SAFETY MEASURES: THE CONTRIBUTION OF CARRIAGEWAY MARKINGS

This paper examines the road safety problem in Britain today, with particular reference to accidents on rural roads. The scope for low-cost, high-benefit engineering solutions to such problems is analysed, with particular attention being paid to the role of carriageway markings. The very favourable benefit to cost ratio of reflectorised road markings for road safety and traffic engineering purposes are advocated, and the before-and-after accident studies that have taken place in this area are described.(a) (TRRL)

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  Whitehall Press Limited

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford 0X3 0BW,   England 
• Authors:
  • Jackson, J
• Publication Date: 1981-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 2-5
• Serial:
  • Highway Engineer
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Whitehall Press Limited
  • ISSN: 0306-6452

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Benefit cost analysis; Costs; Prevention; Reflectorized materials; Road markings; Rural highways; Safety; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom; United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 562: Carriageway marking; 224: Cost; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 8119: United Kingdom; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00335043
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM