TRAFFIC GUIDANCE AND ROAD SAFETY: THE ROLE OF ROAD MARKINGS

It is widely recognised that horizontal road markings have improved traffic flow, encouraged lane discipline, and increased safety at junctions and intersections. Road engineering improvements involving carriageway markings and road signs at accident blackspots have helped to decrease accidents, and descriptions are given of two such sites in Nottinghamshire and Hertfordshire. Economic returns on such investments may exceed 50% in the first year. The benefits of road centreline markings are noted, and reference made to controlled experiments in the UK to determine the effectiveness of reflectorised edgelining for reducing accidents. Edgelining has been found to reduce verge maintenance costs. The effect of present road expenditure cuts on renewal of road markings is considered. Their cost is compared with that of a possible increase in accidents. Reference is made to the present revision of specifications for roadmarking thermoplastic material and paints. (TRRL)

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  Embankment Press Limited

  Building 59, GEC Estate, East Lane
  Wembley, Middlesex HA9 7TQ,   England 
• Publication Date: 1979-12

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 9-11
• Serial:
  • Highways and Public Works
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 1837
  • Publisher: D.R. Publications Limited
  • ISSN: 0142-6168

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Center lines; Costs; Crashes; Edge lines; High risk locations; Highway safety; Land water marginal areas; Lane lines; Maintenance; Paint; Prevention; Reflectorized materials; Reflectorized paint; Road markings; Safety; Standards; Striping; Thermoplastic materials; Traffic control; Traffic lanes; Traffic paint; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Broken lines; Decreases; Marginal strips; Solid lines
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1663: Accident black spot; 580: Broken line; 562: Carriageway marking; 224: Cost; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 9009: Decrease; 3847: Maintenance; 2847: Marginal strip; 3807: Paint; 4523: Reflectorized material; 572: Solid line; 187: Specification (standard); 7434: Thermoplastic; 2827: Traffic lane; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I33: Other Materials used in Pavement Layers; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00311814
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 19 1980 12:00AM