Development of Czech road safety impact assessment guidelines

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Development of Czech road safety impact assessment guidelines

Original language description

(presented at XV. European Transport Congress, Budapest, 8. - 9. 6. 2017) During preparation of new roads or reconstructions, several impact assessments take place; environmental impact assessment (EIA) is probably the most known one, while road safety impact assessment (RSIA) is a relatively novel procedure. European Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management defines RSIA as “a strategic comparative analysis of the impact of a new road or a substantial modification to the existing network on the safety performance of the road network”, which should be carried out for all roads of the trans-European network (TEN-T) at the initial design stage. The process involves definition and comparison of project variants (“do nothing” and alternative scenarios), whose road safety performance needs to be assessed, including impacts on adjacent road network. In this regards various approaches have been implemented and applied in EU countries, mostly relying on rates, derived from accidents and injuries, which were previously recorded on comparable road network categories. In contrast, state-of-the-art recommends using accident prediction models (safety performance functions) and accident modification factors, which quantify expected impact of contemplated road safety measures on accident frequencies. The paper describes current experience and findings from an on-going research project aimed at developing RSIA guidelines in the Czech Republic, using the state-of-the-art approach.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20104 - Transport engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/ED2.1.00%2F03.0064" target="_blank" >ED2.1.00/03.0064: Transport R&D Centre</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů