Benchmark compliance evaluation of the roadside design in an urban, high-density area

Francisco D.B. Albuquerque, Dina M. Awadalla

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Abstract

The roadside safety research community has placed a significant amount of effort in developing design and safety guidelines, while focus on the assessment of the proper implementation of these guidelines is lacking. Meanwhile, nearly one-third of all fatal road crashes worldwide involve single-vehicle, run-off-road (SVROR) crashes. The objective of this study is to conduct a roadside design compliance evaluation in an urban, high-density area with regards to a pre-selected benchmark. Visits were made to over 100 SVROR injury-crash locations. Almost all locations were found to be non-compliant. A lack of the minimum recommended clear zone (CZ) provision was the main cause of non-compliance, while 80% of all locations suffered from barrier misplacement. In conclusion, roadside design guidelines have been poorly implemented in the area studied, and findings indicate that more focus on proper, on-site design implementation is warranted. We are not aware of previous studies that have investigated roadside design compliance in other parts of the world. Hence, we encourage researchers to replicate this study in their respective geographical areas of interest. The authors discuss how the findings of this study may be relevant to researchers, governmental transportation agencies, roadside safety equipment suppliers, practitioners, and decision-makers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUrban Transport XXVI
EditorsS. Syngellakis
PublisherWITPress
Pages117-129
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9781784664091
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event26th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment, 2020 - Bilbao, Spain
Duration: Sept 8 2020Sept 10 2020

Publication series

NameWIT Transactions on the Built Environment
Volume200
ISSN (Print)1743-3509
ISSN (Electronic)1746-4498

Conference

Conference26th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment, 2020
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBilbao
Period9/8/209/10/20

Keywords

  • Compliance
  • Road safety
  • Roadside design
  • Urban area

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Architecture
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Transportation
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Safety Research
  • Computer Science Applications

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