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Course Core /
Code
Course Title Elective
Road Safety Engineering Elective
OE 801 CE Contact Hours per Week CIE SEE Credits
3 30 70 3
Course Instructor
R Ravi Kumar
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Unit-2
❖ Vehicle design factors influencing road safety
❖ Driver characteristics influencing road safety
❖ Highway design for road safety
❖ Road safety audit, principles-procedures and practice
❖ Code of good practice and checklists
❖ Operating the road network for safety
❖ Highway operation and counter measures
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Operating the Road Network for Safety
• Apart from the opportunities which engineers and planners have to influence road safety
during the planning and design of new roads and networks, there is also scope on existing
roads to rectify earlier insensitive designs by better operational control and the
application of accident reduction countermeasures
• Through selective use of traffic management and other techniques it is possible to create
safer, less congested and more efficient road networks.
• The use and operation of the existing roads can be optimised without recourse to major
reconstruction. Such an approach is particularly relevant to the needs and financial
resources of developing countries
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Principles of Road Network Operation
The general approach is applicable to both new and established urban areas and is based
upon recognition of several underlying principles:
1. Potential for conflict and accidents will exist wherever access is provided to roads
carrying moving traffic and wherever roads intersect
2. Safety will be improved if road users clearly and unambiguously understand which road
has priority at intersections
3. Pedestrians, cyclists and slow-moving vehicles should be segregated from other moving
vehicles
4. Effective land-use controls can avoid many of the road safety problems which would
otherwise occur with unrestrained development; and
5. A safe road network is one where there is maximum differentiation between roads
intended primarily for access and roads intended primarily for through journeys
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Operating The Road Network for Safety
• Specialist traffic engineers within municipal engineering departments work
full-time in monitoring operational aspects of the road network for which
they are responsible
• Problem locations, whether in terms of congestion, parking, road safety or
environmental nuisance are identified through surveys and site visits and
studies are undertaken to find ways to improve any deficiencies
• Consultations are held with the town planning authorities, local traffic safety
organisations, traffic police and other emergency services to devise suitable
traffic management countermeasures to overcome any deficiencies which
have been identified
• Implementation is normally undertaken in close cooperation with the traffic
police. Often a very high traffic police enforcement presence is provided for
the initial few weeks after implementation until drivers become familiar with
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Road Network Operation-success
• Successful and safe operation of road networks depends upon

• Traffic police and
• Town planners,
Constantly monitor the system in order to identify deficiencies and potential problems.
• In developing countries traffic police often have the dominant responsibilities for the
traffic engineering and operational aspects of the road system. Where this is so they
should take the lead in coordinating activities with engineers and planners.
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Countermeasures that offer significant and measurable impacts to
improving road safety
CHEVRON SIGNS
25% Reduction in night time crashes
16% Reduction in non-intersection fatal and
injury crashes
HIGH FRICTION SURFACE TREATMENTS

52% Reduction in wet road crashes
24% Reduction in curve crashes
CENTER LINE RUMBLE STRIPS
44-64% Head-on and sideswipe fatal and injury
crashes
SHOULDER RUMBLE STRIPS
13-51% Single vehicle, run-of-road fatal and
injury crashes
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Countermeasures that offer significant and measurable
impacts to improving road safety
11 % Reduction in fatal and
injury crashes
A clear zone Cable barrier

Slope flattening Guardrail
widening shoulders Concrete barrier
MEDIAN BARRIERS INSTALLED ON RURAL FOUR-LANE FREEWAYS

97% Reduction in cross-median crashes
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15% Reduction in total crashes
This intersection design restricts

right-turn movements to improve safety
left-in/left-out
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9. Reduced Right-Turn Conflict Intersections
Median U-turn (MUT) and Restricted Crossing U-turn (RCUT)
HMRL & TRAFFIC POLICE-HYD Implementing MUT and RCUT Can Reduce Conflict Points by 50%
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At a signalized intersection, the yellow change interval is the length of time that the yellow signal indication is
displayed following a green signal indication.
The yellow signal confirms to motorists that the green has ended and that a red will soon follow. Since red-light
running is a leading cause of severe crashes at signalized intersections, it is imperative that the yellow change
interval be appropriately timed.
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20. Speed Limits
Multi-disciplinary team performs

field review during an RSA
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Unit-2 QUESTION bank…
1. DISCUSS how highway design can enhance road safety?
2. Discuss about operating the road network for safety?
3. List out countermeasures that offer significant and measurable impacts to
improve road safety?
4. Mention various stages of Road Safety Audit?
5. Write a detailed note on Road Safety Audit?
6. List out various items that should be provided for road safety audit?
7. What are the elements of a good road safety audit and measures of its success?
8. Write a brief note on check lists used in Road Safety Audit?
9. Describe how static and dynamic characteristics of vehicle influence the road
safety?
10. Describe various characteristics of road user that influence road safety?
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References
• Training Course for Road Safety Course Material MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT
AND HIGHWAYS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
• Principles and Practice of Highway Engineering by L.R. Kadiyali and N.B.Lal.
• IRC:SP:88-2010 MANUAL ON ROAD SAFETY AUDIT Published by INDIAN ROADS
CONGRESS (IRC)
• FHWA Proven Safety Countermeasures http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov
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• Successful and safe operation of road networks depends upon

HIGH FRICTION SURFACE TREATMENTS

A clear zone Cable barrier

MEDIAN BARRIERS INSTALLED ON RURAL FOUR-LANE FREEWAYS

This intersection design restricts

Median U-turn (MUT) and Restricted Crossing U-turn (RCUT)

Multi-disciplinary team performs

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