The influence of sight distance for the speed of vehicles and road safety: inquiry and comparison in different European countries 2001 (English)In: Proceedings of the conference Traffic Safety on Three Continents: International conference in Moscow, Russia, 19-21 September, 2001 / [ed] Asp, Kenneth, Linköping: Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut, 2001, p. 552-561Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)

Abstract [en]

This paper covers the following topics:

• the importance of sight distance in road design
• stopping sight distance
• overtaking sight distance
• influence of sight distance on driver behavior,
• measurement of sight distance and driver behavior.

The paper cites and compares statistics on these topics from several nations.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages

Linköping: Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut, 2001. p. 552-561

Series

VTI konferens, ISSN 1104-7267 ; 18A

Keywords [en]

Sight distance, Safety, Accident, Behaviour, Speed, Stopping distance, Overtaking, International

National Category

Infrastructure Engineering

Research subject

80 Road: Traffic safety and accidents, 84 Road: Road users; 80 Road: Traffic safety and accidents, 82 Road: Geometric design and traffic safety

Identifiers

URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-5094OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-5094DiVA, id: diva2:673924

Conference

Traffic Safety on Three Continents: International conference in Moscow, Russia, 19-21 September, 2001

Available from: 2013-12-03 Created: 2013-12-03 Last updated: 2023-04-27Bibliographically approved

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