Road Safety ManualWorld Road Association

Carl BélangerMinistère des transports du Québec

ITE District 12004 Annual MeetingMay 20, 2004

Membership:

more than 100 countries

2000 experts

20 technical committees

identify, develop and disseminate best practice

give better access to international information

develop and promote efficient tools on matters related to road transport

PIARC – WORLD ROAD ASSOCIATION

Mission:

OBJECTIVES

Strategy• road safety engineering • evolutive

Assemble in a single document• state of the art knowledge on road safety

practicalsimple

Target reader• practionners (engineers, technicians)

Available : Now

Language : English and French

Cost : 34 Euros (members)40 Euros (non members)

Calculators: Yes

Available : 2004

Language : Paper : EN or FRCD-ROM : EN and FR

Cost : 60 Euros (members)70 Euros (non members)

Calculators : Yes

PAPER and CD-ROM

CD-ROM ONLY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 – SCOPE OF THE ROAD SAFETY PROBLEM

CHAPTER 2 – ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 3 – ROAD SAFETY FACTORS

EXAMPLE – CONSISTENCY OVER SPACE

EXAMPLE – CONSISTENCY OVER TIME

CHAPTER 4 – DATA

ACCIDENT LOCATION METHODS

GPS

ACCIDENT LOCATION METHODS

Ta + Intersections =

Accident freq.

Traffic volumes

ROAD

ACCID.

TRAFFIC

DATA LINKAGE

CHAPTER 5 – IDENTIFICATION

CHAPTER 5 – CALCULATOR

CHAPTER 6 – DIAGNOSIS

AVOID LARGE MASS DIFFERENTIALS - URBAN

AVOID LARGE MASS DIFFERENTIALS - RURAL

COHERENCE BETWEEN ROAD COMPONENTS

COHERENCE - FUNCTION AND ROADSIDES

COHERENCE – GEOMETRY – ROAD USERS

CHAPTER 7 – PRIORITY RANKING

.

PART 3 – TECHNICAL SHEETS

PART 4 – TECHNICAL STUDIES

PART 4 – SPOT SPEED STUDY

WWW.PIARC.ORG