A revised skid resistance standard for the UK truck roads

The standard for managing the skid resistance on the truck roads in the UK (HD/28) has recently been revised. There are several differences to the previous standard issued in 2004 including the addition of new material, a revised format and some specific changes including: incorporation of the Agency's Interim Advice Notes (IAN 98/07) for managing skid resistance. Relevant parts of this advice note have been incorporated in the new HD/28 principally to facilitate a more effective and consistent application of the standard across the whole network; recommended management and prioritisation procedures for investigating sites, acknowledging that it may not be possible to assess all sites that are at or below the investigatory level; different requirements for bends depending on the radius; the word accident has been changed to crash throughout the standard; this is because an accident is considered a random occurrence whereas most road crashes have one or more causes; acknowledgement that it is not necessarily viable to equalise the risk of a skidding crash occurring over the whole network by simply applying different investigatory levels.

• Record URL:
  http://saferroadsconference.com/conference-papers-2011/
• Authors:
  • Sinhal, R
  • Viner, H
  • DONBAVAND, J
• Conference:
  • International Surface Friction Conference, 3rd, 2011
  • Location: Gold Coast Queensland, Australia
  • Date: 2011-5-15 to 2011-5-18
• Publication Date: 2011-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: 3rd International Road Surface Friction Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, 15-18 May 2011

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash rates; Heavy vehicles; Highway design; Standardization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road design and asset management; Road networks
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 9011: Design (overall design); 1236: Lorry; 3031: Skid resistance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01343998
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ARRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 13 2011 11:48AM