scholarly journals Use of passive safety supporting structures

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 03018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarosław Michałek
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Passive Safety ◽  
Support Structures ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Energy Absorbing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Supporting Structures

Road safety issues have been raised for many years in subsequent national and EU documents. An example of a Polish document is the National Road Safety Program for 2013-2020 [1]. The priorities and measures adopted in the document [1] relate mainly to the environment and road furnishings making up the so-called passive road safety. In accordance with PN-EN 12767: 2008 [2], road lighting columns, as well as supporting structures for vertical road marking and traffic safety devices should be constructed in such a way that they do not pose a threat to road users in case of unforeseen situations ending up in a collision. Three categories of passive safety of support structures depending on the level of energy absorption during vehicle impact can be distinguished: high energy absorbing (HE), low energy absorbing (LE) and non-energy absorbing (NE) energy. The article presents an overview of solutions of several countries (USA, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Great Britain, Slovakia and Poland) in the use of support structures that minimize the impact of a collision. Particular attention was paid to the fact that due to the potential risk of secondary injuries sustained by other road users (pedestrians and cyclists) in relation to a specific installation site and designated speed limit, constructions in the HE or NE absorption class or even Class 0 constructions should be used.

Road barriers: modern solutions for improving traffic safety

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Mechanical Damage ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Energy Absorbing ◽  
The Impact

Improving the system of preventive measures aimed at reducing the severity of the consequences of road accidents is an urgent task. Road deaths are constantly increasing and there is a need for a comprehensive approach to creating safe road conditions. The purpose of this study is to analyze the promising designs of road barriers designed to prevent uncontrolled exit of vehicles from the roadway of the highway and to develop the design of energy-absorbing fencing. Barrier barriers must not only be safe for road users, but must also ensure their safety, as well as preserve the elements after hitting the fence. Analytical studies have shown that in order to reduce mechanical damage to vehicles and reduce the severity of injuries to the driver and passengers, it is necessary to develop a road fence design that allows you to extinguish the impact energy at the moment of contact between the car and the fence. Keywords: fencing, barrier, safety, traffic accident

TOWARDS ROAD SAFETY AUDIT ON ROAD NETWORK OF UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Kaskiv ◽  
Andrii Vozniuk ◽  
Liudmyla Nahrebelna
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Network ◽  
The State ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Detailed Assessment ◽  
Road Safety Audit ◽  
The Impact

The key role in the implementation of the state transport strategy is played by the development of transport infrastructure, the most important component of which is the road network. The compliance of highways with the requirements of modern traffic flows determines not only the efficiency of industry and agriculture, but also ensuring the proper standard of living of people and the state defense capability. Problems of efficient functioning of public roads, urban roads and streets of Ukraine are outlined. The main provisions for the road safety audit are outlined. Road safety audits are proven to be one of the most effective engineering tools that affect road safety. The main benefit of road safety audit is the detailed assessment of the road safety design solutions at all stages of design. The purpose of a road safety audit is to answer the following questions: - what road elements could pose a threat to road users: to what extent, to what road users and under what circumstances; - what opportunities exist to eliminate or reduce the impact of identified threats on traffic safety. The earlier an audit is carried out in the design and construction processes, the better and more useful the results are. Carrying out an audit in the early stages can help eliminate problems early and, as a consequence, minimize the time and cost of redesigning in the subsequent stages. In addition, it should be noted that conducting an audit leads to intensive negotiations between the auditors, the customer and the designer. Such negotiations are useful for raising awareness of all stakeholders, as well as for improving day-to-day work, design procedures and will be useful for updating building standards or norms. The questions of improvement of methods of calculation of safe speed of movement, development of algorithms of multivariate analysis of conditions of movement, identification of potentially dangerous sites and identification of causes of danger are considered. A mechanism is provided that can significantly accelerate such an audit, effectively utilize human, time and financial resources. Keywords: audit, algorithm, traffic safety, road, method, model, speed.

scholarly journals An IoT Architecture for Assessing Road Safety in Smart Cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abd-Elhamid M. Taha
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Markov Models ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Dynamic Assessment ◽  
Route Planning ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
World Health ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Impact

The Safe System (SS) approach to road safety emphasizes safety-by-design through ensuring safe vehicles, road networks, and road users. With a strong motivation from the World Health Organization (WHO), this approach is increasingly adopted worldwide. Considerations in SS, however, are made for the medium-to-long term. Our interest in this work is to complement the approach with a short-to-medium term dynamic assessment of road safety. Toward this end, we introduce a novel, cost-effective Internet of Things (IoT) architecture that facilitates the realization of a robust and dynamic computational core in assessing the safety of a road network and its elements. In doing so, we introduce a new, meaningful, and scalable metric for assessing road safety. We also showcase the use of machine learning in the design of the metric computation core through a novel application of Hidden Markov Models (HMMs). Finally, the impact of the proposed architecture is demonstrated through an application to safety-based route planning.

scholarly journals Pedestrian Mortality Trends In Children Over Four Decades In Transitional Lithuania

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Birutė Strukčinskienė ◽  
Robert Bauer ◽  
Sigitas Griškonis ◽  
Vaiva Strukčinskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Young People ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Road Users ◽  
The Impact

The aim of the study was to examine the long-term trends in pedestrian mortality for children (aged 0 to 14 years) and young people (aged 15 to 19 years) over four decades in transitional Lithuania. Methods. Road traffic fatality data were obtained from Statistics Lithuania and the Archives of Health Information Centre. Trends were analysed by linear regression using “Independence” as a slopechanging intervention in 1991 and population as a further explanatory factor in structural time series models. Results. The impact of the interventions, along with the reforms and changes related with the Independence, on pedestrian fatality trends in our time series model was found highly statistically significant for children 0 to 14 years (p<0.001) and still significant for young people 15 to 19 years (p<0.05). No significant impact on the trend of road traffic deaths was found for the “control-groups” of non-pedestrian road users in the age group 0 to 14 years and adult pedestrians (over 19 years of age). For the age group 15 to 19 years the effect of reforms was also significant for non-pedestrians (p<0.05). These results indicate that the effect of measures and changes used in the post-independence period was more specific in children that participated in road traffic as pedestrians than in adult pedestrians, or in nonpedestrian road users. Conclusions. Pedestrian deaths in Lithuania fell significantly in the age groups 0-14 and 15-19 years. A declining trend was found in road traffic fatalities and in pedestrian deaths in transitional Lithuania in the post-independence period. Socioeconomic and political transformations, systematic reforms in healthcare along with sustainable preventive measures may have contributed to this decrease. Targeted road safety measures were road traffic regulations, pedestrian education and environmentally based prevention measures. As child pedestrians are the most vulnerable group of road users, continued road safety education and promotion are recommended in order to maintain this trend, and to involve adult pedestrians in this development.

scholarly journals More aware, more protected: a cross-sectional study on road safety skills predicting the use of passive safety elements among Spanish teenagers

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. e035007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Useche ◽  
Francisco Alonso ◽  
Luis Montoro ◽  
Leandro Garrigós
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Passive Safety ◽  
Safety Skills ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender

ObjectiveThis study had two objectives: first, to test the effects of sociodemographic variables, and the effects of three key road safety skills (knowledge–risk perception–attitudes) on the use of passive safety elements (PSEs) among teenagers; and second, to assess the differential impact of the study variables on PSEs use from a gender-based perspective.Setting and participantsThis cross-sectional study was framed in the paradigm of primary care, and it involved students from several educational centres in Spain. A sample of 827 Spanish teenagers (52.4% females and 47.6% males) with a mean age of M=14.41–7 (12–19) years was used.ResultsThrough SEM modelling, we found that the use of PSEs is largely explained by psychosocial variables through the mediation of three road safety skills: risk perception (β=0.103***), rule knowledge (β=0.095*) and attitudes towards road safety (β=0.186***). Furthermore, multigroup analyses showed that, although most variables explain the use of PSEs among teenagers in a similar way, key gender-based differences exist in this regard.ConclusionsRoad safety skills have a significant effect on the use of PSEs among Spanish teenagers, and gender explains some differences in the mechanisms which predict them. Also, in the study we discuss the need for strengthening school-based interventions aimed at helping this vulnerable group of road users acquire and develop positive behavioural competences.

AHP to Appraise the Traffic Safety of the Express Way

2011 ◽  
Vol 48-49 ◽  
pp. 157-163
Author(s):  
Dan Yu ◽  
Yi Hu Wu ◽  
Zhi Xiang Hou ◽  
Wen Jun Liu ◽  
Ji Guang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
The Road ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation Model ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Fuzzy Interval

The internal structure of the road safety system is extremely complex and it is affected by a lot of factors, each factor weights can not be fully established. In this article, we expressed the attribute value with a fuzzy interval number, the comprehensive appraise to the impact of traffic safety with emphasis on "people", "car" "road" in the "road". First of all, establishing evaluation index system, and form the judging matrix by AHP; then, it can be acquired a method of traffic safety evaluation by using the comprehensive evaluation model of the fuzzy interval.

scholarly journals Analysis of Children’s Traffic Behaviour at Signalized Crosswalks as a Precondition for Safe Children Routes Design: A Case Study from Croatia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Irena Ištoka Otković ◽  
Aleksandra Deluka-Tibljaš ◽  
Sanja Šurdonja
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Children And Adolescent ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Design Speed ◽  
Pedestrian Infrastructure ◽  
The Impact

Children pedestrians represent road users with some specifics because of which it is important to study and take into account their traffic behaviour when traffic infrastructure is designed. Design should ensure and enhance their traffic safety because for decades, traffic accidents have been among the first few causes of children and adolescent mortality. Pedestrian speed is one of the important inputs when pedestrian infrastructure, especially crosswalks, is designed. On corridors where children are expected on a daily basis as independent pedestrians, the infrastructure should be adjusted to their characteristics and needs. The results of a study conducted in two Croatian cities of a similar size but of different urban and traffic conditions are presented in this paper. This study aimed at establishing and analysing children’s pedestrian speed while crossing the signalized crosswalk in the buffer area of elementary schools, mostly on primary roads in the school vicinity. Children aged 5–15 were observed, and accordingly V15, V50, and V85 speeds were established on the basis of altogether 600 measurements. Speed was established for children walking individually, in a group and supervised by adults, and of a different age, and based on their gender, the impact of infrastructural elements on their speed in traffic was also analysed. Significant differences were found between children’s speed measured in similar conditions in analysed cities and between some of the analysed groups. This fact proves that when improving conditions for children’s independent movement, it is important to consider their specifics in order to ensure safe design adjusted to children’s needs and limitations. As design speed in this paper, 15 percentile speed (V15) is considered. Suggestions on how to establish children pedestrian speed for design of routes regularly used by school children are proposed as well as some inputs elicited from the study done in Croatia are presented.

scholarly journals Improving Traffic Safety By Using Waze User Reports

2021 ◽  
Vol 1202 (1) ◽  
pp. 012031
Author(s):  
Raitis Steinbergs ◽  
Maris Kligis
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Road Maintenance ◽  
Fast Reaction ◽  
Road Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Road Inspection ◽  
User Friendly

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.

scholarly journals VICTIMOLOGICAL RISKS FOR ROAD USERS AS AN ELEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (11) ◽  
pp. 2922-2927
Author(s):  
Vladyslava S. Batyrgareieva ◽  
Alina V. Kalinina ◽  
Kateryna O. Poltava
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Drunk Driving ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Criminal Offenses

The aim: This article aims to analyze the statistics of road accidents victims in Ukraine in general and the level of criminal offenses’ against traffic safety and transport operation victims, in particular, to consider the main victimological risks for road users and provide them with a public health approach. Materials and methods: The theoretical basis of the article is specialized literature on law, economics, and sociology. The empirical basis of the research was the materials of generalization of more than 1,000 criminal proceedings under Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the results of a survey of Ukrainian citizens on the state of road safety in Ukraine. Results: According to the results of an empirical study, in terms of role, pedestrians clearly predominate among the victims (59.6%), while every fourth victim is a passenger of a vehicle. Driver victims are only 14.6% of the total number. Victimological risk on the roads is the probability of becoming a victim and suffering damage to one’s life and health from criminal offenses against traffic safety and operation of transport. For each of the categories of victims there are both general and specific victimological risks. The causes of accidents can be grouped by the source of danger in the triangle “person – mechanism – road”. Conclusions: The most dangerous and widespread victimological risks for road users in Ukraine are speeding and maneuvering, drunk driving, parking violations, poor road infrastructure, physiological and psychological characteristics of road users, low professional skills of drivers, etc.

scholarly journals Selected Aspects of the Road Traffic Safety Management System

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. F33-F42
Author(s):  
Monika Stoma ◽  
Jacek Caban ◽  
Agnieszka Dudziak ◽  
Andrzej Kuranc
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Management System ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Safety Management System ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Traffic Safety ◽  
The Impact

The article is an attempt to present the two modern concepts of safety management systems. The first is the sunflower pyramid used especially in Europe, the second is the ISO 39001 standard (Road Safety Management System) of international scope. The idea and possibilities offered by use of both concepts of safety management, as well as an attempt to assess the impact of their actions on decrease in fatalities in selected EU countries, were presented. As a result of the conducted analyses, a downward trend was noted as to the number of certificates issued for compliance with the ISO 39001 standard in the world, which may indicate an appearance of the more adequate management systems, or other tools or concepts to improve the road safety, or inadequate education society and low level of awareness in this area of stakeholders, including politicians, scientists, producers, drivers (professional and reliable), as well as other road users, including unprotected ones.

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