Objectives and competences
Aims and goals/objectives of the subject are:
- to get acquainted with the field of traffic safety
- to get acquainted with organizations, methodology and research in the field of traffic safety
- understand the driver-vehicle-environment cyber system and the legislative part
- understand the concepts of road safety (vision zero, sustainable road safety)
Content (Syllabus outline)
Historical overview of the field of traffic safety.
Overview of the terminology and basic concepts of traffic safety.
Cybernetic system driver-vehicle-environment.
Safety visions: (i) Vision Zero and (ii) Sustainable safety.
Programs for improving of traffic safety: (i) national programs and (ii) Action plans.
Stakeholders in improving traffic safety programs.
Basics for planning sustainable safe road infrastructure.
Definitions and approach to road traffic accidents treatment.
Data sources (databases, Poisson distribution, the reliability of data on road accidents, etc.).
Observing traffic (terms such as "incident," "almost an accident" conflict risk in traffic, etc.).
Selected chapters from the traffic safety: (i) the weight and size of vehicles; (ii) Active and Passive Safety; (iii) vulnerable road users; (iv) the behavior of road users (the driver's tasks, reaction times, driver education ...); (v) the protection of passengers; (vi) alcohol in traffic.
Measures to increase traffic safety (actions and infrastructure measures).
Learning and teaching methods
Lecturing; occasional use of computer tools that illustrate f.e. the application parameters of the individual models. Project approach the treatment of road safety.
Laboratory work in the Lab of Traffic and Transportation Engineering
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
After successful completion of the study unit students should be able to:
- define the field of road safety in technical and economic terms
- select an appropriate road safety forecasting methodology
- use traffic accident databases (AVP, Police)
- distinguish between individual categories of road accidents and road infrastructure.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
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Readings
Osnovna/basic
L. Evans, Traffic Safety, Bloomfield Hills, ZDA, 2004.
AVP, Resolucija nacionalnega programa varnosti cestnega prometa za obdobje od 2013 do 2022: Skupaj za večjo varnost. Resolucije o nacionalnem programu varnosti cestnega prometa za obdobje od 2023 do 2030
Dodatna/Additional
Skupina avtorjev, Higway Safety Manual (HSM), 2013.
PIARC, Road Safety Manual, 2012.
Opomba: gradivo (Zapiski predavanj) dostopno pri nosilcu predmeta.
Additional information on implementation and assessment Method (written or oral exam, coursework, project):
2 positive evaluated tests, passed WE
Written exam (WE):
Oral exam:
Report:
