Road Safety Audits

A Road Safety Audit is a formal systematic road safety assessment of the road or road scheme carried out by an independent, qualified auditor or team of auditors who report on the project's accident potential for all kinds of road users. Although the initial cost of the design will be a little higher, the expense of rebuilding subsequent black spots can be avoided. Accident costs can be a major component of total road costs when considering the entire economic life of a project when a significant [...]

Fire and Smoke Control in Road Tunnels

Among the possible risks, vehicle fires give rise to particular concern because they are not very rare events and their consequences might be far larger underground than in the open if no appropriate measures were taken. Also the important and continuous decrease in vehicle pollutant emissions has led to determine ventilation equipment by smoke control considerations in case of fire. This report provides the complete state-of-the-art prepared by the working group on "Fire and Smoke Control" of [...]

Safety at Roadworks

Safety at all engineering works is improved through continuous training of supervisory and labour forces in the safe and proper use of power equipment and materials. In addition to these requirements, safety in roadworks requires the proper communication with and cooperation of the user. This report contains ten papers on various aspects of roadworks/work zone safety from around the world (Australia, Canada-Quebec, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA) dealing with [...]

Road Accidents: A Worldwide Problem that can be tackled with successfully!

The anticipated growth of (motorized) mobility on a global scale will, without effective road safety management, lead to an increase in the number of fatal accidents and injured persons. An overview of prominent examples of effective measures is given. Also activities and measures which could lead to a further reduction in road casualties are described. However, it is not to be expected that one single all-embracing measure can be found to solve the problems. It is rather more the necessity to carry [...]

Road Safety in Tunnels

Since 1992 the PIARC Technical Committee on Road Tunnel Operation (C5) (Working Group on Traffic and Geometry) has started a world-wide survey in order to update the data on road safety. In addition to the global information on road safety, the various members of the Group have been requested to produce special studies on various structures, to allow the detailed analysis of problems related to breakdowns, accidents and fires and to draw more valuable information on design and operation of tunnels [...]