AMBIENT FACTORS IN ROAD ACCIDENTS

It is suggested that multidisicplinary efforts be applied to highway design, and that an attempt be made to ensure international comparability of accident data, to eliminate the lack of traffic control systems, and to consider not only cars but also pedestrians and two-wheeled vehicles in highway design. The need for considering visibility angles from vehicles, biomechanical factors and the ergonomic design of fully automated vehicles in relation to safety is stressed. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  World Health Organization

  Regional Office for Europe
  Scherfigsvej 8
  DK-2100 Copenhagen O,   Denmark 
• Authors:
  • KNOFLACHER, H
• Publication Date: 1975-7-22

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 4 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Bicycles; Biophysics; Conferences; Crashes; Environment; Ergonomics; Highway design; Pedestrians; Road construction; Traffic control; Traffic crashes; Visibility; Weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes; Data
• Geographic Terms: Austria
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 8006: Australia; 8007: Austria; 2060: Biomechanics; 9003: Cause; 4177: Clay; 5532: Compression; 8525: Conference; 4732: Creep (mater); 5595: Deformation; 2455: Environment; 2029: Ergonomics; 6473: Mathematical model; 5762: Pore water pressure; 3665: Road construction; 5575: Stress (in material); 9080: Three dimensional; 5414: Time; 5566: Triaxial; 2545: Weather
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157394
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM