Road marking IS road safety

It has been noted that the standards for road-marking, in the area of night time visibility, are either set at very low performance levels or are non existent. There have been many studies and experiments that demonstrate that accident rates can be significantly further reduced if the road markings were to be maintained to safer standards. This paper presents some of the results from this and other recent global research, and looks at how road-markings can figure in reducing crashes. It suggests that the measure of road-marking performance for both day and night, and in both wet and dry conditions, should be used as a tool in future accident investigations. The statistics would then become more meaningful, the fatalities and serious injuries could be reduced, and the cost benefit of safer performing road-markings may then be realised. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E213888.

• Authors:
  • Carnaby, Bob
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 11P
• Monograph Title: New Zealand Roadmarkers Federation and Roadmarking Industry Association of Australia Conference and Exhibition: 17-19 August 2005, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch, New Zealand: delivering best practice
• Serial:
  • ROADMARKING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ROADMARKERS FEDERATION CONFERENCE, 2005, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAA
  • Publisher: NEW ZEALAND ROADMARKERS FEDERATION

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Conferences; Days; Dryness; Night; Pavement surface course; Prevention; Road markings; Roads; Safety; Visibility; Wet weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wet pavements
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 562: Carriageway marking; 8525: Conference; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 9007: Day (24 hour period); 2527: Dryness; 2755: Highway; 9052: Night; 1665: Safety; 6783: Visibility; 3015: Wet road
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01032371
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 6 2006 1:43PM