PILOT RED ROUTE ACCIDENT STUDY. NOVEMBER 1996

In March 1990, the Secretary of State for Transport decided to implement a network of Priority (Red) Routes in London, to promote freer and safer movement of people and goods. To test the effectiveness of the proposed approach, a Pilot Scheme was set up for a 24.77km long route in inner and central London, including parts of the A1 and A13. In May 1996, TecnEcon was asked to conduct a before-and-after study of accidents on the Pilot Route. Several aspects of the approach used are discussed, including time periods for analysis, length of time between before and after periods, and comparisons with other roads. Accident data up to December 1996 were used. As far as possible, the before and after periods were to be equally long and each three years long. Comparisons were made between a period with none of the works implemented and either a period with red lines only implemented or a period with red lines and other works implemented. Tables show: (1) the total number of personal injury accidents in the periods over which accident data were recorded for both before and after comparisons; and (2) the number of casualties by severity and road user type for those periods. In general, numbers of accidents and casualties were reduced, but locations need to be identified where the safety of cyclists can be increased.

• Corporate Authors:

  TECNECON LTD

  GLEN HOUSE, 125 OLD BROMPTON ROAD
  LONDON,   United Kingdom  SW7 3RP
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Bus priority; Crash rates; Cyclists; Federal government; Injuries; Itinerary; Networks; Policy; Roads; Safety; Traffic signal preemption; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Road networks
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 9148: Before and after study; 1742: Cyclist; 9009: Decrease; 183: Government (national); 2163: Injury; 699: Itinerary; 173: Policy; 648: Priority (traffic); 1053: Road network; 1665: Safety; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Policy; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00739391
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 28 1997 12:00AM