This report describes a test procedure and matching test criteria for assessing the effects of telematic applications on road safety. The report gives an overview of the various documentary sources available, and discusses whether they are relevant to a test on safety. Analyses of telematic systems described are: (1) a `prospective' analysis, which is an analysis carried out during the development process; and (2) a `retrospective' analysis. This is an analysis of systems being implemented in a test bed or already being implemented in practice. The `phase model for the transport and traffic process' is used in the `retrospective' analysis of the safety effects of telematic systems. A step-by-step process is step-by-step process is described which can be used in the practical development of safety criteria for a wide range of telematic systems. The test procedure and the accompanying test criteria are described in more detail, on the basis of the applied incident warning systems. The report indicates which road safety problems telematic systems should target if they are to be developed in the field of traffic management on non-motorway roads. The report gives an example of a combined system of route guidance and speed regulation, and indicates how this system can be evaluated. See also C 5791.
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