A PC-ORIENTED GIS APPLICATION FOR ROAD SAFETY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT

Road safety is a complex issue. To arrive at satisfactory solutions, it is essential to have a thorough knowledge of the underlying facts. In road safety engineering, these basic facts include accident highway and traffic data. Using such data it is possible to investigate the underlying principles relating to the occurrence of various types of accidents, and to develop standards which incorporate safety measures into the design of roads. Also, it will help to identify and treat those components of the transportation system which result in the most effective improvements in road safety. The ever-growing popularity and use of micro-computer technologies have helped in many ways improving quantitative data analysess for decision-making. The paper describes the establishment of a PC-based Geographic Information System (GIS) and databases developed to deal with road safety analysis, safety management and evaluation of improvements. The study includes a number of phases: establishment of detailed databases with information on accidents, traffic characteristics, road-physical data, digitized locations of the road system, geographic names; integration of databases into a GIS; analysis definition and development of GIS-based applications to road safety and management.

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    Printerhall Limited

    29 Newmart Street
    London W1P 3PE,   England 
  • Authors:
    • Peled, A
    • Hakkert, A S
  • Publication Date: 1993-8

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  • English

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  • Accession Number: 00640038
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Dec 1 1993 12:00AM