A Comprehensive Approach Combining Regulatory Procedures and Accident Data Analysis for Road Safety Management Based on the European Directive 2019/1936/EC
The European Union policy for road safety management is based on the European Directive 2019/1936/EC. Among the safety management procedures and strategies, road safety inspections (RSI) are an effective tool for preventing accident risk and reducing crash frequency and severity for existing road ne...
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| author | Rosolino Vaiana Giusi Perri Teresa Iuele Vincenzo Gallelli |
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| description | The European Union policy for road safety management is based on the European Directive 2019/1936/EC. Among the safety management procedures and strategies, road safety inspections (RSI) are an effective tool for preventing accident risk and reducing crash frequency and severity for existing road networks. The European Transport Safety Council encourages the extension of these measures to the main urban and rural roads by the 5th Road Safety Action Programme. In light of the above, in this study, a safety performance evaluation through the RSI approach is carried out for a high-risk rural road in Southern Italy in order to identify all the road infrastructure-related features with poor safety conditions. Afterwards, the relationship between infrastructure deficiencies and the frequency and severity of accidents is investigated; a significant relationship between accident density/total number of injured people and road markings gap is found. Furthermore, the results confirm that a high density of driveways strongly impacts crash frequency. The analysis of the contribution of multiple infrastructure-related variables on the crash occurrences is proposed by the identification of several mathematical models. A second-order AIC (Akaike’s information criterion) approach is carried out to compare the five fitted models investigated. Finally, a prediction calibrated model is proposed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3c1fd538146a4d84b7b3875bf2a5931a2023-12-03T13:42:53ZengMDPI AGSafety2313-576X2021-01-0171610.3390/safety7010006A Comprehensive Approach Combining Regulatory Procedures and Accident Data Analysis for Road Safety Management Based on the European Directive 2019/1936/ECRosolino Vaiana0Giusi Perri1Teresa Iuele2Vincenzo Gallelli3Department of Civil Engineering, Arcavacata Campus (CS), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, ItalyDepartment of Civil Engineering, Arcavacata Campus (CS), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, ItalyDepartment of Civil Engineering, Arcavacata Campus (CS), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, ItalyDepartment of Civil Engineering, Arcavacata Campus (CS), University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, ItalyThe European Union policy for road safety management is based on the European Directive 2019/1936/EC. Among the safety management procedures and strategies, road safety inspections (RSI) are an effective tool for preventing accident risk and reducing crash frequency and severity for existing road networks. The European Transport Safety Council encourages the extension of these measures to the main urban and rural roads by the 5th Road Safety Action Programme. In light of the above, in this study, a safety performance evaluation through the RSI approach is carried out for a high-risk rural road in Southern Italy in order to identify all the road infrastructure-related features with poor safety conditions. Afterwards, the relationship between infrastructure deficiencies and the frequency and severity of accidents is investigated; a significant relationship between accident density/total number of injured people and road markings gap is found. Furthermore, the results confirm that a high density of driveways strongly impacts crash frequency. The analysis of the contribution of multiple infrastructure-related variables on the crash occurrences is proposed by the identification of several mathematical models. A second-order AIC (Akaike’s information criterion) approach is carried out to compare the five fitted models investigated. Finally, a prediction calibrated model is proposed.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-576X/7/1/6road safetysafety managementroad safety inspectionstraffic accidentsrural roadsaccident prediction models |
| spellingShingle | Rosolino Vaiana Giusi Perri Teresa Iuele Vincenzo Gallelli A Comprehensive Approach Combining Regulatory Procedures and Accident Data Analysis for Road Safety Management Based on the European Directive 2019/1936/EC Safety road safety safety management road safety inspections traffic accidents rural roads accident prediction models |
| title | A Comprehensive Approach Combining Regulatory Procedures and Accident Data Analysis for Road Safety Management Based on the European Directive 2019/1936/EC |
| title_full | A Comprehensive Approach Combining Regulatory Procedures and Accident Data Analysis for Road Safety Management Based on the European Directive 2019/1936/EC |
| title_fullStr | A Comprehensive Approach Combining Regulatory Procedures and Accident Data Analysis for Road Safety Management Based on the European Directive 2019/1936/EC |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comprehensive Approach Combining Regulatory Procedures and Accident Data Analysis for Road Safety Management Based on the European Directive 2019/1936/EC |
| title_short | A Comprehensive Approach Combining Regulatory Procedures and Accident Data Analysis for Road Safety Management Based on the European Directive 2019/1936/EC |
| title_sort | comprehensive approach combining regulatory procedures and accident data analysis for road safety management based on the european directive 2019 1936 ec |
| topic | road safety safety management road safety inspections traffic accidents rural roads accident prediction models |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-576X/7/1/6 |
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