LOCAL INFLUENCING OF SPEED. GREAT POSSIBILITIES FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY?

PLAATSELIJKE SNELHEIDSBEINVLOEDING. GROTE MOGELIJKHEDEN VOOR DE VERKEERSVEILIGHEID?

The average speed of traffic can be decreased significantly by means of traffic signs and indications, if these are applied in the right place and manner and under the right circumstances. Therefore an experiment was set up near a school in the city of 's gravenhage. The efficiency of different configurations of traffic signs and indications were measured. All showed a decrease in traffic speed, however fixed traffic signs showed a small effect. Matrix signs have a better effect. To translate the decrease of speed as found in the experiment into terms of traffic safety, different mathematical models are given. This study is a covering report of the whole experiment. For data acquisition and processing and analysis of the results see IRRD 8811sw057e.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Authors:
  • OEI, H L
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Pagination: 35 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: R-88

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Average travel speed; Braking; Economic efficiency; Location; Mathematical models; Matrices (Mathematics); Motor reactions; Perception; Schools; Test procedures; Traffic control; Traffic signals; Traffic signs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Efficiency; Vicinity
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Economics; Education and Training; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00487348
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: -19
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM