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Đukić, Aleksandar, Dragan Gatarić, Radenka Bjelošević, Branko Aleksić, and Vuk Bogdanović. "Road safety inspection of regional road M14.1 section: Nova Topola – Srbac." Put i saobraćaj 66, no. 4 (December 11, 2020): 51–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.31075/pis.66.04.06.
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Inspection of traffic safety has being conducted on regional road M14.1 section which starts at Nova Topola (intersection M16 and M14.1), crossing through places Krajišnik, Trošelji, Kočićevo, Gornji Kladari, Razboj, Prijebljezi, Povelič, Inađol and ends at Srbac (intersection M14.1 and P474). Applied methodology for inspection of traffic safety is presented in “Road Safety Inspection Guidelines for Safety Checks of Existing Roads”. Control lists are used by chapter “''Checklists for Interurban main roads crossing built-up areas of towns and villages”, published by World Road Association (PIARC) in 2012 year, also and control list from “Guidelines for Inspection Traffic Safty in Republic of Srpska”.
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Budzyński, Marcin, Kazimierz Jamroz, and Wojciech Kustra. "Road safety inspection as a tool for road safety management – the polish experience." Journal of KONBiN 42, no. 1 (June 1, 2017): 43–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jok-2017-0017.
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Abstract In Poland, road inspections were implemented in June 2014 on all national roads. Previous traffic surveys mainly looked at the technical condition of roads, signs and markings; other safety issues were overlooked. The main problem of the inspections is that the qualitative assessment is subjective which affects the classification of the sources of hazard on the road. The paper presents an analysis of the variability of the qualitative assessments of road defects when they are assessed by different teams of inspectors. On this basis, guidelines were developed for the classification of risks based on the relationship between sources of road hazard and the personal and economic losses involved in road accidents. These relationships are quantified using mathematical models to simulate the effect of hazard variability on the consequences of selected road accident causes on sections of the road network.
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Køltzow, Karin. "Road safety rhetoric versus road safety politics." Accident Analysis & Prevention 25, no. 6 (December 1993): 647–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0001-4575(93)90030-z.
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Lemke, Kerstin. "Road Safety in Tunnels." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1740, no. 1 (January 2000): 170–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1740-22.
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Roads in tunnels differ from comparable open-road sections in many respects. For most drivers a tunnel is an unusual driving environment in the road network that might even cause stress. A safety analysis was carried out to estimate average accident rates and accident cost rates for different cross sections of tunnels on German roads. The analysis is based on all the available accident data for German freeway and highway tunnels reported to police. Personal injury accidents and material-damage-only accidents were analyzed separately. The findings indicate that accident rates are lower for roads in tunnels. Moreover, accidents with severe personal injury and material damage are less frequent on roads in tunnels. However, the fear of a maximum credible accident still remains.
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Shinta Eka Setyarini, Ni Luh Putu, and Michael Gani Virgantara. "Road Safety Audit Tangerang - Merak Toll Road." Eduvest - Journal of Universal Studies 4, no. 4 (April 20, 2024): 1921–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.59188/eduvest.v4i4.1164.
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Tangerang-Merak Toll Road is a toll road connecting Tangerang and Merak Port, which includes Cikupa Toll Road, East Balaraja, West Balaraja, Ciakande, Ciujung, East Serang, West Serang, East Cilegon, West Cilegon, and Merak. With the more congested, will make the risk of car accidents also increased. In an effort to improve of road safety, especially toll roads, a Road Safety Audit (AKJ) is needed. Aspects examined and observed include geometric, traffic management, pavements, street furnitures and complementary buildings. As a result, it is concluded that in geometric aspect, in general has been designed in accordance with the provisions, but nevertheless there are parts that still require improvement. This research will discussed the existing condition of Tangerang-Merak Toll Road based on direct observation. The aspects reviewed are geometric, pavement, street furnitures and road complementary buildings such as Signs, Markings and Median roads. In the end, accident-prone areas will be obtained on tangerang- merak toll road with a comparison analysis of direct observation data, and traffic accident data.
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Popovych, Natalia, Olha Belenchuk, Tetyana Bondar, and Yevhen Tepliuk. "DETERMINATION OF THE ROAD SAFETY RATING FOR SELECTING THE PRIORITY OF CARRYING OUT THE ROAD SAFETY INSPECTION." Dorogi i mosti 2022, no. 25 (March 17, 2022): 222–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.36100/dorogimosti2022.25.222.
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Abstract Introduction. Compared to European countries, the level of road safety in Ukraine is extremely unsatisfactory due to high mortality and road traffic injuries. Improving road safety is one of the important social problems of our time, which is associated with the preservation of human life and health. Problem statement. The problem of road safety in Ukraine is well visible due to the number of dead and injured people on the roads. Road accidents cause huge social losses for citizens and place a heavy burden on the health care system and the economy as a whole. Reducing injuries from road accidents and saving people’s lives is one of the most important tasks for our country. Purpose. In the article the evaluation of safety level on roads of national importance will be conducted (according to certain indicators), which allows to make a conclusion about the compliance of the road network or individual sections of roads with traffic conditions and, accordingly, to decide on planning and prioritization of traffic safety measures. Materials and methods. The study used the method of statistical data processing for the analysis of roads by safety level. Results. The rating of highways according to the level of safety has been established to determine the priority of the road safety inspection in conditions of limited funding. Conclusions. According to the value of the weighted average coefficient of accident rate and severity of consequences of road accidents, it is possible to draw a conclusion about the general level of road safety. This allows to assess the level of safety on the road network as a whole in Ukraine and within a particular region, which helps to develop and implement measures to improve traffic safety on the most dangerous sections of roads. Key words: road, accident, road safety, traffic accidents, dead, road network rating, safety level, injured.
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Steinbergs, Raitis, and Maris Kligis. "Improving Traffic Safety By Using Waze User Reports." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1202, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 012031. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1202/1/012031.
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Abstract Road inspection regularity and existing types made by road maintenance crew have not been good enough to be aware what is really happening on the roads. Road users' contribution in road traffic safety is very important to ensure fast reaction on different road hazards. It is important to ensure not only the most common ways to report road hazards on state roads by phone, by email and on social media, but also expand data sources options in modern and user-friendly way. Waze navigation application already had functionality to report road hazards – to warn other application users, but no one acted to solve these road hazards until someone reported them through existing communication channels supported by Latvian State roads or Latvian road maintainer. To ensure better road traffic safety and faster reaction time on road hazards solving, Latvian road maintainer gained access to Waze report feed, and, in corporation with Riga Technical university, made a system for analysing and processing Waze data. As the result - Latvian roads maintainer can improve road safety by faster reaction to road hazards reported by Waze users. Today, up to 70 % from total reports processed by Latvian road maintainer are generated by Waze.
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Sayed, Mazhar, and Sumedh Mhaske. "GIS based Road Safety Audit." International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Research 1, no. 2 (February 27, 2013): 21–23. https://doi.org/10.70729/j20134.
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Friday, Derek, and Benjamin Tukamuhabwa. "Road Communication Technologies and Safety Regulation Enforcement on Roads in Uganda." International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics 1, no. 3 (May 2, 2012): 17–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.31270/ijame/01/03/2012/03.
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ORŁOWSKI, Łukasz, and Radosław WSZEBOROWSKI. "ROAD SAFETY." Systemy Logistyczne Wojsk 53, no. 2 (December 31, 2020): 87–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.37055/slw/133858.
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Wartość pracy przewozowej nieustannie wzrasta, co przyczynia się do zwiększonego ruchu pojazdów transportowych. W Polsce głównym rodzajem transportu jest transport drogowy, na co wskazują dane publikowane przez Główny Urząd Statystyczny. Głównymi czynnikami decydującymi o bezpieczeństwie w ruchu drogowym jest liczba wypadków, rannych oraz ofiar wypadków drogowych. Aby zminimalizować ryzyko wystąpienia zdarzenia drogowego lub jego skutki opracowywane są coraz nowsze rozwiązania infrastrukturalne w zakresie ruchu drogowego oraz systemy montowane w pojazdach. Mimo znacznego wzrostu natężenia ruchu drogowego wskaźniki dotyczące wypadkowości, rannych oraz ofiar wypadków drogowych są coraz mniejsze, co świadczy o poprawnym działaniu nowoczesnych rozwiązań.
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Zavareh, D. K., M. Bigdeli, R. Mohammadi, H. R. Khaneh, L. Laflamme, A. Bikmoradi, and B. J. A. Haglund. "Road safety." Injury Prevention 16, Supplement 1 (September 1, 2010): A53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2010.029215.192.
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Ivers, R. "Road safety." Injury Prevention 12, no. 3 (June 1, 2006): 177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2006.00606.
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Davidović, Jelica, Boris Antić, and Dalibor Pešić. "The importance of road safety inspection for the improvement of pedestrian safety in traffic." Put i saobraćaj 70, no. 2 (June 19, 2024): 45–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.31075/pis.70.02.06.
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Road safety inspection is a modern tool for improving road safety, that is, a preventive tool that is applied on roads in use. The goal of preventive action in road safety is to improve road safety, through reducing the number and consequences of traffic accidents. The road safety inspection involves the analysis of general data about the section, the analysis of traffic accidents, but also the analysis of specific road defects. 11 specific elements are analyzed, including vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists. Vulnerable road users are particularly at risk because in the event of a traffic accident, they suffer more severe consequences because their body is not physically protected. This paper shows the importance of road safety inspections for the improvement of pedestrian safety in traffic.
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Choudhary, Pratibha, and Prerana Arora. "Forgiving Roads Design – Way to achieve SDG 3.6." Ecology, Environment and Conservation 28 (2022): 193–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.53550/eec.2022.v28i07s.031.
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Road engineering is a major component of entire road ecosystem and its design plays a significant role in creating safe or unsafe road environment for any crash to be happen or not. Pillar 2 of Decade of Action for Road Safety talks about “Safer Road Infrastructure” where roads are to be designed to meet atleast 3 star safety ratings to 5 star ratings of safety standards of all types of road users – pedestrians, bicyclists, 2- wheeler and four wheeler motorized vehicles. Thus, a concept of Forgiving roads adopted where roads are designed with considering safety features that accepts the mistakes of road users and reduces the chances of intensity of fatalities and injuries on roads.
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Azarov, V. K., S. V. Gayisin, and V. F. Kutenev. "Integrated vehicle safety." Izvestiya MGTU MAMI 10, no. 2 (June 15, 2016): 46–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/2074-0530-66925.
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The paper analyzes issues of vehicle structural safety regulated by international UN rules in order to reduce the number of road accidents and particularly the severity of their consequences. The effectiveness of the UN Rules for reduction of road accidents is analyzed and especially the number of killed and injured in accidents on the roads is studied. There were also considered the issues related to the increasing pollution of the atmosphere of large cities with exhaust gases harmful emissions from road transport even though long-term efforts of manufacturers were made to drastically reduce them to the Euro 6 for Ecology UN Rules number 49 and 83. A comparative analysis of foreign and domestic studies of emissions from wear of tires, brake mechanisms of road transport and road surface was made. The conclusion of a significant increase in pollution of air environment of large cities because of the solid fine particles from wear of tires and road surface was made. The problems of active, passive and environmental safety predetermine the necessity of reconsideration of the concept and strategy of the international and national legislation, for integrated safety of road transport.
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Čabarkapa, Milenko. "Inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement: An approach to improving the safety of vulnerable road users." Tehnika 75, no. 6 (2020): 777–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/tehnika2006777c.
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In the last ten years, there has been a stabilization of traffic fatalities on the roads of the world. At the same time, the death toll of persons in the armor of vehicles was reduced, and the death toll of persons outside the armor of vehicles-vulnerable road users continued to grow. The most endangered are motorcyclists, then pedestrians and finally cyclists, both in developed countries of the European Union and in underdeveloped and developing countries. Lagging behind in reducing the fatalities of vulnerable road users requires innovation in research and the creation and implementation of new road safety management policies. In this aspect, inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement can be a paradigm for the introduction and implementation of protection of vulnerable road users, persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities, through procedures to control road safety in the settlement, at all stages of the road life cycle: planning, design, construction and exploitation. The content of inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement should include all areas of activity and all elements of the roads of the settlement, the improvement of which can raise the level of traffic safety of all users, so that the roads of the settlement are equally safe for all road users. At the same time, the risk of fatal traffic accidents on the roads of the settlement is indirectly exponentially related to the scope of the content of inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement.
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Sunil and Abhishek Sharma. "Roadway Safety Assessment and Star Rating using iRAP along SH-11A (Jind-Kaithal) in Haryana." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 889, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 012036. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/889/1/012036.
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Abstract Figures cross 3,500 deaths and casualties on roads all around world every day in low- and middle-income countries and contribute about 90% of the 1.25 million road deaths. This number of road deaths is projected to increase by 50 percent by 2020. The compound problem for developing countries is caused by the rapid development of roads, irrespective of design or security, lack of attention to vulnerable road users and lack of a culture of road safety (i.e., safe behaviour, vehicle safety regulations, road safety policy, road safety assessment, and enforcement). This paper deals with the star rating and road safety assessment of State Highway-11A, Jind-Kaithal, Haryana though the section is straight but numerous causalities were reported on the route in recent years. ViDA, an online road safety assessment and star rating analysis tool is used to get the Star Rating Scores and Safer Roads Investment Plans.
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Hada, Sakar, and Raship Khadka. "Navigating Road Safety: Factors, Legislations, Safety Audits, Technological Advances and Challenges in Nepal." KTFT Journal 4 (October 4, 2024): 78–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ktftj.v4i1.70364.
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Road transportation has become increasingly lethal, highlighting a need for swift implementation and road safety measures and enhanced study to develop more effective safety strategies. All factors related to the road environment, including road design, human behaviour, and vehicle characteristics, should be thoroughly inspected to more accurately and precisely understand their involvement in road accidents. Currently, the state of road-related legislation, databases, and technologies in Nepal is poor compared to other countries. The road safety bill has been pending since 2017, leaving the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) without clear ownership and resources. Developing countries like Nepal tend to prioritize infrastructure development over the management of resources for road safety audits. Prioritizing the introduction of effective road safety policies is critical, as further delays will result in preventable loss of human life and significant monetary costs. Nepal’s challenging terrain and low-income status make it difficult to design, construct, operate and maintain roads to the highest standards. However, with the availability of more affordable hardware and advanced software, there should be a clear focus on utilizing these tools to improve road safety and address these challenges. The development of the Kathmandu-Terai Fast Track brings with it a significant responsibility to maintain road safety.
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Bøgesvang Basse, Henrik. "Pioneering Safety, Marking the Future." Traffic Technology International 2024, no. 1 (January 2024): 92–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/s1356-9252(24)40043-9.
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Te Brömmelstroet, Marco. "Increase road safety or reduce road danger: challenging the mainstream road safety discourse." Traffic Safety Research 5 (March 5, 2024): e000043. http://dx.doi.org/10.55329/vfer7646.
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The domain of road safety has a longstanding history in academic research and a well-established position in policy circles. In different contexts in different degrees, this has resulted in important and meaningful interventions that increased overall safety statistics. But are researchers and policy-makers in this domain also reflecting on the underlying values and worldviews on which these interventions are build? Do we fully grasp the choices that are embedded in those values and on how these then solidify into our guidelines, streetscapes and behaviour? In this position paper, I argue that those underlying choices are exactly what is holding back real radical change in making our roads and traffic safe. To do so, I discuss seven mechanisms in how road safety is currently studied, discussed and designed that might aggravate the inherent unsafety it aims to reduce. Building on this, the final part of the paper aims to open up the underlying values by proposing seven potential ‘what-ifs’ away from focusing on increasing road safety to instead explicitly focus on reducing the systemic danger.
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Tiwari, Hemant, and Sanjay Luitel. "Re-orienting towards Safer Roads Infrastructure in Nepal." Journal of Recent Activities in Infrastructure Science 8, no. 3 (December 31, 2023): 14–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.46610/jorais.2023.v08i03.003.
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Nepal recently updated its National Road Safety Action Plan (2013-2020) for the period 2021-2030, aiming to reduce the alarming rise in road crashes, fatalities, and major injuries observed over the past decade. The paper primarily delves into the multiple facets of safer road infrastructure while specific design standards exist for national, rural, and urban roads, guiding engineers in the initial stages of road design and construction to ensure safety—many parameters, such as radius, sight distance, and gradient, are frequently overlooked, especially on hill roads. The road safety audit stands out as the most effective method for pinpointing safety issues throughout the road construction process, from the planning phase to operation, and for suggesting necessary safety enhancements. Nonetheless, the actual implementation of these audits remains inadequate. Additionally, the paper sheds light on the state of road crashes, the institutional framework dedicated to safe road infrastructure development, specific guidelines and standards about road safety, and the current status of road safety audits and other interventions across road projects in Nepal.
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Malmtorp, Jan, Johan Lundin, Peter Lundman, and Per Vedin. "Safety in Road Tunnels – Safety Target Proposal." International Journal of Applied Science 2, no. 3 (December 13, 2019): p13. http://dx.doi.org/10.30560/ijas.v2n3p13.
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The purpose of this paper is to propose a quantitative target for assessment of life safety in road tunnels and describe how such a target can be utilized and developed further. The target is developed from an analysis of initiating events, accident statistics and analytical approaches and it makes it possible to tailor the safety concept in individual tunnels to meet the target by means of quantitative risk analyses. The results indicate that the practice proposed is beneficial for both quality and transparency in the decision-making, as well as it can be judged to have the potential to improve cost-efficiency in the safety related work. It is concluded that the target should be calibrated and evaluated with data from real tunnels before implementation and that the resulting safety level from present ruling is assessed. Also, it is concluded that the total cost to realize the safety target is assessed. It is recommended to put more effort on general accident prevention in tunnels compared to surface roads in order to reduce the number of events that may escalate beyond control. It is also recommended that the road tunnel safety learning processes are improved by routine collection, compilation and evaluation of data on road tunnel accidents as well as vehicle-fires and dangerous goods accidents in road traffic as a whole.
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Putu Shinta Eka Setyarini, Ni Luh, and Revo Indra Raflyawan. "The Prof. Dr. Satrio Segment Road Evaluation Using Road Safety Audit Method." International Journal of Application on Sciences, Technology and Engineering 1, no. 2 (May 31, 2023): 666–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.24912/ijaste.v1.i2.666-673.
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In recent decades, traffic accidents in Indonesia have become a growing public health problem, that requires attention. Drivers' low understanding of signs, and markings and less strict supervision related to road safety can increase the traffic accident problem. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the risk of traffic accidents and to improve road safety using the Road safety audit (RSA) method on the Prof. Dr. Satrio road segment. Improve road safety, during the operation and maintenance phase, and prevent the reoccurrence of traffic accidents from research on these roads, then the precise recommendation and countermeasure are carried out on roads.
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Narayanan, Sumana. "Pedestrian Safety in Chennai." Journal of Road Safety 31, no. 3 (August 1, 2020): 15–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.33492/jrs-d-20-00249.
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Pedestrian and cyclist safety are not considered by urban planners or road users in India. Data on road crashes tend to underreport crashes involving this group. In spite of adopting a Non-Motorised-Transport (NMT) friendly policy in 2014, Chennai city in Tamil Nadu continues to prioritise motorised transport. Five years after the NMT Policy adoption, pedestrian infrastructure was assessed in 11 locations. A perception survey of 37 road users was also conducted as the Policy calls for changing the mindset of motorists towards pedestrians. The pedestrian infrastructure assessment found that footpath and pedestrian crossings are inadequate with only six locations having contiguous, wide, walkable footpaths for some distance. Even in these locations, the footpath is encroached upon by parked vehicles, garbage, utilities, and shops. Even roads which have seen pedestrian-focussed interventions fall short. Pedestrian infrastructure, what little exists, is not friendly towards the elderly and people with disabilities. The perception survey suggests that pedestrians are not safe on the roads and that motorists do not slow down or stop for pedestrians. Some motorists (autorickshaw drivers and bus drivers) felt that pedestrians put themselves at risk by walking on the road and crossing the road as they please. Pedestrians interviewed, however, pointed out that footpaths are few, and those that exist are encroached upon, forcing pedestrians to walk on the road. In spite of being the first city in India to adopt an NMT Policy, many pedestrians continues to be precarious
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McTiernan, David. "Road Safety – Is It a Local Government Priority? (What Does the Experience Suggest?)." Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety – Volume 30, Issue 1, 2019 30, no. 1 (February 12, 2019): 46–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.33492/jacrs-d-18-00285.
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As the road authority for the unclassified (i.e. local) roads in their local government area, councils have the legislated responsibility to manage their road infrastructure; this fundamentally includes the safety of road users on their networks. Almost 70% of the 392 fatalities on NSW roads in 2017 occurred on country roads (Transport for NSW, 2018). The contribution of the local road network to road trauma across Australasia is significant with over half (52%) of all fatal and serious injuries recorded on roads that are the sole responsibility of local government (McTiernan et. al., 2016). Governments at all levels - Local, State and Federal – can no longer ignore the contribution of local roads to the national tragedy and trauma occurring each year. Without a concerted effort by all tiers of government to address road safety performance on the vast local road network, Australia will not achieve the 30% reduction target in fatal and serious injuries as set out in the National Road Safety Plan. Unfortunately, the current status for managing safety on local roads sees a myriad of systemic hurdles and failures that ultimately result in local government not making road safety a genuine priority. But what is required to change this situation? Two case studies are presented to assist a discussion about some of the systemic failures that contribute to local councils not taking, or not being able to take, action to make road safety a genuine priority.
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Papadimitriou, Eleonora, and George Yannis. "Is road safety management linked to road safety performance?" Accident Analysis & Prevention 59 (October 2013): 593–603. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2013.07.015.
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Basavaraj, Akki, S. M. Rashmi, and N. Pramukh. "Road safety measures in urban scenario - A case study in bengaluru." i-manager’s Journal on Civil Engineering 13, no. 1 (2023): 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.26634/jce.13.1.19292.
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Road safety audit is defined as a formal safety performance examination of an existing or future road or intersection by an independent, multidisciplinary team. It qualitatively estimates and reports on potential road safety issues and identifies various measures for improving safety for all road users. The current scenario of urban road accidents in our country show that urban safety is in a critical state, emphasizing the need for a current urban road safety audit. This article examines the various factors that influence safety on urban road accidents, including human, vehicle, road, external environment, and other factors, and summarizes the implications and steps taken for an urban road traffic safety audit. This article explores the current state of road safety in Bengaluru, examining the various factors that contribute to accidents and identifying potential solutions to improve safety in the city's roads. Through an analysis of existing research and data, this article aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities for improving road safety in Bengaluru, with the goal of reducing the number of accidents and saving lives. The selected area is from Uttarahalli Circle to Srinivaspura Road in Kengeri, a 7-kilometer stretch on Dr Vishnuvardhan Road, as it is a busy road connecting industrial, commercial, and educational areas and has mixed and heterogeneous traffic, leading to accidents. The audit has been conducted using the following guidelines of IRC SP: 88. Measures of road signs, markings, message signs, delineators, hazard markers, and traffic safety barriers have been done based on the requirements. In conclusion, significant measures need to be taken to improve roads safety and have them listed accordingly.
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Paval, Flavius-Florin, and Ilie Bricicaru. "IMPROVING ROAD SAFETY ON THE NATIONAL ROAD NETWORK IN ROMANIA THROUGH PILOT SOLUTIONS." Journal of Engineering Science 30, no. 2 (July 1, 2023): 59–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.52326/jes.utm.2023.30(2).05.
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In recognition of outstanding work in the field of road safety, especially for the implementation of road safety pilot projects, N.C.R.I.A.-S.A. was declared the winner. The road safety pilot projects that have attracted the attention of the IRF, being a model to follow for all road administrations are: Roller Barriers; Impact attenuators; Road sector 2+1; Cable Road barriers; Illumination of dangerous sectors with light assemblies; Projects to increase road safety by creating elevated road crossings. The International Road Federation (IRF) encourages all companies and organizations in the road development sector to get involved in the awards program it grants, because by promoting innovative ideas a positive and motivating influence can be created. The National Company for Road Infrastructure Administration S.A, Traffic Safety Service participated in the "Find a Way Global Road Safety Award" organized by IRF. In this article, the road safety projects are presented, with their results and the road safety measures implemented by the national roads and highways administrator in Romania, so that other road administrations to be encouraged to implement as many road safety measures as possible.
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Vanderschuren, M. J. W. A., and A. G. Newlands. "A comparison of traditional road safety assessment methods and the newly developed 'road safety deserts' approach." Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering 66, no. 1 (April 2, 2024): 20–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2309-8775/2024/v66n1a3.
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Road fatalities were labelled a pandemic as early as 1973 (BMJ 1973). The number of road fatalities reached 1.35 million in 2016. Currently over 3 500 people perish every day on the world's roads. South Africa has one of the highest road fatality rates in the world, with a fatality rate of 25.9 deaths per 100 000 population (WHO 2018). In order to understand and improve the road safety situation of a region, effective road safety assessments must be carried out. This paper presents a comparison of four different road safety assessment approaches, both traditional and novel, and serves as a proof of concept for the 'road safety desert' methodology, a new technique adapted from the 'transit desert' concept. This new approach to road safety assessment explores the possibility of geo-coded supply and demand comparisons to identify 'road safety deserts' - areas that have a comparatively higher road safety risk. This paper shows that there are several unique and effective ways to assess road safety, and that each approach incorporates different characteristics within their methodologies. It is recommended that road safety analysis is conducted using a multitude of methods, so as to improve understanding and intervention selection.
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Stefaniak, Renata. "Road traffic safety analysis on the example of selected national roads in the Lubelskie Voivodeship." Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces 201, no. 3 (September 15, 2021): 572–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0015.3410.
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The article shows the essence of road safety in the Lubelskie Voivodeship on the example of two longest and most dangerous No. 19 and 74 national roads running through the voivodeship. The article aims to diagnose the current state of road safety in the Lubelskie Voivodeship and identify opportunities for its improvement. The statistical data of the Central Statistical Office in Lublin, annual reports on road accidents of the Police Headquarters in Warsaw, reports of the National Road Safety Council, and documents of the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways Branch in Lublin were used to analyze the safety. The analysis of the statistical documents allowed the conclusion that ten national roads run through the Lubelskie Voivodeship. Roads No. 9, 17, and 74 are the longest ones. However, on a national scale, roads No. 19 and 74 are of great importance to road safety. It has been observed that the number of road accidents in the Lubelskie Voivodeship is decreasing year by year; thus, the number of accident victims is also falling. The national road No. 19 remains the most dangerous. Passenger car drivers most frequently caused road accidents since they did not adopt the speed to road conditions or obey the right of way. The Provincial Road Safety Improvement Program in Lublin assumed a significant reduction in the number of victims killed and injured on the roads. Unfortunately, after analyzing the statistical data over the years, it can be stated that even though the assumed goal was not achieved, the accident victim rate improved.
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Zhang, Yichi, Xuan Dou, Hanping Zhao, Ying Xue, and Jinfan Liang. "Safety Risk Assessment of Low-Volume Road Segments on the Tibetan Plateau Using UAV LiDAR Data." Sustainability 15, no. 14 (July 24, 2023): 11443. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151411443.
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The intricate topography and numerous hazards of highland roads contribute to a significantly higher incidence of traffic accidents on these roads compared to those on the plains. Although precise road data can enhance the safety evaluation and management of these road segments, the cost of data acquisition in highland areas is prohibitively high. To tackle this issue, our paper proposes a system of assessment indices and extraction methods specifically designed for plateau regions, supplementing existing road safety audit techniques. We are pioneers in integrating a high-precision 3D point cloud model into the safety risk assessment of low-traffic plateau roads, utilizing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) LiDAR technology. This innovative approach enhances both the efficiency and accuracy of road mapping. Building on this, we amalgamated three categories of indices—road 3D alignment, geographical environment, and natural disasters—to formulate a comprehensive safety risk assessment model. Applying this model to seventeen representative road segments on the Tibetan Plateau, we found that road alignment significantly influences road safety risk. The segments with the highest risk ratings are predominantly those located in the southwestern part of the Tibetan region, such as Zanda and Gar. Road safety management should prioritize road alignment, particularly the role of the curve radius, without overlooking the impact of environmental factors and natural disasters.
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Haghighat, Fatemeh. "Application of a Multi-criteria Approach to Road Safety Evaluation in the Bushehr Province, Iran." PROMET - Traffic&Transportation 23, no. 5 (January 26, 2012): 341–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.7307/ptt.v23i5.152.
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Road safety is one of the influential factors in reducing road accidents and the resulting injuries and fatalities. The aim of this study is to determine the safety position of the roads of the Bushehr province based on various quantitative and qualitative criteria. For this purpose, a Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) approach has been utilized. In this approach, first all criteria influencing road safety in the Bushehr province were classified into main and sub-criteria groups and their weights were obtained using Group Analytic Hierarchy Process (GAHP). Then, the rankings of the Bushehr province roads were calculated through the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). The results indicate that during the period of investigation, the roads of Bushehr-Borazjan and Borazjan-Genaveh were the best with minor difference and Deylem-Behbahan road was the worst road of this province. In this regard, the criteria of violations/traffic and road facilities contribute more to the results due to their weights. It is clear that continuous evaluation of road safety will have significant effect on governmental policy-makings for improving roads and safety-related actions. KEY WORDS: Roads Safety Coefficient, quantitative and qualitative criteria, Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), GAHP Technique, TOPSIS Method
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Kustra, Wojciech, Joanna Żukowska, Marcin Budzyński, and Kazimierz Jamroz. "Injury Prediction Models for Onshore Road Network Development." Polish Maritime Research 26, no. 2 (June 1, 2019): 93–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2019-0029.
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Abstract Integrating different modes of transport (road, rail, air and water) is important for port cities. To accommodate this need, new transport hubs must be built such as airports or sea ports. If ports are to grow, they must be accessible, a feature which is best achieved by building new roads, including fast roads. Poland must develop a network of fast roads that will provide good access to ports. What is equally important is to upgrade the network of national roads to complement fast roads. A key criterion in this case is to ensure that the roads are efficient to minimise time lost for road users and safe. With safety standards and safety management practices varying vastly across the EU, Directive 2008/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council was a way to ensure that countries follow procedures for assessing the impact of road projects on road safety and conduct road safety audits, road safety management and road safety inspections. The main goal of the research was to build mathematical models to combine road safety measures, i.e. injury density (DI) and accident density (DA), with road and traffic factors on longer sections, all based on risk analysis. The practical objective is to use these models to develop tools for assessing how new road projects will impact road safety. Because previous research on models to help estimate injuries (I) or injury density (DI) on long sections was scarce, the authors addressed that problem in their work. The idea goes back to how Poland is introducing procedures for assessing the effects of infrastructure on safety and developing a method to estimate accident indicators to support economic analysis for new roads, a solution applied in JASPERS. Another reason for the research was Poland’s insufficient and ineffective pool of road safety management tools in Poland. The paper presents analyses of several models which achieved satisfactory results. They are consistent with the work of other researchers and the outcomes of previous research conducted by the authors. The authors built the models based on a segmentation of national roads into sections from 10 to 50 km, making sure that they feature consistent cross-sections and average daily traffic volumes. Models were built based on the method described by Jamroz (Jamroz, 2011). Using the available road traffic volume data, each section was assigned variables defining geometric and traffic features. Based on studies conducted on road sections, the variables were either averaged over the entire length of the section or calculated as a percentage of the variable occurring over the entire length: related to traffic volume, roadside environment or cross section
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Vollpracht, Hans-Joachim. "The safe road transport system approach." Romanian Journal of Transport Infrastructure 5, no. 1 (July 1, 2016): 53–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rjti-2016-0042.
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Abstract More than 1,24 million people die each year on the worlds roads and between 20 to 50 million suffer from nonfatal injuries. The UN Road Safety Collaboration Meetings under the leadership of WHO developed the Programme for the Decade of Actions for road safety taking nations into the responsibility of improving their accident figures by the five pillars of a national Road Safety Policy, safer Roads, safer Vehicles, safer Road Users and Post Crash Care. It is this Safe System Approach that takes into consideration the land use, infrastructure and transport planning, road user’s abilities and limitations and the close cooperation of all governmental and none governmental stakeholders involved. Following the European Transport Safety Council's (ETSC) 8th Road Safety Performance Index Report on Ranking EU Progress on Road Safety; June 2014 Romania has made progress during the last 10 year but had still the highest fatality rate of 93 fatalities per 1 million inhabitants in Europe. [1] The contribution will present the main activities of the fife pillars with a focus on PIARC's Road Infrastructure Management tools to improve safety and function of the road infrastructure based on the experiences with the land use problems in Asian, African and European countries. A GPS based accident data system will help researchers and practitioners to improve their countries road safety. The report will show the important steps for safer roads which had been developed in Romania and how actions of short and long term measures on all five pillars have reduced the number of traffic victims remarkable in Eastern Germany after reunification and in addition how the hierarchy of motorways, 2+1 express roads, the rural roads and traffic calming in built up areas, have improved the economic development of cities and villages in a safe way.
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Nagrebelna, Liydmila, Olga Belenchuk, and Oleksii Petrashenko. "EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO DETECTING ROADS FOR PRIORITY PLANNING FOR ROAD SAFETY MEASURES." Avtoshliakhovyk Ukrayiny, no. 4 (260) ’ 2019 (December 28, 2019): 52–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.33868/0365-8392-2019-4-260-52-57.
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The basic approaches for identifying dangerous road sections for prioritizing road safety measures are outlined. The effectiveness of the result depends on how well the areas where the road safety measures need to be implemented are identified. Suggestions for identifying dangerous places on the roads according to the statistics of traffic accidents using the methods of probability theory are given. On the basis of the analysis of statistics on roads with different number of adventures, limit values of the admissible number of adventures on sections of roads of different length are established. It is proved that it is necessary to create a comprehensive approach to solving a complex problem – improving road safety. Оne of the important approaches for the definition of dangerous road sections according to the data of road accidents, which is proposed by the authors, is the method of detection of sections (places) of concentration of road accidents (black spots). The purpose of this article is to: introduce an approach in road safety management to reduce the number of road accidents and the severity of their consequences on Ukraine’s highways by first implementing measures to improve road conditions and improve road organization. The effectiveness of the result in reducing the number of traffic accidents depends on the areas so clearly identified that, in the first place, it is necessary to implement measures to improve road safety. That is why this approach was introduced in traffic safety management. The purposeful financing of measures, aimed primarily at eliminating such sites, will help to reduce the number of road accidents and the severity of their consequences. Keywords: road safety, methods of analysis, dangerous road sections, place of concentration of road accidents, black spots, road accident.
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IVANENKO, Olesia, and Ivan PONOMARENKO. "Road traffic safety in Ukraine: state and development prospects." Economics. Finances. Law, no. 6/2 (June 30, 2021): 24–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.37634/efp.2021.6(2).5.
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Introduction. The issue of road traffic safety has been studied by many modern scientists. However, despite the research, this issue remains relevant to this day, both theoretically and practically. This is due to the fact that the concept of road traffic safety is not currently enshrined in law, and there is no unanimity among scientists on its content. Moreover, the relevance of the practical component is evidenced by the fact that over the past three years a number of important regulations in the field of road traffic safety and procedures for their implementation have been developed. The purpose of the paper is to determine the state of road traffic safety in Ukraine. In accordance with the goal, the main objectives of this study are to formulate a definition of “traffic”, “road traffic safety”, outlining their elements; determining the state of road traffic safety in Ukraine and further development trends, establishing the main directions of implementation of state policy in the field of road traffic safety. Results. Covering the issue of road safety, it should be noted that the current legislation of Ukraine does not provide a definition of this concept, but in 2016 there was an attempt to legislate both the legal category of “road traffic safety” and a number of closely related to it. Thus, the authors of the draft Law on Road Traffic and Safety defined traffic as “the process of traffic on roads and other places where it is not prohibited by the draft law”, and road traffic safety as “a state of the road system, due to which the appropriate level of protection of road users from road accidents and their negative consequences is determined and achieved”. It should be emphasized that road traffic safety is achieved through the application of appropriate measures of organizational, administrative, socio-economic and technical nature, which are enshrined in regulations and which are aimed at ensuring the proper and safe level road traffic safety for all its participants. It should be noted that neither the Ukrainian legislator nor the state executive bodies reduce the state of danger on the roads of Ukraine, so they are constantly developing appropriate programs and taking measures to increase the level of road traffic safety. Thus, in 2020, a state program was approved, the main goal of which is to reduce the level of accidents on the roads and the severity, first of all, of the socio-economic consequences of road accidents. Conclusion. According to the legislation of Ukraine, road traffic safety should be understood as a set of socio-economic and organizational-technical measures to ensure road traffic safety and road user, prevention of road traffic accidents and elimination or minimization of their negative consequences.
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Gross, Frank, Kimberly Eccles, and Daniel Nabors. "Low-Volume Roads and Road Safety Audits." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2213, no. 1 (January 2011): 37–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2213-06.
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Cantisani, Giuseppe, Chiara Caterina Borrelli, Giulia Del Serrone, and Paolo Peluso. "Optimizing Road Safety Inspections on Rural Roads." Infrastructures 8, no. 2 (February 8, 2023): 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures8020030.
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Road safety depends on a complex balance between all the factors that compose the road system: user, vehicle, environment, and infrastructure. Directive 2008/96/EC introduces procedures to improve the European Transport Network (TEN-T) safety, recognizing an important role for safety inspections, but focusing them on freeways and highways. This paper proposed methods and criteria useful to optimize current inspection procedures and adapt them also to secondary and local rural roads. It is often complex to determine the severity and weight of the different risk factors in this context, since deficiencies and faults can be found both in the road infrastructure and in the other components of the system. The proposed survey method was applied to a stretch of the SS7 Appia state road (Lazio, Italy). Producing video capture and using GPS sensors to geolocalize the data proved to be very useful for the compilation of the survey forms. The results showed a good consistency between the safety assessments obtained from the scoring of the inspection forms and the historical accident rate. Therefore, the proposed methodology can be a valuable aid in understanding safety concerns and in defining the improvement actions.
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Z. Ncube, Prince, Priviledge Cheteni, and Kholeka P. Sindiyandiya. "Road accidents fatalities trends and safety management in South Africa." Problems and Perspectives in Management 14, no. 3 (November 10, 2016): 627–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.14(3-3).2016.05.
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Road related fatalities remain high in South Africa compared to other African nations. The purpose of this study was to analyze the determinants of road accident fatalities in South Africa’s transport sector. The determinants were examined using the ordinary least squares (OLS) method. The results suggest that drunken driving, paved roads and use of seatbelts are some of the determinants in the number of road related fatalities. The study recommends that the South African government put strict measures in dealing with drunk driving that has contributed to the unnecessary loss of life, especially during holiday periods. Keywords: drunk driving, road safety management, Haddon matrix, enforcement, seatbelts. JEL Classification: O18, R41, Z00, Z18
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Bondar, Tetiana, Olga Belenchuk, Yevhen Tepliuk, and Oleksandr Pyna. "ACCIDENT ANALYSIS – THE WAY TO EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC SAFETY MANAGEMENT ON ROADS." Avtoshliakhovyk Ukrayiny, no. 2 (266) ’ 2021 (June 20, 2021): 46–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.33868/0365-8392-2021-2-266-46-52.
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Road safety management begins with a detailed analysis of accidents, which is reflected in Article 24 of the Law of Ukraine “On Road Traffic” which states that when performing repairs and maintenance of roads, streets and railway crossings road maintenance organizations in the first place should take measures for road safety on the basis of accounting and analysis of road accidents, results of inspections and surveys of roads, streets and railway crossings, and especially in emergency and dangerous areas and in places of concentration of road accidents. The problem of reducing the accident rate and reducing the number of victims of road accidents during the maintenance of roads has so far been solved mainly by identifying areas (places) of concentration of accidents with the development of measures to improve road conditions and improve the organization of traffic on them and conducting annual commission spring and autumn inspections of the road network by representatives of road organizations and the police. However, the areas of concentration of road accidents were not fully covered on the road network of local significance due to the lack of accurate reference of the places of accident in the accident registration cards, as well as they were not identified on the streets and roads of cities and other settlements due to the absence of any criteria for their identification and therefore the maximum efficiency from introduction of management of sites (places) of concentration of road accident isn’t reached. The article analyzes the criteria for determining the areas of concentration of accidents on public roads in different periods, examines the dynamics of the number of areas of concentration of accidents and considers other modern opportunities for effective traffic safety management, in particular, inspection (inspection) of existing roads.
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Te Brömmelstroet, Marco. "Increase road safety or reduce road danger: challenging the mainstream road safety discourse." Traffic Safety Research 6 (August 19, 2024): e000060. http://dx.doi.org/10.55329/qukq2875.
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Rzepczyk, Szymon, Jakub Majer, and Maciej Obst. "ROAD SAFETY BARRIERS AND THE SAFETY OF ROAD USERS – THE ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN POLAND." Logistics and Transport 55, no. 2 (2022): 85–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.26411/83-1734-2015-2-55-7-22.
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Road safety barriers are a basic element of the road infrastructure aimed at improving the safety of road users. Design parameters and indications for assembly are strictly regulated by the GDDKiA (General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways) guidelines in accordance with the European standards. In Poland, the most commonly used barriers are thin-walled metal sheet barriers, rope barriers, and concrete ones. The types differ in terms of technical parameters and level of security they provide. One of the purposes of installing road safety barriers is to protect road users from hitting an obstacle in the vicinity of the road, and to protect people around the accident from the effects of an uncontrolled vehicle leaving the road. The effects of a collision caused by hitting a protective road barrier depend mainly on the type of the barrier and the vehicle. The authors made a detailed and interdisciplinary analysis of data on accidents resulting from hitting a road safety barrier, comparing them with information available in the literature, combining the technical aspects of the use of barriers with a medical description of the description of typical injuries.
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Bondar, Tetiana, Nataliia Borodina, and Oleksandr Pyna. "Road safety audit." Dorogi і mosti, no. 18 (December 4, 2018): 171–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.36100/dorogimosti2018.18.171.
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Kar, Kohinoor, and Michael R. Blankenship. "Road Safety Audit." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2182, no. 1 (January 2010): 113–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2182-15.
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Keeler, Cathy. "Road Safety Week." Emergency Nurse 17, no. 5 (September 3, 2009): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/en.17.5.8.s8.
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Fink, Dieter. "Road Safety 2.0." Journal of Cases on Information Technology 13, no. 3 (July 2011): 21–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jcit.2011070102.
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The aim of this case study is first, to determine the extent to which web 2.0 can be the technology that would enable a strong relationship between government and its citizens to develop in managing road safety and second, to examine the endeavours of the WA Office of Road Safety (ORS) in fostering the relationship. It shows that in ORS’ road safety strategy for 2008-2020, community engagement is strongly advocated for the successful development and execution of its road safety plan but the potential of web 2.0 approaches in achieving it is not recognised. This would involve the use of blogs and RSS as suitable push strategies to get road safety information to the public. Online civic engagement would harness collective intelligence (‘the wisdom of crowds’) and, by enabling the public to annotate information on wikis, layers of value could be added so that the public become co-developers of road safety strategy and policy. The case identifies three major challenges confronting the ORS to become Road Safety 2.0 ready: how to gain the publics’ attention in competition with other government agencies, how to respond internally to online citizen engagement, and how to manage governmental politics.
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Rosenberg, Mark L., Margaret H. McIntyre, and Rennie Sloan. "Global road safety." Injury Control and Safety Promotion 11, no. 2 (June 2004): 141–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15660970412331292388.
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Breen, Jeanne. "Road safety advocacy." BMJ 328, no. 7444 (April 8, 2004): 888–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.328.7444.888.
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Esbester, Mike. "Promoting Road Safety." Technology and Culture 56, no. 2 (2015): 493–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tech.2015.0075.
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Gibbs, Margaret, Sany R. Zein, Dan Nabors, Louisa Ward, and Craig Allred. "Road Safety Audits." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1969, no. 1 (January 2006): 79–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198106196900111.
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