ROAD ACCIDENT REDUCTION

Nine papers presented at the Seminar are published here. These include the following: Valuation of Life in the Context of Road Safety; The Application of Research in the Planning and Evaluation of Road Safety Publicity; Accidents - Their Costs and Relation of Surface Characteristics; Road Surface Reflectivity and Night-Time Visibility; Safety and Performance Aspects of Tire Design and their Influence on Road Safety; The Crash Phase of Vehicle Safety; Towards a Method of Developing Driver Skill; Aids to Police in Traffic Law Enforcement; and The Deployment of Police Traffic Resources. Also included are TRRL leaflets on On-The-Spot Accident Investigation, Road/Environmental Factors in Accidents, and Vehicle Defects and their Contribution to Road Accidents.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at Seminar R of the PTRC Summer Annual Meeting, Warwick University, England, 8-12 July 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd

  167 Oxford Street
  London W1R 1AH,   England 
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 164 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advertising; Costs; Crash investigation; Defects; Driver improvement programs; Environmental impacts; Glass beads; Highway safety; Night vision; Pavement surface course; Police; Prevention; Research; Safety; Tires; Traffic crashes; Traffic law enforcement; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver improvement
• Old TRIS Terms: Reflective beads
• Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096308
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: PTRC/P/104
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 10 1975 12:00AM