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Safe System Snippet #93 – Traffic Signal Optimisation
Optimising traffic signal timings doesn’t just improve travel times for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians, it also improves safety. In a study of 875 intersections, Roshandeh et al. 2016 found that, after signal optimisation, fatal and serious injury crashes reduced...
Safe System Snippet #92: Windscreen Washers
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcJ2W7aSp_M[/embedyt] Safe System Assessment of on-road collectors, windscreen washers and on-road entertainers. Check out the 6min video with lots of amazing footage of on-road activities. Last week our Principal...
Safe System Snippet #91 – Cameras Save Lives
Victoria publishes all fixed speed and red-light camera sites: https://lnkd.in/gv7z6mc There are also approximately 2000 locations across Victoria where mobile cameras can operate at any time on any day. Diamantopoulou & Cameron (2002) found that the strongest...
National Harmonisation of Temporary Traffic Management Practice | VIC March 2021
Join Thuan Nguyen (Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd.) & Richard Delplace (Austroads) in an AITPM webinar to hear the latest on the National Harmonisation of Temporary Traffic Management Practice. When: Wednesday 25th March at 12.30pm (AEDT) Register...
Safe System Snippet #90 – Angle Parking
Converting angle parking to parallel parking reduces casualty crashes by up to 35% (Elvik and Vaa, 2004). The awkward sight lines for drivers reversing out of angle parking causes them to be more likely to miss a vehicle in the through lane. This is particularly the...
Safe System Snippet #89 – Moray Street Roundabout
Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd conducted an evaluation of road user behaviour and their perceptions of safety at the Moray Street roundabout. Our evaluation found increased usage by both pedestrians and cyclists, large increases in perceived safety for both road user...
Cycling Auditor Training Course – March 2021
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcJ2W7aSp_M[/embedyt] Our popular Cycling Auditor one-day experiential course is back on the 25th March 2021 in Melbourne. The pandemic has more than doubled the number of people riding bikes, and pop-up bike lanes and new...
Safe System Snippet #88 – Central Barrier Systems
Central barrier systems don’t just prevent head-on crashes, they can prevent run-off-road to both the left and the right. The three most common lane departure methods for cars (both left and right) are: Drift Off Single Yaw Double Yaw The central barrier may come in...
IRF Asia Virtual Conference
Our Traffic Lead Thuan Nguyen will be presenting at the Executive Session of the IRF Asia Virtual Conference later this month. This is an opportunity to share some of the fundamental safety considerations at roadworks sites and how to develop systems, policies and...
Safe System Snippet #87 – Short Stacking
Short stacking is the term used when the distance between the closest rail of the level crossing and a downstream intersection is not long enough to accommodate the design vehicle (plus a safety factor of 5m) stopped at the intersection without fouling the tracks. A...
Safe System Snippet #86 – Turbo Roundabouts
Turbo roundabouts are multi lane roundabouts with physical separators on the approach and through the circulating carriageway. The design requires turning drivers and motorcyclists to position themselves in the appropriate lane on the approach to the roundabout.Turbo...
Safe System Snippet #85 – Run Off Road Test
Volvo has developed three run-off-road crash test scenarios. These are the ‘Airborne’ test, ‘Ditch’ test and the ‘Rough road’ test.The ‘Airborne’ test involves the vehicle leaving the road at 80km/h, launching and having a hard impact on the wheels. The ‘Ditch’ test...
Safe System Snippet #84 – One-way Slow Points
One-way slow points as Local Area Traffic Management devices can reduce through speed to around 25km/h.Some practical installation tips: The first should be within 100 metres of an entry point. A minimum lane width of 3.0 metres should be maintained through the...
Safe System Snippet #83 – Camouflage Enforcement
Camouflage enforcement.An enforcement program should include unpredictable elements.Covert enforcement (in all its forms) gives better compliance with speed limits across the whole road network, not just at overt enforcement sites.Victoria Police is known to use...
Road Safety Audit Training – February
Our next Road Safety Audit - (Social) Distance Education series starts 23 February. Learn from wherever you are located. Register here by 16 February to receive your education pack in time for course commencement: https://lnkd.in/gGwWfDr > Complete this program...
Safe System Snippet #82 – Catering for Mistakes
Ever clicked ‘reply all’ accidentally? Gone to the supermarket for milk and walked out with everything but the milk? Pushed a door instead of pulled?Luckily these mistakes won’t kill or seriously injure you or others, but the equivalent mistake on the road...
Safe System Snippet #81 – Wombat Crossings at Roundabouts
Who says roundabouts and pedestrians don’t mix?Roundabouts and raised pedestrian crossings (Wombats) can create a safe and accessible environment for all road users.An evaluation of the installation of wombat crossings (Candappa 2014) showed that installing raised...
Safe System Snippet #80 – Categories of Error
Errors by road users are not all the same. People often get fixated on the ‘deliberate violations’ category of error, but there...
Safe System Assessment Training – March
Our next Safe System Assessment training course starts on 9 March.(Social) Distance Education includes:- live interactive webinars delivered by experienced practitioners- assignments and quizzes you do in your own time- a site (including design) close to your...
Safe System Snippet #79 – Left Turn on Red?
Permitting left turn on red (or right turn on red in right-side drive countries) is likely to INCREASE crashes by 10% (Elvic and Vaa 2004) with pedestrians being the most severely impacted road user with pedestrian crashes expected to increase by 43% (Preusser et...