Road safety engineering risk assessment: recent and future research

ARRB has been conducting an extensive range of research aimed at identifying and measuring the level of risk associated with different road stereotypes, and at the reduction in this risk resulting from changes in road design standards and from remedial treatments. This Austroads funded research is designed to aid policy makers and practitioners in assessing risk and prioritising treatment on their roads so as to achieve optimal crash risk reduction for the available budget. Research topics include the development of crash rates databases, investigation of risk reduction for safety treatments in different environments, the implications of varying design standards, information on local road safety schemes, use of crash cost as an indication of severity, an in-depth investigation of rural head-on, intersection and run-off-road crashes, the safety implications of road deterioration, an investigation of crash risk migration, and the effect of using multiple countermeasures. This paper provides examples of the results from some of this research. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E215375.

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• Authors:
  • TURNER, B
  • TZIOTIS, M
• Publication Date: 2006-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10P
• Monograph Title: Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference 2006, Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Wednesday 25th October - Friday 27 October 2006
• Serial:
  • AUSTRALASIAN ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH POLICING EDUCATION CONFERENCE, 2006, SURFERS PARADISE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
  • Publisher: ABLE VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crashes; Development; Hazards; Highway design; Management; Prevention; Research projects; Risk assessment; Safety
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 155: Administration; 8525: Conference; 9013: Development; 2855: Highway design; 9149: Prevention; 8557: Research project; 9150: Risk; 9129: Risk assessment; 1665: Safety
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I81: Accident Statistics; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01060828
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0734525516
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 10 2007 1:13PM