Diagnosis of Safety Problems Using Safety Analyst for Efficient and Effective Safety Management

The Safety Analyst software was released by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in 2009. The software enables road agencies to automate their safety management programs. All four modules of Safety Analyst are being configured for the Province of Ontario. Diagnosis and Countermeasure Selection Module enables the Ministry to conduct in-service road safety reviews (ISRSR) more efficiently by providing tools to identify collision patterns at a site and guiding traffic analysts during site visits. Identification of collision patterns is an important step to diagnose potential safety problems at a site. For collision pattern identification, Safety Analyst provides capabilities to develop collision diagrams, generate collision summaries, and conduct statistical tests (test of proportion and test of frequency). This paper discusses and recommends a methodical approach to objectively identify collision patterns utilizing the Safety Analyst capabilities. Additionally, Safety Analyst is equipped with an "expert" system which guides the analyst towards appropriate office and field investigations. The expert system includes diagnostic scenarios for intersections and road segments. This paper provides a process through which additional diagnostic scenarios were developed for freeway and ramp sections for the Province of Ontario. The process includes identification of major collision patterns based on analysis of historical collisions (for all sites in the Province), engineering parameters as well as human factors principles. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD record number 201310RT334E.

• Record URL:
  http://www.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/tac2013/session5/izadpanah.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • THUKRAL, S
  • IZADPANAH, P
  • PARDO, M
  • PACHOVA, B
  • NICHOL, S
  • Hadayeghi, A
• Conference:
  • 2013 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF CANADA - TRANSPORTATION: BETTER - FASTER - SAFER
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 24 p.
• Monograph Title: 2013 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada - Transportation: Better - Faster - Safer

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crashes; Evaluation; High risk locations; Methodology; Safety; Software; Statistics; Vehicle performance
• Uncontrolled Terms: In service behavior
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 1663: Accident black spot; 8018: Canada; 1631: Collision; 8525: Conference; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 9121: In service behaviour; 9102: Method; 1665: Safety; 8645: Software; 6555: Statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01517980
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Mar 11 2014 10:57AM