PROCEEDINGS OF STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ON TWO CONTINENTS IN GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, 27-29 SEPTEMBER, 1989. OPENING. INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION OF TEST PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ROADSIDE SAFETY FEATURES, WORKSHOP

Papers presented at the seminar were as follows: Overview of Traffic Safety in the United States, M Jacks, Jr; European Trends in Road Safety Research, DF Cornelius; Need for Road Maintenance Research in the Nordic Countries, T Lindahl; Installation Requirements and Test Procedures for Safety Features on Australian Roads, RJ Troutbeck; Roadside Safety Activities in Canada, RW Sanderson; Roadside Safety Barriers, R Quincy; Rational Approach to the Problem of the Choice of the Safety Road Barriers, through Valuation of the Total Costs on Remarks of Statistic and Probabilistic Type, P Colonna and I Piccinni; Current Standards Regarding Roadside Safety Barriers in the Netherlands, T Heijer; Status Report on Current Regulations in United States, JD Michie; NCHRP Report 230 Update, HE Ross, Jr and JD Michie; Current Issues in Work Zone Safety, WW Hunter; Traffic Environment and Vehicle Accidents, H Norin; Proposal for European Harmonization of Crash Cushions, MG Dreznes; Overrepresentation of Non-belt Users in Traffic Crashes, WW Hunter and JC Stutts; Side Impact Accidents with Fixed Roadside Objects, MH Ray.

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  Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute

  Drottning Kristinas Vaeg 25
  S-11428 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 185 p.
• Serial:
  • VTI Rapport
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 0347-6030

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Cooperation; Crash cushions; International; International compacts; Manual safety belts; Roadside structures; Safety equipment; Side crashes; Single vehicle crashes; Standardization; Standards; Traffic safety; Utilization; Work zone traffic control
• Identifier Terms: Strategic Highway Research Program
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers; Fixed object
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494120
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 349A, HS-040 866
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1991 12:00AM