Urban safety project: 2: interim results for area wide schemes

Low cost engineering measures have been successfully used to reduce accidents at 'black spots'. However a broader area wide approach is called for to deal with the remaining more scattered accidents. Such an approach has been developed in the transport and road research laboratory's urban safety project which is intended to provide a generally applicable system for reducing urban accidents. The report describes early results from trial schemes which are being carried out in five towns in England. These indicate that savings of about 10 per cent of total injury accidents can be expected from this area wide approach (a).

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Mackie, A M
  • Ward, H A
  • Walker, R T
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 16P
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 154

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Crash analysis; Crash rates; Highway safety; Speed; Traffic flow; Traffic safety; Travelers; Urban highways
• ATRI Terms: Before and after study; Crash analysis; Crash countermeasure; Crash rate; Road safety; Road user; Speed; Traffic flow; Urban road
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01418087
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 24 2012 5:54AM