This volume is one of the annexes to a main report on safety effects of road design standards which was compiled by SWOV in collaboration with other European partners, in 1993-1994. For the covering abstract of the report or the report itself, see C 2838. In this annex, the correct names of the road design standards in vigour today in the Member States of the EU are given. A short description of the status of the standards is given, as well as comments on ongoing work on the standards. In the conclusion, a table is presented in which a distinction is made between road design standards for rural areas and urban areas, with a further distinction between mandatory and non-mandatory standards. In an annex, a list of addresses is added where copies of the standards can be ordered. In this document, geometric road design standards are mainly treated and summed up. Standards on signing and marking and operational regulations are sometimes mentioned, sometimes not.
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