Road Design and Traffic Operation Guidelines to aid the Older Motorists

Studies show that the number and percentage of older people in general, and older drivers in particular, are growing rapidly. By the year 2025 people aged 60 and over are expected to account for about 24 percent of the European population, 22 percent of the Northern American population, and almost 14 percent of the world population. This increasingly older population is reflected in a corresponding increase in the older driver population. Studies in Europe and the United States indicate that [...]

CD-1303 - Road Safety Manual - Out of print

This manual, written by experts of the World Road Association (PIARC), is a basic reference for all transportation engineers concerned about road safety problems. In more than 500 pages, the work presents, in an easy-to-read, easy-to-consult format, an up-to-date summary of the accumulated knowledge of the last several decades. The work is divided into four parts. The first part introduces the reader to the road safety field. The second part describes a complete safety analysis process (from [...]

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 [...]