Analysis of accidents in sections of Spanish road works and the importance of making the signs on them credible

Among the activities carried out by the Working Group in Security Works, that belongs to The Road Safety Technical Committee of the Technical Association of the Road (ATC), is an analysis of traffic accidents with casualties that have occurred in work zones of the entire Spanish road network in the period 2000 to 2007. The analysis is based on available data regarding the number of injury accidents and also in terms of the number of deaths. This document itself focuses especially on the most relevant results on the characterization of the accidents at work zones: the day of the week and the type of accident. The second section examines the importance of the marking of road works, suggesting that this is one of the key elements for safety. In this regard, what is important is that the signaling is correct, as it is then meaningful to users. Finally some conclusions are presented, among which highlights that the severity of traffic accidents on sections of road works is significantly higher than that of accidents on the rest of the network. On the other hand, it appears that the accident rate remains relatively stable throughout the week, including Saturdays and Sundays. This does not happen on average in the whole network, which has fewer accidents on weekends. Finally, the authors find that the most common type of accident also differs from the average results, as in sections of road works, while the average for the whole network is out of the way.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Alternate title: Accident rate analysis in the stretch in work in the network of Spanish roads between the year 2000 and 2007. "Lets make the signposting credible". Abstract reprinted with permission of the World Road Association – PIARC.
• Corporate Authors:

  World Road Association (PIARC)

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• Authors:
  • Llamas Rubio, Roberto
  • Del Villar Cruz, Pablo Perez
  • Saez Villar, J Pablo
• Conference:
  • 24th World Road Congress
  • Location: Mexico City , Mexico
  • Date: 2011-9-26 to 2011-9-30
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: 24th World Road Congress Proceedings: Roads for a Better Life: Mobility, Sustainability and Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash characteristics; Crash severity; Highway maintenance; Signalization; Warning signs; Work zone safety; Work zone traffic control; Work zones
• Geographic Terms: Spain
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01505795
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 2840602679
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 27 2014 11:31AM