Performance of High Skid Resistant Treatments

VicRoads has placed high skid resistance treatments at various locations in an effort to reduce traffic incidents by providing a more effective skid resistant surface for motorists. This project was expected to provide documented evidence of the trends in traffic incidents at treated sites. The purpose of this paper is to examine a study on the performance of calcined bauxite treatments on road surfaces with regard to the impact on traffic incident trends at twenty-nine treatment sites. The project was designed to determine the skid resistance performance of high skid resistance treatments, and also to determine if a relationship existed with recorded traffic incident performance. The project investigated twenty-nine high skid resistant treatments in Melbourne and Geelong, Australia. The investigation showed calcined bauxite treatments provide a uniformly high level of skid resistance for at least five years after placement. The skid resistance of the treatments appeared to be independent of the visual condition of the surface. The investigation was inconclusive regarding the effectiveness of calcined bauxite treatments in reducing traffic incidents. The project shows that better selection of sites with regard to traffic incident numbers and types of incident may be key in achieving benefits from this treatment.

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• Authors:
  • Simpson, Cassandra
• Conference:
  • Research into Practice: 22nd ARRB Conference
  • Location: Canberra , Australia
  • Date: 2006-10-29 to 2006-11-2
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: Research into Practice: 22nd ARRB Conference Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bauxite; Calcines; Condition surveys; Highway safety; Incident detection; Incident management; Skid resistance; Skid resistance tests; Surface treating; Traffic incidents
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic impact analysis
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 8525: Conference; 5910: Durability; 6226: In situ; 2955: Pavement; 5925: Properties; 3031: Skid resistance; 6438: Surface; 3053: Surface texture; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01039057
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1876592494
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 3 2007 8:48AM