SUITABLE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL TRAFFIC SIGNS AND ADEQUATE SAFETY EQUIPMENT, ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR ROAD SAFETY IN TOWNS AND MUNICIPALITIES. 2ND WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD SAFETY ORGANISATION, LUXEMBOURG, SEPTEMBER 16-19, 1986

The paper gives statistics on road injuries and deaths in towns in several European countries, broken down by categories of user (pedestrians, cyclists and motorists) and size of built-up areas, and shows variations over several years. The effects of various safety equipment is then described in the fields of: horizontal signs, with advantages of retroreflection; vertical signs; good organisation of instructions by means of fixed or variable signs and traffic lights; facilities for 2-wheeled traffic; and facilities for pedestrians. Finally, in a field which has been little studied so far, the paper deals with the problem of warnings at accident sites and the problem of first aid by witnesses. For the covering abstract of the congress see IRRD 810683. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Prevention Routiere Internationale

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  L-8081 Luxembourg,   Luxembourg 
• Authors:
  • Adam, S
• Publication Date: 1987-9

Language

• Undetermined

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 122-129
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Prevention Routiere Internationale
  • Publisher: Prevention Routiere Internationale

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Fatalities; First aid; Injuries; Measures of effectiveness; Pedestrian safety; Retroreflection; Statistics; Traffic crashes; Traffic signs; Warning systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Old TRIS Terms: Retrodirective reflection
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1612: Accident rate; 562: Carriageway marking; 8525: Conference; 1602: Fatality; 2175: First aid; 2163: Injury; 9061: Location; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 5926: Reflectivity; 1755: Road user; 1665: Safety; 6555: Statistics; 553: Traffic sign; 565: Traffic signal; 313: Urban area; 9086: Variability; 9113: Warning
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476326
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1988 12:00AM