2013•Unpublished venueRequires access
Applied Human Factors in Road Safety Guide
G Forbes, R E Dewar, Fred R Hanscom, G. H. Alexander
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Abstract
In 2003, the Road Safety Standing Committee of the Transportation Association of Canada undertook the development of a comprehensive document that will be a practical guide to road safety engineering practice in Canada. Called the Canadian Road Safety Engineering Handbook (CRaSH), it is intended to identify, define, and share good practices in road safety engineering in order to assist Canadian road authorities and road safety engineering practitioners in providing service to the public and addressing road safety issues at the local level. Implementing good road safety engineering practices will help achieve the targets set in local road safety plans as well as in Canada’s Road Safety Vision. The CRaSH is intended to help road authorities and road safety practitioners become more active and proactive, continue developing and improving road safety programs, and deliver safer infrastructure. The CRaSH will comprise a series of books. This book, the Applied Human Factors in Road Safety Guide, is the 9th book in the series. This document is a practical guide for the application of human factors to road design and traffic operations, with a focus on road safety for a Canadian audience. The guide provides practitioners with a basic understanding of the road user capabilities, performance and behaviours, and also includes several practical tools for the application of human factors, including: design consistency, positive guidance, self-explaining roads, driver information load analysis and human factors axioms for road safety. The material is designed to be applicable to all road users including motorists, pedestrians and cyclists.