THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAFFIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC LIGHTING ON JUNCTIONS OF RURAL ONE-LANE HIGHWAYS: ANALYSES OF AN EXTENSIVE DATA BASE

DE RELATIE TUSSEN DE VERKEERSVEILIGHEID EN OPENBARE VERLICHTING OP KRUISINGEN VAN RURALE ENKELBAANSWEGEN: ANALYSES VAN EEN UITGEBREID GEGEVENSBESTAND

This report describes a pilot study which was undertaken to analyse the effects of public lighting on traffic safety. The work attempts to find a connection between the quantity of public lighting on both the main road, and on side roads, and traffic safety at junctions which are controlled by priority-rules on one lane unlighted highways outside built-up areas. Data from an extensive data base containing 200 such junctions were studied. Data from accidents, layout of junctions, characteristics of lighting, log linear analyses of accidents at night in which bicycles were also involved, were all analysed. It was shown that public lighting on the main road has a significant influence on traffic safety at night. The most positive effect for traffic safety is to lighten the conflict area and its immediate environment.

• Corporate Authors:

  Provincie Gelderland

  Markt 11
  Arnhem,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Van Laarhoven, AJM
• Publication Date: 1985-2

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Bus priority; Crash rates; Cyclists; Data banks; High risk locations; Intersections; Night; Prevention; Rural areas; Safety; Street lighting; T intersections; Traffic lanes; Traffic signal preemption
• Uncontrolled Terms: One
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498839
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM