Selection of the Most Appropriate Roadside Vehicle Restraint System - The SAVeRS Project

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• 作者：Francesca La Torre^a ; ^{francesca.latorre@unifi.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Ceki Erginbas^b ; Robert Thomson^c ; Giuseppina Amato^d ; Bine Pengal^e ; Christian Stefan^f ; Graham Hemmings^g
• 关键词：road infrastructure ; vehicle restraint systems ; crash predictions models ; roadside safety
• 刊名：Transportation Research Procedia
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：14
• 期：Complete
• 页码：4237-4246
• 全文大小：980 K

文摘

Run Off Road (ROR) crashes are road accidents that often result in severe injuries or fatalities. To reduce the severity of ROR crashes, “forgiving roadsides” need to be designed and this includes identifying situations where there is a need for a Vehicle Restraint System (VRS) and what appropriate VRS should be selected for a specific location and traffic condition. Whilst there are standards covering testing, evaluation and classification of VRS within Europe (EN1317 parts 1 to 8), their selection, location and installation requirements are typically based upon national guidelines and standards, often produced by National Road Authorities (NRA) and/or overseeing organisations. Due to local conditions, these national guidelines vary across Europe.

The European SAVeRS project, funded within the 2012 CEDR Transnational Research Programme “Safety”, has developed a practical and readily understandable VRS guidance document and a user-friendly software tool which allow designers and road administrations to select the most appropriate solution in different road and traffic conditions. This paper describes the main outcomes of the project, the process to select the most appropriate roadside barrier, and the user friendly SAVeRS tool.