ROAD SAFETY STUDIES FOR THE GREATER LONDON ROAD SAFETY UNIT

This publication contains a cross section of articles relating to some of the most important road safety studies undertaken by the Greater London Road Safety Unit as part of a programme of accident investigation and remedial work. The articles are as follows: Reduced vehicle precedence times at fixed time pelican crossings; Reduced vehicle precedence times at vehicle actuated pelican crossings; Increased crossing times at pelican crossings; The effect on right turning accidents of closely associated secondary traffic signals; Port to port turning movements at signal controlled junctions--accident analysis; Increased intergreen periods at signal controlled junctions a solution to certain types of cross-road collisions; The junction safety experiment (Phases 1, 2, 3); The Greater London "Ride bright" campaign--its effect on motorcyclist conspicuity and casualties; The effects of mandatory school entrance markings; Street lighting improvements on major sections of principal roads in Greater London--Before and after accident study; The use of Statistical tests in the analysis of accidents and other associated data. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Greater London Council

  County Hall
  London SE1 7PB,   England 
• Authors:
  • Brownfield, D J
  • Kelly, M S
  • Lalani, N
  • Holden, E J
• Publication Date: 1980-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 39 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Bus priority; Crash investigation; Crashes; Crosswalks; Green interval (Traffic signal cycle); Headlamps; Highway safety; Improvements; Intersections; Mathematical analysis; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Pedestrian movement; Pretimed traffic signal controllers; Right turns; Road markings; Schools; Statistics; Street lighting; Tests; Time; Traffic actuated controllers; Traffic crashes; Traffic signal preemption; Traffic signals; Urban areas; Vehicles; Visibility
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 6471: Analysis (math); 9148: Before and after study; 562: Carriageway marking; 1667: Crossing the road; 577: Fixed time (signals); 599: Green light; 1342: Headlamp; 9108: Improvement; 455: Junction; 545: Lighting (street); 1752: Motorcyclist; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 648: Priority (traffic); 101: School; 6555: Statistics; 6255: Test; 5414: Time; 565: Traffic signal; 1836: Turning; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 1255: Vehicle; 557: Vehicle actuated; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00324620
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM