A core objective of the European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) is to measure and raise awareness of risk. During 2003, several elements of performance monitoring of roads supported this goal: risk rates were tracked over time; the performance of different groups of road was compared within and between countries; and measurement of collective risk provided estimates of the potential for accident savings over road networks. Roads where accident reductions have been achieved were identified, as were those that had persistently high risk. Understanding of the component parts of this risk has demonstrated the important contributors to overall risk on road sections. A system of road inspections (the EuroRAP Road Protection Score) has been piloted to understand the extent to which roads protect from severe injury once an accident has occurred. (Author/publisher).
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