SAFETY CONCEPTS FOR THE DESIGN OF TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC FACILITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, CHILDREN AND DISABLED IN URBAN AREAS

Identification of traffic safety problems in urban areas concerns the search for critical combinations of circumstances mainly in traffic situations, but also in the other phases of the accident process, such as emergencies and collisions. When critical combinations of circumstances occur, the preceding travel and traffic behaviour plays an important role. They may determine the fatality of the accident process. The "vulnerable" road users, pedestrians, cyclist, children and disabled in urban areas mainly are victims of motorised traffic. The intensity and speed of this motorised traffic are the main hazards for the "vulnerable" road users. Safety concepts for urban areas should be directed in the first place to diminishing the intensity and speed of motorised traffic. This needs to be enforced by physical measures in addition to regulations. Very few measures or facilities directed to the "vulnerable" road users conducive to transportation safety are effective as long as the intensity and speed of motorised traffic is not reduced. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Authors:
  • Asmussen, E
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 30 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Children; Conferences; Crashes; Cyclists; Design; Emergencies; Facilities; Pedestrians; Persons with disabilities; Safety; Traffic; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Traffic speed; Transportation; Travel behavior; Urban areas
• ITRD Terms: 1758: Child; 8525: Conference; 1742: Cyclist; 9011: Design (overall design); 1726: Disabled person; 1733: Pedestrian; 1665: Safety; 755: Traffic; 1155: Transport; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Design; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391097
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: R-82-48 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM