Ten road safety countermeasures are recommended for application on non-motorway interurban roads in Europe in the short term. The selection was mainly based on the answers to a questionnaire that were given by the Member States of the European Union. A distinction is made between countermeasures on three levels: analyses, traffic engineering and traffic operation. On the analysing level are recommended: road, traffic and accident data collection; road safety inspection; black spot analysis and treatment; road safety impact assessment (RIA). On the traffic engineering level are recommended: traffic calming on thoroughfares through small towns and villages; building roundabouts instead of intersections; safety barriers at hazardous locations; restricting the possibility of overtaking. On the operational level are recommended: consistency in the signing and marking of (sharp) bends; alternative routing of slow traffic. As far as possible, some rough indication is given of the cost-effectiveness of the countermeasures. This report was compiled by SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, The Netherlands, on behalf of the European Road Safety Federation (ERSF
Recommended safety measures for application on urban roads in the short term
Report of the Working Party 4: Infrastructure, to the High Level Group of Representatives of the member States on Road Safety and to the Directorate-General for Transport of the European Commission
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