RUN-OFF-ROAD ACCIDENTS AND THE SIDE CLEARANCE OF THE ROAD. STAGE 2. ACCIDENT RISK AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN INJURIES AND DESIGN OF THE SIDE CLEARANCE

AVKOERNINGSOLYCKOR OCH VAEGENS SIDOUTRYMME. ETAPP 2. OLYCKSRISK SAMT SAMBAND MELLAN SKADEFOELJD OCH UTFORMNING AV VAEGENS SIDOUTROYMME

The primary object of this project is to find appropriate measures relating to the road, the traffic (e.g. Traffic regulations) and the side clearance of the road, in order to reduce the number of run-off-road accidents and also to lessen the injury caused by these accidents. Different types of measure may be considered in order to achieve this. The number of run-off-road accidents can be reduced by improved road cross section, alignment, lower speed limit or by the introduction of stationary road lighting. The consequential injury due to these accidents can be lessened by suitable design of the road side section with regard to width, presence of solid objects, evenness, gradient, treatment of solid objects so as to give them a soft surface texture, erection of road barriers, imposition of a lower speed limit etc. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95
• Authors:
  • Pettersson, R
• Publication Date: 1977

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Barriers (Roads); Crash causes; Crash rates; Guardrails; Highway design; Highway grades; Highways; Injuries; Prevention; Railroad clearances; Ran off road crashes; Safety; Slopes; Smoothness; Speed limits; Street lighting; Surface course (Pavements); Traffic regulations; Width
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers; Side; Transverse profile
• Old TRIS Terms: Clearances
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 2894: Alignment; 3071: Evenness; 2806: Gradient; 2755: Highway; 2163: Injury; 545: Lighting (street); 1686: Safety fence; 9074: Side; 624: Speed limit; 2843: Transverse profile; 6479: Width
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165623
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: VTI Rpt. No. 127 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 14 1978 12:00AM