Intelligent speed assist in Western Australia: where have we been and where are we going?
Excessive speed is a widespread social problem, which affects the entire road network. In Western Australia around 40 per cent of drivers are travelling at speeds above applicable limits. The majority of speeding drivers exceed limits by small amounts, but a proportion (around 10 per cent in WA) travel at speeds more than 10 km/h above the limit. The significant adverse road safety impacts of higher vehicle speeds have been confirmed by extensive research. The relationship between fatal and serious injury crashes and speed has been studied by many researchers, including Nilsson in Sweden and Kloeden et al in Australia. The overwhelming conclusion is that small reductions of speed can lead to significant savings in casualty crashes and the resulting road trauma. The use of intelligent speed assist (ISA), as part of an overall speed management strategy, now has widespread acceptance among road network and safety agencies within Australia. On the back of this acceptance, a number of Australian jurisdictions have commenced projects that aim to demonstrate the benefits and functions of ISA.
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Authors:
- Crackel, L
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- Publication Date: 2009-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 2p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Highway safety; Intelligent speed adaptation; Speed control; Traffic safety
- Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (engineering and vehicles)
- Geographic Terms: Western Australia
- ATRI Terms: Crash countermeasure; Intelligent speed adaptation (ISA); Road safety; Speed control
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01381992
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- ISBN: 9781921692260
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 22 2012 12:56PM