Analysis of Traffic Crash Characteristic and Safety Policies

Traffic safety is one of the most important elements in building a harmonious society and improving people's livelihood. Traffic crashes have been increasing with the rapid expansion of the highway networks and vehicle ownership from 1990 to 2003 in China. The Chinese government has developed numerous programs and policies to improve traffic safety, such as Safety Enhancement Engineering (SEE), New Safety Design Concept for Roadway (NSDCR), Road Safety Audit (RSA), Road Safety Management Planning (RSMP), Safety and Expedite Road Engineering (SERE); implementation of these programs and policies has seen a 50% decrease in the number of crashes and casualties since 2004. The objective of the paper was to analyze the impact of safety policies on crash characteristics. The paper analyzed the trend of traffic safety and the changes in crash frequency and severity distributions during the period from 2000 to 2010, and discussed the effect of the safety programs and policies (including SEE, NSDCR, RSA, RSMP and SERE) on crash reduction. Based on the analysis, this paper proposed several recommendations for highway design practitioners, and policy makers to improve traffic safety.

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• Authors:
  • Zhong, Xiaoming
  • Zhang, Jian
  • Jia, Jia
  • Zhong, Liande
• Conference:
  • 3rd International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation
  • Location: Indianapolis Indiana, United States
  • Date: 2011-9-14 to 2011-9-16
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: 3rd International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casualties; Crash characteristics; Crash rates; Safety programs; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01504390
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 24 2014 2:29PM