5503ICBTAE – Vehicle Safety Engineering

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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
International College of Business & Technology

Road Safety
 Introduction

Road safety depends on road, driver and vehicle design.

In this chapter we can see how road design affects the road safety.

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 Road Design

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 Components of a Road

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 Road Construction and Safety

Determining aspects
• Radius of curvature
• Sight of distance
• Width of road
• Roadside condition
• Junction design
• Street lights

Concept of forgiving road side design

The positive guidance approach in road design
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 Layers of a Road

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 Surface Profile

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 Safety Marking and Signage

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 Road Signs

• There are 3 main types

1) Regulatory signs
2) Warning Signs
3) Guide Signs

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 Regulatory Sign

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 Waring Signs

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 Guide Signs

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 Design Aspects of a Sign

• Location
• Effectiveness
• Visual perception
• Sign Visibility
• Shape
• Color
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 Road Marking

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 Types and Materials

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 Traffic Lights

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 Types and Designing

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 Road Safety Authorities

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 Environmental Considerations

• Impact on animals, plants, landscapes

and geology.

• Dust, vibrations, noise and waste

contribute to environmental pollution

• Ground contamination

• Risk to underground water

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 Road safety Strategies

• Provide safe infrastructure for all road users

• Put in places bicycle and motorcycle lanes
• Make side of the roads safer
• Safer intersections
• Separate access roads from through-roads
• Prioritize people by putting in place vehicle free zones
• Restrict traffic and speed in residential, commercial and school areas
• Provide better safer routes for public transport
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 Ten Step Plan for Safer Road Infrastructure
(UN)
1. Road infrastructure safety unit / institutional structure in place
2. Locally led national Road Assessment Programme in place
3. Business case for safer roads defined for existing high-risk road network
4. Safer Roads Fund and/or Results-Based Financing partners identified Key Outcomes for Safe Roads
5. National Safer Road Infrastructure Action Plan developed
6. National Design Standards and Specifications updated to align with the established UN Convention on Road
Traffic and Road Signs and Signals and the Member State agreed Global Road Safety Performance Targets
7. National Road Assessment Programme established / enhanced with relevant local Policy Targets for new and
existing roads
8. Training, accreditation and certification scheme in place for Road Assessment Programme activity, road
safety audits on new roads and road safety inspections on new and existing roads
9. Immediate safety impact on roads currently under construction or due to be built and financing partnership
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identified for the upgrade of existing roads
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 Future Developments

• Refer to the road safety- considerations in support of 2030 agenda for

sustainable development
• Automated traffic lights
• All self driving cars
• Smart tracking traffic and use of AI
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 Thank You

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