AREA-WIDE URBAN ROAD SAFETY SCHEMES - METHODS OF ASSESSING THEIR EFFECTIVENESS

In urban areas of Great Britain many accidents do not cluster repeatedly at locations which may be identified as hazardous, and as such are not amenable to treatment by established low-cost, site-specific engineering techniques. This paper describes the types of accident which may be found diffusely scattered on residential access streets and on main traffic routes outside town centres, and the development of a package of low-cost engineering measures applicable to them on an area-wide basis. For the covering abstract of the symposium see TRIS No. 394672. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented during the Symposium on the Recent Developments and Research in Road Safety Remedial Measures, University of Salford, England, 22-23 September 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Salford

  Department of Civil Engineering, Road Safety Research Unit
  Salford M5 4WT, Manchester,   England 
• Authors:
  • WARD, H
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Costs; Crashes; Highway safety; Measures of effectiveness; Prevention; Residential areas; Residential streets; Safety; Safety engineering; Traffic engineering; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Old TRIS Terms: Residential roads
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 9149: Prevention; 307: Residential area; 655: Traffic engineering; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I80: Accident Studies; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394679
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM