A 'SUSTAINABLY-SAFE' NETWORK STRUCTURE AND ACCESSIBILITY

EEN 'DUURZAAM-VEILIGE' NETWERKSTRUCTUUR EN BEREIKBAARHEID

For a specific region in the Netherlands a 'sustainably safe' road network has been defined. When the road links and the intersections also get the appropriate physical layout, the traffic distribution will change. This distribution has been compared with the distribution generated by a network developed according to the current plans. This new distribution generated a traffic safety gain of 5% on the road links: approximately 30 fatalities less per year. The accessibility also improves slightly, while there are no differences for air quality. There will have to be additional attention for the noise level on the busy roads within urban areas. The changes in physical layout of road links and intersections and the other countermeasures belonging to a 'sustainably safe' traffic system will generate an additional drop in the number of casualties. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 493592.

• Corporate Authors:

  Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

  P.O. Box 45
  Delft,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • POPPE, F
  • GALJAARD, R
• Conference:
  • COLLOQUIUM VERVOERSPLANOLOGISCH SPEURWERK 1997. SPRONG IN HET DUISTER?: LANGE TERMIJN ONTWIKKELINGEN IN HET VERVOERSPLANOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK. AMSTERDAM, 27-28 NOVEMBER 1997. DEEL III
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1381-91

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Conferences; Fatalities; Injuries; Intersections; Layout; Networks; Physical distribution; Prevention; Roads; Safety; Statistics; Traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 8525: Conference; 9009: Decrease; 9016: Distribution (gen); 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 455: Junction; 2885: Layout; 8078: Netherlands; 9149: Prevention; 1053: Road network; 1665: Safety; 6555: Statistics; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00761911
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 15 1999 12:00AM