Motorway fast aid

Trials of equipment designed to reduce the time UK motorways are closed after accidents are being conducted by TRL on behalf of the Highways Agency. The equipment includes the latest version of Total Station, an electronic version of a surveyor's theodolite. This speeds up the measurement of distances and angles between vehicles involved in accidents. Also being trialled is a photogrammetry device which can take measurements from photographs of accident scenes. A new laser scanner previously used for investigating railway accidents is also under test. Data from the accident can then be processed in the laboratory rather than while the motorway remains closed, reducing the period of congestion and its associated costs. Trials of screens to prevent drivers on the opposite carriageway slowing down to look at accidents are also described.

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• Authors:
  • CORRY, D
  • HATTER, W
  • Hussain, A
  • JOSEPH, S
  • LEICESTER, E
  • MCCARTHY, R
  • PARKER, I
  • ROBINSON, E
  • STACEY, A
  • TARRY, N
  • WATT, V
  • WHITE, P
  • WOODS, D
  • HARRIS, D
  • BEGG, D
  • CASEY, L
  • CLARK, R
• Publication Date: 2005-9-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 30-1
• Serial:
  • COMMERCIAL MOTOR
  • Volume: 202
  • Issue Number: 5143
  • Publisher: Reed Business Information, Limited
  • ISSN: 0010-3063

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crashes; Data collection; Drivers; Equipment; Evaluation and assessment; Freeways; Information processing; Measurement; Police; Street closure; Traffic congestion
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9001: Behaviour; 9003: Cause; 632: Congestion (traffic); 8623: Data acquisition; 8655: Data processing; 1772: Driver; 3674: Equipment; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 6136: Measurement; 2752: Motorway; 1522: Police; 637: Road closure; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01013697
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 22 2005 11:16AM