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TRAFFIC SAFETY. IN: HANDBOOK OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Rune Elvik

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This chapter presents the essential elements of traffic safety analysis. The topics covered include: (1) basic concepts of road accidents statistics; (2) safety performance functions and the empirical Bayes method for estimating safety; (3) identifying and analyzing hazardous road locations; (4) the effects on road safety of some common traffic engineering measures; (5) how to assess the quality of road safety evaluation studies; and (5) formal technical for setting priorities for safety treatments.

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Key concepts: Transport engineering, Safety engineering, Hazardous waste, Engineering, Safety case, Bayes' theorem, Road traffic safety, Risk analysis (engineering)