ACCIDENT BLACK SPOTS. WAYS OF PREVENTING ACCIDENTS

UNFALLSCHWERPUNKTE. HINWEISE ZUR UNFALLBEKAEMPFUNG

If during accident studies the police consider that certain traffic control or road engineering measures are necessary, they have to make proposals for eliminating accident black spots to the traffic or road authorities. Cross roads and junctions are often black spots. They can be made less dangerous by the installation of turning lanes or islands, improvement of visibility and good siting of traffic signs. Careful considerations are necessary before abandoning the basic rule of right before left and before deciding whether it is necessary to install traffic signals. Accident black spots may also occur on open sections of road, and these may be able to be eliminated by traffic control or road engineering measures such as improvement of visibility distance, careful design of bends, segregation of transport modes, increasing the skidding resistance of surfacings, speed limits and prohibitions on overtaking. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Hannes Schmitt-Horr Verlag

  Juliusstrasse 2
  D62 Wiesbaden,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Arbes, A
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 56-62
• Serial:
  • Polizei Technik Verkehr
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Hannes Schmitt-Horr Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High risk locations; Intersections; No passing zones; Pedestrian safety; Prevention; Safety; Speed limits; Traffic control; Traffic engineering; Traffic lanes; Turning lanes; Turning traffic; Visibility; Visibility distance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Segregation; Traffic segregation
• Old TRIS Terms: Lay-out
• ITRD Terms: 1663: Accident black spot; 1661: Accident prevention; 455: Junction; 2885: Layout; 350: Segregation (traffic, pedestrians); 654: Traffic control; 655: Traffic engineering; 2827: Traffic lane; 1836: Turning; 6793: Visibility distance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096362
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Institute of Road Research, Germany
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM