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Grip on speed
Polis Conference 'Innovation in transport for sustainable cities & regions’25-26 november 2010
A multi-stakeholder approach to road safety
Authors:Erik Donkers VIA, traffic consultancy & software, The NetherlandsBerry de Jong SRE (Eindhoven Urban Region), The Netherlands
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Summarized
» Eindhoven urban region aimed at getting ‘Grip on Speed’ as part of their traffic safety policy, with focus on:» Locations where people drive too fast» Locations where there has also been an above-average
number of victims in traffic accidents
» Method has been develop to select locations» 2.800 km main roads 60 km in 41 locations
» Method to determine the most suitable package of measures for the short and midrange/long term» Broad support » Integral manner» All parties involved
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Situation in The Netherlands
» In The Netherlands, a situation of ‘accident thinning’ has arisen» Traffic safety approach based on traffic accidents data has
become more and more difficult » Policy: ‘vision zero’ is coming up » Responsible citizens demanding security » Medical costs & congestion costs rise due to accidents
a search for new, innovative methods = a search for new data
» The successful traffic safety policy and modified means of recording accidents have ensured that the approach to traffic safety must now be based on more than traffic accidents alone
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Region
» Eindhoven Urban Region (SRE)» 21 municipalities of varying sizes» 730.000 inhabitants» 2.800 km main roads (excl. highways) and heavily burdened main
road structure
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Traffic safety approach
» SRE is characterised by innovative projects» Wishes to improve traffic safety trough an approach
regarding speed problems» Number of road traffic victims can be reduced by 20-30% if all
road users keep to the maximum speed» Safety approach can only be effective if this is set up in an
integral manner: three E’s» Broad support is also important, in particular where speed
checks by the police are concerned
grip on speed, based on a multi-stakeholder approach to road safety
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Options available
» Traffic accidents database » Severity of injuries in traffic accidents » Relations with speed not sure
» Speed Profiles» Data from TomTom (navigation specialist)» By logging billions of GPS measurements
» Safe Speeds and Credible Speed Limits (SaCredSpeed)» Developed by SWOV (Dutch national road safety research institute)» Method based on road features
» ViaStat» A web-based GIS-system that incorporates the national road traffic
database & the Speed Profiles» Provides a range of standard methods and reports such as
SaCredSpeed
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The national road traffic database
» Detailed database linked to a digital road network» Main roads divided in streets and junctions» Accident rate in number of victims per kilometre road
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Speed Profiles
» Speed Profiles: the speeds currently being driven, as well as in what direction, every five minutes, every day
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Formation
» Reliability and current data» On a very dense main road network» Speed Profiles are based on more than 2.000 measurements
on different times and day
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Speed Profiles
» Speed Profiles are based on more than 2.000 measurements on different times and day
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A data file available for all of Europe
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Speed excess weight
time
seriousness
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Results
Extension of the speed limit
Speed excess weight
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Detailed analyses: SaGredSpeed
» Method developed by SWOV and tested in practice by VIA» Demonstrated that, for a road to be safe, the speed limit
must in any event be credible and the road design must force users to observe a safe speed
» A credible speed limit is a limit that is logical and clear for road users; after all, in the speed limit corresponds to the expectations of the road user, this limit will be easier to enforce
» A safe speed is a speed geared to the conflict that can occur with a particular road layout; should things ‘go wrong’, the road layout, traffic situation and speed should ideally be coordinated in such a way that the risk of death is minimised
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Example of credible speed limit
80 km/u Credible speed limit
80 km/u No credible speed limit
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Example of Safe speed
50 km/u Safe speed
50 km/u No safe speed
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Method in SRE
Locations suitable for grip
on speed
Number of accidents with
injuries
Duration of exceeding
limit
Exceeding speed limit
Locations suitable for
grip on speed
79 kilometre [>= 4 acc.inj. road
section/
>=2 acc.inj intersection]
58 kilometre [>60% per day]
879 kilometre[free flow exceeding limit]
SRE: 2.806 kilometre
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41 locations
- Different type of roads
- City radial
- Village intersection
- In build up area: speed limit 30 & 50 k/u
- Outside build up area: speed limit 60 & 80 k/u
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Benchmark
Reference area = all roads in SRE
Research area = 41 locations
Time of extension of the speed limitExtension of the speed limit
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Functional road class
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Case study
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Speed progress
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Credible speed limit
Road width
Length of straight road stretches
Density of the road environment elements
Quality of the road surface
Density of physical speed reducing measures
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Safe Speed
Density of junctions and access lanes
Parking
Width of the obstacle free zone
Forgiving road sidesPedestrian facilities
Moped/bicyclist facilities
Access restrictionsPhysical separation of driving directions
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Most suitable package of measures
1. Road categories: fits the road in his environment as a part of the total road network
2. Speed Limit: is the speed limit credible and clear to road users
3. Infrastructure: safe design, fitting to the road category and speed limit
4. Speed control & communication: finally speed control and creation of high feeling of probability of detection
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Package of measures
» Speed limit of 50 km/u fits to the road design:» Most part of the road is credible and safe to his users
» Advice:» Speed control by the police» Increase the density of physical speed reducing measures
» Alternative: change the speed limit; measurements are still needed
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Results from the 41 locations
» 18 x infrastructure adjustments» 80% build up areas
• Especially: credible speed limits measurements
» 20% outside build up area• Especially: safe speed measurements
» 23x speed control» Most of all build up areas
• Specially credible speed limits measurements
» View cases to change the speed limit