A revised skid resistance standard for the UK truck roads
The standard for managing the skid resistance on the truck roads in the UK (HD/28) has recently been revised. There are several differences to the previous standard issued in 2004 including the addition of new material, a revised format and some specific changes including: incorporation of the Agency's Interim Advice Notes (IAN 98/07) for managing skid resistance. Relevant parts of this advice note have been incorporated in the new HD/28 principally to facilitate a more effective and consistent application of the standard across the whole network; recommended management and prioritisation procedures for investigating sites, acknowledging that it may not be possible to assess all sites that are at or below the investigatory level; different requirements for bends depending on the radius; the word accident has been changed to crash throughout the standard; this is because an accident is considered a random occurrence whereas most road crashes have one or more causes; acknowledgement that it is not necessarily viable to equalise the risk of a skidding crash occurring over the whole network by simply applying different investigatory levels.
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Authors:
- Sinhal, R
- Viner, H
- DONBAVAND, J
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Conference:
- International Surface Friction Conference, 3rd, 2011
- Location: Gold Coast Queensland, Australia
- Date: 2011-5-15 to 2011-5-18
- Publication Date: 2011-5
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 11p
- Monograph Title: 3rd International Road Surface Friction Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, 15-18 May 2011
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash rates; Heavy vehicles; Highway design; Standardization
- Uncontrolled Terms: Road design and asset management; Road networks
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- ITRD Terms: 9011: Design (overall design); 1236: Lorry; 3031: Skid resistance
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01343998
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, ARRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 13 2011 11:48AM