Improving Roadside Design to Forgive Human Errors

Accidents involving roadsides are typically extremely “unforgiving”. Even though the roadside design can affect only marginally the actual number of accidents occurring on a road, the severity of crashes can be considerably reduced if roadsides are designed to be more “forgiving”. Within the Improving Roadside Design to Forgive Human Errors (IRDES) project a practical and uniform guideline that allows the road designer to improve the forgivingness of the roadside and a practical tool for assessing the effectiveness of applying a given roadside treatment have been produced for the following set of roadside features: barrier terminals; shoulder rumble strips; forgiving support structures for road equipment; shoulder width.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.876
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812043388
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/18770428
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • La Torre, Francesca
  • Saleh, Peter
  • Cesolini, Eleonora
  • Goyat, Yann
• Conference:
  • SIIV-5th International Congress - Sustainability of Road Infrastructures 2012
  • Location: Rome , Italy
  • Date: 2012-10-29 to 2012-10-31
• Publication Date: 2012-10-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 235-244
• Serial:
  • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Volume: 53
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1877-0428
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428/53
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Guardrail terminals; Highway safety; Human factors engineering; Road shoulders; Roadside; Rumble strips; Structural supports; Width
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01485643
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 3 2013 3:53PM