Innovative concepts for smart road restraint systems (RRS) to provide greater safety for motorcyclists

The project “Smart RRS” (Innovative concepts for Smart Road Restraint Systems to provide greater safety for vulnerable road users) was developed within the VII Framework Programme of the European Union. The main objective of the project was to develop an innovative smart road protection system to improve primary, secondary and tertiary safety of motorcyclists. Primary safety, or the ability of the “Smart RRS” protective system to contribute to accident avoidance, was improved providing timely and useful information to road users to assist them in the prevention of road incidents. Secondary safety, or the ability of the “Smart RRS” concept to decrease the number and severity of injuries in case of accident, was substantially improved including a simple energy absorbing feature into the barrier. Finally, tertiary safety, or the ability of the “Smart RRS” concept to provide better assistance once the accident has occurred, was improved by implementing sensors that provided timely and useful information to emergency services, road authorities and other road users in the event of a road incident.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)

  14-20 bd Newton, Cité Descartes, Champs su Marne
  77447 Marne la Vallée,   France  Cedex 2
• Authors:
  • Alba, J J
  • Maza, M
  • Valladares, D
  • Dávila, A
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena (TRA) 5th Conference: Transport Solutions from Research to Deployment
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2014-4-14 to 2014-4-17
• Publication Date: 2014-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2014 Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air ambulance services; Air ambulances; Ambulances; Fire vehicles; Guardrails; Motorcyclists; Sensors; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users); Safe systems (roads)
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• ATRI Terms: Crash countermeasure; Emergency services; Injury prevention; Motorcyclist; Safety fence; Sensor
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01534607
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: VTI, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 14 2014 10:16AM