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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.

  • red. prof. dr. TOMAŽ TOLLAZZI, univ. dipl. inž. grad.

  • Tutorials: 40
  • Written examination: 30
  • Oral examination: 30

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