DETECTING AND SERVICING INCIDENTS ON HIGH SPEED ROADS

This report describes the practices and policies of various countries and the research into problems concerned with incidents on motorways and other high speed roads. The important research areas covered by this report are the causes of incidents, the effectiveness of various surveillance methods for detecting incidents and of various means of controlling the consequences of incidents, including ways of evaluating surveillance and control systems. Some possible implications of the results for the design of surveillance and control systems are suggested.(a) /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Newcastle-Upon-Tyne University, England

  Transport Operations Research Group
  Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland,   England 
• Authors:
  • Ferguson, J A
  • Jenkins, I A
• Publication Date: 0

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 45 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne University, England
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne University, England
  • ISSN: 0306-3402

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Communications; Crashes; Detection and identification; Detectors; Freeways; Highway safety; Highways; Sensors; Surveillance; Telephone; Television; Traffic control; Truck tractors
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 8518: Bibliography; 9098: Communication; 2752: Motorway; 6120: Sensor; 9101: Surveillance; 390: Telephone; 6949: Television; 654: Traffic control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149694
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Working Paper No. 21
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 1977 12:00AM