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FROM ACCIDENTS TO CONFLICTS: ALTERNATIVE SAFETY MEASUREMENT

The danger of traffic is commonly determined by the occurrence of accidents. This paper presents some of the history of alternative measures for describing traffic hazards (measurement of so-called conflicts). It also gives the results of a series of research projects aimed at the development of a conflict observation technique for the estimation of the safety of child pedestrians in residential areas. The reliability, practical applicability and validity of the developed technique prove to be satisfying. It is concluded that the use of this technique seems to be justified for those situations in which accident rates are relatively low, e.g., in residential areas. This is not only because of the strong relationship between serious conflicts and accidents but also because other potential alternative indicators for the estimation of traffic hazards often used in practice, such as traffic volumes and subjective estimation of risk by residents, had little success in predicting accidents. (Author/TRRL)

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • This paper was presented at the OECD Seminar on Short-Term and Area-Wide Evaluation of Safety Measures, held in Amsterdam, April 19-21, 1982.
  • Corporate Authors:

    Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

    Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
    The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
  • Authors:
    • Guettinger, V A
  • Publication Date: 1982-4

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  • Accession Number: 00370983
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
  • Files: ITRD, TRIS
  • Created Date: Mar 31 1983 12:00AM