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Title	EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ROAD SAFETY MEASURES
Accession No	00469688
Authors	ADAMS, JGU
Journal Title	TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND CONTROL Vol. 29 No. 6
Corp. Authors / Publisher	Printerhall Limited ; HEMMING GROUP
Publication Date	19880600
Description	p. 344-352; Figures; References(28)
Abstract	Injury data and fatality data frequently lead to opposite conclusions about what works. The fatality numbers are usually small and unstable, and the injury data are subject to numerous and larg distorting influences. The statistical basis of claims for the safety benefits of road-building is totally inadequaste. Most safety measures are biassed against vulnerable road-users. Because of risk compensation, safety measures commonly lead to the displacement of accidents, and/or safety benefits being consumed as performance benefits. It is suggested that those seeking to promote road safety should direct efforts towards to the following: (1) seeking indirect measures of safety and danger which conform better with road-users perceptions; (2) making explicit allowance for risk compensation, regression-to-mean, and displacement or migration effects in every prediction or evaluation of a safety measure; (3) paying attention to the way in which the burden of road accident risk is shared; (4) not require communities to produce road accident matyrs before serious consideration about danger; and accompanying all quantitative studies with a statistical health warning.
TRT Terms	Evaluation ; Fatalities ; Forecasting ; Highway safety ; Injuries ; Measures of effectiveness ; Risk assessment ; Safety ; Travelers
Other Terms	Effectiveness; Highway users; Prediction; Risk; Safety measures
Subject Areas	H11 ADMINISTRATION; H51 SAFETY; I82 Accidents and Transport Infrastructure
Availability	Printerhall Limited Find a library where document is available Order Document: http://worldcat.org/issn/00410683
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