CUTTING THE CASUALTIES

A joint initiative for road safety research, between Birmingham city council and the automobile association foundation has been made. The research is concentrated on road accidents in urban areas in Birmingham and the West Midlands, where annually between 8000 and 10000 injury producing accidents are recorded. Research results have been published in 'traffic collisions in an urban area of Great Britain'. For the abstract of the full report see IRRD no 824124, this article summarises the key recommendations for action arising from the research.

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  Reed Business Information, Limited

  Quadrant House, The Quadrant
  Brighton Road
  Sutton, Surrey  United Kingdom  SM2 5AS
• Authors:
  • LAWSON, S
• Publication Date: 1989-11-23

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 20-21
• Serial:
  • SURVEYOR
  • Issue Number: 5072
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0039-6303

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adults; Beltways; Children; Crash rates; Cyclists; Injuries; Intersections; Pedestrians; Roundabouts; Statistics; Traffic signals; Travelers; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 1747: Adult; 1758: Child; 1742: Cyclist; 9009: Decrease; 2284: Education; 2163: Injury; 455: Junction; 1733: Pedestrian; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 2729: Ring road; 1755: Road user; 438: Roundabout; 101: School; 6555: Statistics; 655: Traffic engineering; 565: Traffic signal; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498854
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM