Evidence for Roads

Reported road casualties Great Britain: 2010 annual report

Objectives: This report delivers statistics relating to all road RTIs reported to the police in Great Britain in 2010.

Author(s): P. Kilby, D. Wilson, W. Huang, P. McEvoy, A. Bhagat

Published: Department for Transport, 2011
Date: 04 Feb 2013
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Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8

Objectives: To set out and minimise the effects that roadworks have on road users through a uniform minimum standard for signing and marking.

Author(s): Department for Transport

Published: Department for Transport, 2009
Date: 04 Feb 2013
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Tomorrow’s roads – safer for everyone: The first three year review

Objectives: To review progress against the government’s ten year road safety strategy.

Author(s): Department for Transport

Published: Department for Transport, 2004
Date: 04 Feb 2013
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Cyclists at road works

Objectives: To examine the safety of cyclists at road works and formulate recommendations to improve cyclists’ safety.

Author(s): Department for Transport

Published: Department for Transport, 1999
Date: 04 Feb 2013
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Automated speed enforcement slows down drivers in work zones

Objectives: To reduce the frequency and severity of work zone RTIs by reducing instances of speeding in work zones.

Author(s): P. Tobias

Published: Illinois Department of Transportation, 2011
Date: 04 Feb 2013
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On-road trial of the Conemaster automated cone laying machine

Objectives: This report compares manual cone laying and retrieval with that using the semi-automatic Conemaster machine.

Author(s): Road Workers’ Safety Forum Trials Team (RoWSaF)

Published: Road Workers’ Safety Forum Trials Team (RoWSaF), 2011
Date: 04 Feb 2013
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Operational evaluation of dynamic lane merging in work zones with variable speed limits

Objectives: To report on the operational effectiveness of Dynamic Lane Merge Systems (DLMS) in the presence of a Variable Speed Limit (VSL) system. In this case, increased traffic throughput is associated with reduced flow breakdown and better safety.

Author(s): E. Radwan, Z. Zaidi, R. Harb

Published: University of Central Florida, 2011
Date: 04 Feb 2013
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Driver interaction with temporary traffic management | Final report

Objectives: This project investigates the effects on driver behaviour when simplified Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) layouts are used. It seeks to establish whether amending the layout to simplify for road workers has a detrimental effect on driver behaviour.

Author(s): R. Wood, M. Palmer, L. Walter and I. Rillie

Published: TRL, 2011
Date: 04 Feb 2013
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Development of the Measurement of Injury Risk (MIRi) Index

Objectives: This report aims to quantify risk associated with on-road traffic operations in order to prioritise activity contributing towards the Highways Agency’s Aiming for Zero targets.

Author(s): C. Fowler, S. Clark, I. Rillie, R. Cuerden and L. Smith

Published: TRL, 2011
Date: 04 Feb 2013
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Safety argument for changes to temporary traffic management sign sizes

Objectives: This report aimed to investigate supply chain indications that larger Temporary Traffic Management (TTM) sign sizes may have increased roadworker risk exposure and instances of personal injury RTIs.