Engineering road safety for an ageing people

This paper will provide an overview of road safety in Singapore and relates it to international practices. It outlines the key road safety strategy and highlights important initiatives taken to enhance road safety for road users particularly for elderly people. It is a challenge for transport authorities to balance traffic efficiency and make roads safer for all, particularly the elderly people. Besides international best practices like Black Spot Program and Road Safety Audits that pick up vulnerabilities for improvements, the paper also showcases various measures to improve road safety for the elderly.

• Authors:
  • Ho, S -
  • Sekar, C
  • Chin, K K
• Conference:
  • Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia (REAAA) Conference, 13th, 2009, Incheon, Korea
• Publication Date: 2009-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: Future roads: safer, greener and smarter: proceedings 13th REAAA conference, 23-26 September 2009, Songdo Convensisa, Incheon, Korea

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Highway safety; Pedestrians; Traffic flow; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (engineering and vehicles); Transport management and Security
• Geographic Terms: Singapore
• ATRI Terms: Aged person; Crash countermeasure; Pedestrian; Road safety; Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01381592
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 12:38PM