Comparative analysis of safety in tunnels.

Author(s)
Nussbaumer, C.
Year
Abstract

The probability of an accident occurring and the probability of being injured is lower in tunnels than on open stretches of roads. However, if an accident does happen in a tunnel, the severity of injuries sustained is significantly higher than on open stretches of motorways. In a tunnel the risk of being killed in a traffic accident is twice as high as on open stretches of motorways. Traffic safety is significantly higher in tunnels with uni-directional traffic than in tunnels with bi-directional traffic. In tunnels with bi-directional traffic the probability of being killed in a traffic accident is 2.3 times as high as in tunnels with uni-directional traffic. Both in tunnels with bi-directional traffic and in tunnels with uni-directional traffic the highest accident rates occur in the portal area. Based on the results of this analysis various measures aimed at raising traffic safety in tunnels are recommended. (Author/publisher)

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20071561 x ST (In: 20071561 ST CD-ROM)
Source

In: Young Researchers Seminar 2007, Brno, Czech Republic, 27-30 May 2007, arranged by European Conference of Transport Research Institutes ECTRI, Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories FEHRL, Centrum Dopravniho Vyzkumu and Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes (FERSI), 9 p., 6 ref.

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