, HEAVILY-TRAFFICKED MAIN ROADS AND SECONDARY ROADS. THE RESULT OF THE STUDY WAS AS FOLLOWS: THE ACCIDENT RISK FOR HEAVY VEHICLES IS THE SAME AS THAT OF LIGHT VEHICLES ON THE RURAL NETWORK; IF THE SEVERITY OF ACCIDENTS IS EXPRESSED BY THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES, THE SEVERITY OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HEAVY VEHICLES IS APPROXIMATELY DOUBLE THAT INVOLVING LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES. IF SERIOUS INJURIES ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, THE ACCIDENT SEVERITY RATE FOR HEAVY AND LIGHT VEHICLES IS THE SAME. THE CATEGORY OF HEAVY VEHICLES MOST OFTEN INVOLVED IN ACCIDENTS IS THAT OF HEAVY VEHICLES WEIGHING OVER 10 T, WHATEVER THE CATEGORY OF HEAVY VEHICLES CONSIDERED. MOTORWAYS APPEAR TO BE THE SAFEST ROADS.

  • Corporate Authors:

    ORGANISME NATIONAL DE SECURITE ROUTIERE

    ARCUEIL,   France 

    ORGANISME NATIONAL DE SECURITE ROUTIERE

    ,    
  • Authors:
    • SYSTERMANS, Y
    • TAN, S H
    • DE BUHAN, P
  • Publication Date: 1976

Language

  • French

Media Info

  • Pagination: 23P

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01296482
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 5:57AM