ACCIDENT ANALYSIS ON RURAL ROADS - A TECHNICAL GUIDE

This technical guide has been developed to help address the problems local authority engineers have in addressing accidents on rural roads including how to prioritise between sites with the same or (low) accident frequencies, how to justify and go about rural accident analysis and how best to identify and incorporate non-site-specific strategies into remedial programmes. The guide provides a synopsis of the accident problems on rural roads in Great Britain and a step by step accident analysis technique that is based on rural roads "Investigatory levels" above which it is recommended that treatment should be considered. Some of these "Investigatory levels" relate to Vulnerable Road Users. A worked example to explain the methodology is provided along with blank tables (paper and electronic versions) to help road safety engineers carry out their own analyses. The technical guide incorporates the user guide to the "ARRIL" software which automates much of the analysis procedure. (A)

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  TRL

  Crowthorne House, Nine Mile Ride
  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom  RG40 3GA
• Publication Date: 2004-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 73 p.
• Serial:
  • PUBLISHED PROJECT REPORT PPR 026
  • Publisher: TRL
  • ISSN: 0968-4093

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Cyclists; Evaluation and assessment; Local government agencies; Pedestrians; Rural highways
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 1742: Cyclist; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 192: Local authority; 1733: Pedestrian; 2775: Rural road; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00984459
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 7 2005 12:00AM