LIGHTING COLUMNS AND PUBLIC LIGHTING: COSTS RELATED TO TRAFFIC SAFETY; A DECISION MODEL

LICHTMASTEN EN OPENBARE VERLICHTING: KOSTEN IN RELATIE TOT VERKEERSVEILIGHEID; EEN BESLISSINGSMODEL

Road safety measures in the Netherlands are increasingly based on a quantitative analysis of their cost-effectiveness. It is imperative for a rational decision process that all relevant effects of measures be quantified as objectively as possible. The relative importance of these effects is, however, determined by a subjective value-judgement. The effects and costs of roadside objects have been built into a decision model. This decision model can be used when deciding whether or not to place roadside objects, such as street lighting, along a particular stretch of road. It can also be used for decisions to modify the construction of roadside objects or to screen them, for example with a guard rail. An extensive example is given of the application of the decision model to the installation of public lighting. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Authors:
  • Flury, F C
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Cost effectiveness; Decision making; Field tests; Guardrails; Hazards; Lighting columns; Obstructions (Navigation); Prevention; Safety; Street lighting; Traffic safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Decisions
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 2248: Decision process; 6226: In situ; 527: Lighting column; 1644: Obstacle; 1686: Safety fence
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I10: Economics and Administration; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00184513
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 3 1979 12:00AM