Safety of raised platforms on urban roads

A recently concluded Austroads study identified effective countermeasures for improving safety outcomes on urban arterial roads. Included in the study were raised platforms at intersections (raised intersections), midblock and pedestrian crossings (wombat crossings). While these treatments have been widely applied overseas and to an extent, across Australia and New Zealand (especially wombat crossings and at midblock sections on local and collector roads), a measure of effectiveness in mixed use and high volume environments in an Australian context was required. To determine the effectiveness of these measures in terms of crash frequency and severity as well as vehicle speeds, a retrospective matched control analysis was conducted. This paper presents the estimated crash and speed effects of raised platforms.

• Record URL:
  http://acrs.org.au/publications/acrs-conference-papers/acrs-database/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract only
• Authors:
  • Makwasha, T
  • Turner, B
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2016, Canberra, ACT, Australia
• Publication Date: 2016-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 2p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference, 6-8 September, Canberra, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Evaluation; Highway engineering; Speed control; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (roads)
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Arterial road; Crash countermeasure; Evaluation; Road engineering; Speed control
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2833: Speed control (struct elem)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01617932
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 28 2016 2:33PM