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Raised Safety Platforms Evaluation: A Case Study of a Successful Methodology and Analysis Process

Intersections are widely known to pose increased risk for road users due to the concentration of conflict points and potential for collisions at non-Safe System speeds. Raised safety platforms (RSPs) have been acknowledged as an effective treatment in reducing vehicle speeds through urban signalised intersections and are also emerging as promising treatments in certain rural applications. Speed results forthcoming from the before-and- after evaluation of six treated and five control intersections have been published previously, where it was found that the RSPs achieved an overall 15.6% reduction in the central tendency of vehicle speed. 

  • Information sheet

    • Date: 2025
    • Author(s): DAVY Stéphanie / LAWRENCE Brendan / FILDES Brian
    • Domain(s): Road Safety
    • Type: RR404 - Features
    • PIARC Ref.: RR404-029
    • Number of pages: 4
  • This article has been published in the Routes/Roads magazine

    N° 404

    1er trimestre 2025 / Mars

    Sécurité routière