Objectives and competences
Aims and goals / objectives of the subject are:
- comprehension of the modes and methodologies for planning safety measures on transportation infrastructure
- comprehension of the infrastructure measures for improving traffic safety in road traffic
- comprehension about different types of road safety audits
- application of the different information sources and methods with connection to road infrastructure audits.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Visions and strategies of traffic safety
Origins / Theory / Principles of sustainable safe road infrastructure design
Analysis and statistics of traffic accidents data
Road safety audit: as an process / system approach
Types of road safety audits
Origins for road safety audits
Realization of road safety audits
Road safety audits on existing road infrastructure
Elaboration of road safety audits
Traffic safety management plans for construction sites
Cost benefit analysis for road infrastructure treatments
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures
Computer work
Field work
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
After successful completion of the study unit students should be able to:
- explain modes and methodologies for planning safety measures on transportation infrastructure
- describe infrastructure measures for improving traffic safety in road traffic
- explain different types of road safety audits
- apply different information sources and methods with connection to road infrastructure audits.
Readings
Advancing Sustainable Safety, SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, 2006.
Sustainable safe road design, World Bank, 2005.
Safety Handbook for Secondary Roads, Ripcord-Iserest, 2007.
Practical road safety auditing, Belcher, P.Cook
Prerequisits
Recommended basic knowledge in the field of transportation routes design and construction and traffic safety.
