PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEMINAR ON ROAD ACCIDENT REDUCTION FOR HIGHWAY ENGINEERS AND POLICE

The following papers were presented at the seminar: On-the spot accident investigation, Road/environmental factors in accidents, vehicle defects and their contribution to road accidents, TRRL leaflets Nos. 392, 387 and 374; The value of life in the context of road safety, Mooney, GH; The application of research in the planning and evaluation of road safety publicity, Levens, GE and Rodnight, E; Accidents: their cost and relation to surface characteristics, Sabey, B; Road surface reflectivity and night-time visibility, Lambert, GK; Safety and performance aspects of tyre design and their influence on road safety, Williams, AR; The crash phase of vehicle safety, MacKay, GM; Towards a method of developing driver skill, Eccles, AJ and Shorthouse, B; Aids to police in traffic law enforcement, Dellow, JA; The development of police traffic resources, Luetchford, B and Thurbin, PJ. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Papers from a Siminar of the PRTC Summer Annual Meeting, University of Warwick, 8-12 July 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd

  167 Oxford Street
  London W1R 1AH,   England 
• Publication Date: 0

Language

• English

Media Info

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

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Environmental impacts; Highway engineers; Highway safety; Night visibility; On the scene crash investigation; Police; Prevention; Publicity; Reflectivity; Safety; Surfacing
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 1057: Air transport network; 1631: Collision; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 5238: Defect (tech); 1772: Driver; 1534: Enforcement (law); 2455: Environment; 9052: Night; 1611: On the spot accident investigation; 1522: Police; 8573: Publicity; 5926: Reflectivity; 1476: Safety belt; 1645: Skidding; 2205: Skill (road user); 2972: Surfacing; 1544: Traffic regulations; 1381: Tyre; 8119: United Kingdom; 6783: Visibility; 3015: Wet road
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132631
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: PTRC/P/104 Conf Paper
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM