Abstract
Abstract
Accidents involving roadsides are typically extremely "unforgiving". Even though the roadside design can affect only
marginally the actual number of accidents occurring on a road, the severity of crashes can be considerably reduced if roadsides
are designed to be more "forgiving".
Within the IRDES project a practical and uniform guideline that allows the road designer to improve the forgivingness of the
roadside and a practical tool for assessing the effectiveness of applying a given roadside treatment have been produced for the
following set of roadside features: barrier terminals; shoulder rumble strips; forgiving support structures for road equipment;
shoulder width.
© 2012 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Selection and/or peer-review
| Originalsprache | Englisch |
|---|---|
| Titel | Improving roadside design to forgive human errors |
| Herausgeber (Verlag) | Elsevier |
| Seitenumfang | 10 |
| Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 2012 |
| Veranstaltung | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences - Dauer: 1 Okt. 2021 → … |
Konferenz
| Konferenz | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences |
|---|---|
| Zeitraum | 1/10/21 → … |
Research Field
- Ehemaliges Research Field - Mobility Systems
Schlagwörter
- Keywords: Road safety; run-off road accidents; forgiving roadsides: barrier terminals; rumble strips; forgiving support structures