HIGHWAY CHARACTERISTICS OR HUMAN ERROR

VIABILIDAD O IMPRUDENCIA

The main causes of traffic accidents are described together with some means of avoiding them. The author is of the opinion that in many cases where the accident has been attributed to dangerous driver behaviour, the driver was influenced by the characteristics of the road. Statistics show that 60 to 70% accidents occur when cars are travelling on a straight road, 25 to 30% on bends, and 10% at junctions (accidents at level crossings are negligible). Accident black spots are mainly at bends, junctions, narrow stretches, top of a hill and at level crossings. Experience has shown that judicious location of traffic signs and signals does a great deal towards preventing accidents. /TRRL/

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Corporate Authors:
Escuela de Ingenieros de Caminos

Ciudad Universitaria
Madrid 3, Spain
Authors:
- Delgon, F
Publication Date: 1975-4

Language

Spanish

Media Info

Features: Photos;
Pagination: p. 21-25
Serial:
- Revista de Obras Publicas
- Issue Number: 117
- Publisher: Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos
- ISSN: 0034-8619

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Alertness; Behavior; Bottlenecks; Crashes; Drivers; Geometric segments; High risk locations; Highway curves; Highway design; Highways; Human factors; Intersections; Location; Prevention; Railroad grade crossings; Safety; Slopes; Traffic crashes; Traffic signals
Old TRIS Terms: Bends
ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1663: Accident black spot; 2238: Attention; 2872: Bend (road); 630: Bottleneck; 2755: Highway; 2257: Human factor; 455: Junction; 452: Level crossing; 2816: Sudden sag
Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00159814
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: Ministry of Public Works, Spain
Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
Files: ITRD, TRIS
Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM