SIGNING STANDARDS AT ROADWORKS

Poor signing and inefficient roadwork layouts have implications both for traffic delays and road safety. A safety review of accidents at works on single carriageway roads showed that the risk of accidents was more than doubled by the presence of maintenance activity. Currently there is no available robust database of numbers and types of roadworks and their traffic effects. In addition, the quality of signing provided at roadworks sites is variable. A study has been commissioned by the Department of Transport and is now in progress to obtain basic information (i.e. duration, work type, frequency, etc.) from all types of works on trunk and principal all-purpose roads in both rural and urban areas. In addition, the surveys have collected information on the quality of signing at roadwork sites. These data will also be used to monitor the effect of the Department of Transport's new version of Chapter 8 of the Traffic Signs Manual. In this paper the background to the study is set out, and preliminary results presented from the Quality of Signing Surveys. (A) For the covering abstract of the seminar see IRRD 850684.

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• Authors:
  • WEBB, S A
  • COE, G
• Conference:
  • HIGHWAYS. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR L HELD AT THE PTRC EUROPEAN TRANSPORT, HIGHWAYS AND PLANNING 19TH SUMMER ANNUAL MEETING, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, SEPTEMBER 9-13, 1991. VOLUME P351
• Publication Date: 1991

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 109-20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Conferences; Construction sites; Maintenance; Repairing; Safety; Specifications; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Traffic signs; Warning systems
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 3628: Construction site; 2748: Main road; 3847: Maintenance; 3635: Repair; 1665: Safety; 177: Specifications; 654: Traffic control; 671: Traffic flow; 553: Traffic sign; 8119: United Kingdom; 9113: Warning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00630608
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-86050-238-4
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 1 1993 12:00AM