URBAN SAFETY PROJECT. 3: OVERALL EVALUATION OF AREA WIDE SCHEMES

This report deals with the overall evaluation of the Urban Safety Project and indicates the potential applicability of the approach to general accident reduction in urban areas. Previous reports have described the design and implementation of the schemes (Lynam, Mackie and Davies, 1988) and given interim results (Mackie, Ward and Walker, 1988 a, b, c). More detailed results are available in individual reports on the schemes in Reading, Sheffield and Bristol (Ward, Norrie, Sang, Allsop, 1989), in Nelson (Walker, Gardner, McFetridge, 1989) and in Bradford (Walker and McFetridge, 1989). The basic objectives of the project were: to demonstrate that accident reductions could be achieved, the target reduction being 10 to 15 per cent; to develop the principles used and experience gained to provide guidelines for general application. This report assesses the overall accident changes achieved and presents the measured changes in a suitable way to allow broader conclusions and guidelines to be drawn. (A) For previous reports on the Urban Safety project, see IRRD 812592 and 812593.

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  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • MACKIE, A M
  • Ward, H A
  • Walker, R T
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 26 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Transport and Road Research Laboratory
  • Issue Number: RR 2
  • Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • ISSN: 0266-7045

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Crash rates; Cyclists; Evaluation and assessment; Injuries; Injury severity; Intersections; Motorcyclists; Pedestrians; Roundabouts; Safety; Speed; Traffic flow; Traffic restraint; Travel time; Trip length; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 1742: Cyclist; 9009: Decrease; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2163: Injury; 697: Journey time; 455: Junction; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1733: Pedestrian; 438: Roundabout; 1665: Safety; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 5408: Speed; 671: Traffic flow; 633: Traffic restraint; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00604171
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: 63
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 28 1991 12:00AM