URBAN LAYOUT, TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAFFIC SAFETY. AN INTEGRAL STUDY INTO THE CORRELATION BETWEEN PHYSICAL PLANNING, TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC SAFETY

STEDELIJKE VORMGEVING, VERKEERSINFRASTRUCTUUR EN VERKEERSONVEILIGHEID. EEN INTEGRALE STUDIE NAAR DE SAMENHANG TUSSEN DE RUIMTELIJKE ORDENING, HET VERKEER EN DE VEILIGHEID ERVAN

The main purpose of this research is to integrate the knowledge on traffic safety in urban areas. The purpose is twofold: (1) to get an overview of existing knowledge and insight on traffic safety in urban areas; and (2) to show in which areas there is a lack of knowledge and where further research is needed. After an introduction, Chapter II describes the traffic and transport systems. This provides a background against which problems of safety in urban areas can be discussed. A general description of this lack of safety is also presented. Chapter III expands upon this general description by discussing the lack of safety in specific types of urban areas. Chapter IV presents in principle the whole scale of solutions mentioned in the literature for the problems presented in Chapters II and III. Chapter V presents a summary of the report and the conclusions that can be drawn from it. Chapter VI presents recommendations for further research. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Authors:
  • Dijkstra, A
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 212 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; City planning; Crashes; Improvements; Layout; Near midair crashes; Networks; Public transit; Residential areas; Roads; Safety; Speed; Traffic density; Transportation modes; Travelers; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 8518: Bibliography; 9108: Improvement; 2885: Layout; 1642: Near miss; 8078: Netherlands; 744: Public transport; 307: Residential area; 1755: Road user; 1665: Safety; 5408: Speed; 354: Town planning; 673: Traffic concentration; 1145: Transport mode; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00492497
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: R-88-35
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM