ROAD CONDITIONS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY
The present volume, on the basis of statistical data available in the USSR and other countries, considers in detail the influence of road conditions on the safety of traffic and pedestrians, sets out the merits and shortcomings of various methods of assessing road conditions and proposes a complex method of assessment taking into consideration the basic parameters of roads and their influence on traffic safety. Attention is also given to the ways of ensuring traffic safety in designing new roads and highways, and in the reconstruction, repair and maintenance of existing ones. The book is intended for students of highway engineering and is an English translation of an original Russian book published in 1970. /TRRL/
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Corporate Authors:
Mir Publishers
Pervy Rizhsky Pereulok, 2
Moscow, I-110, GSP, ZZ USSR, 129820 -
Authors:
- Babkov, V F
- Publication Date: 1975
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 371 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alignment; Aptitude; Crash rates; Crashes; Cyclists; Drivers; Driving; Highway design; Highway engineering; Highway maintenance; Layout; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrians; Prevention; Psychology; Road construction; Safety; Speed; Stress (Psychology); Textbooks; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes; Traffic safety
- Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
- ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 2894: Alignment; 2992: Carriageway; 1742: Cyclist; 2226: Driving aptitude; 2885: Layout; 1733: Pedestrian; 2255: Psychology; 3665: Road construction; 1665: Safety; 5408: Speed; 2234: Stress (psychol); 8526: Textbook; 671: Traffic flow
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00134255
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Sep 4 1976 12:00AM