Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Road design in terms of sustainable safety (17.DSSK6S)

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General information:
 
Category Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field Traffic Planning, Regulation and Safety
Interdisciplinary No
ECTS 10
Educational goal:

• To provide candidates with an understanding of the system driver - vehicle - environment, human psycho-physical properties, the choice of driving speed, orientation and understanding, understanding of the causes of traffic accidents. • To provide candidates with an understanding of the sustainable safe road design • To demonstrate how sustainable safe road design should be undertaken • To provide candidates with the tools to undertake sustainable safe road design • To provide an examples of previous SSRD undertaken in other countries

Educational outcome:

Understanding the system driver - vehicle - environment, human psycho-physical properties, the choice of driving speed, orientation and understanding, understanding of the causes of traffic accidents. Understanding the concept of sustainable safe road design.

Course content:

MODULE 1: HUMAN BEHAVIOUR 1. Human – environment – vehicle system 2. Incident and Accident 3. Accident reasons 4. Random nature of accidents 5. Accident analysis MODULE 2: SUSTAINABLE SAFE ROAD DESIGN 1 SUSTAINABLE SAFE ROAD DESIGN: THEORY • Safety concept • Safety principles • Road functions • Recognizable road categories • Road categories • Network classification • Capacity 2 SUSTAINABLE SAFE ROAD DESIGN: CROSS SECTION • Cross section • Intermediate cross sections • Design of roadside • Restraint systems 3 SUSTAINABLE SAFE ROAD DESIGN: JUNCTIONS • General requirements • Roundabout • Priority junctions • Priority junctions with traffic lights 4 SUSTAINABLE SAFE ROAD DESIGN: ALIGNMENT • Introduction • Sight distance • Horizontal alignment • Transition curves • Super elevation • Vertical alignment • Composed alignment 5 SUSTAINABLE SAFE ROAD DESIGN: LINEAR VILLAGES • Traffic calming • Problems encountered linear villages • Problem analysis • Goals • Solutions 6 SUSTAINABLE SAFE ROAD DESIGN: PEDESTRIAN CROSSING • The problem • Causes / origins • Objectives • Solutions • Give way crossings • Split level crossings 7 SUSTAINABLE SAFE ROAD DESIGN: CYCLISTS • General requirements • Categorisation • Horizontal alignment • Cross sections • Vertical alignment • Crossings • Parking places • Pavement

Teaching methods:

At the end of each module: At the end of each module, student completes a short test, which covers the teaching material of that module. At the end of teamwork: At the end of teamwork, team completed checklists and prepare a final report. Oral presentations supportet by Power point and case studies of good and bad practice (in teams). Passing the course means that the following conditions are met: - knowledge is demonstrated on ongoing verifications - knowledge is demonstrated at the final hearing.

Literature:
Authors Title Year Publisher Language
Proctor et al. Institute of Highways and Transportation – Road Safety Audit 2008 English
ETSC Road Safety Audit and Impact Assessment 1997 English
R.Elvik et al. Accident Prediction Models and Road Safety Impact Assessments: Results of the Pilot Studies – RI-SWOV-WP2-R4-Results (2007) 2007 English
Nielsen, Mathiasen Road Safety Audit in Practise 2003 English
EU Directive 2008/96/EC – Road Infrastructure Safety Management (2008) 2008 English
Reurings et al. Accident Prediction Models and Road Safety Impact Assessments – a state of the art study – RI-SWOV-WP2-R1-State_of_the_Art (2008) 2008 English
Matena et al. RIPCORD-ISEREST Road Safety Audit – Best Practise Guidelines, Qualification for Auditors and Programming – RI-WP4-D4 2008 English
Kononov, Allery Explicit Consideration of Safety in Transportation Planning and Project Scoping (2005) 2005 English
Kononov et al. Safety Conscious Planning – Corridor Level Application and a Review of the Case History – Kononov et al (2005) 2005 English
Falco, Proctor, Gonzales Euro-Audits 2007 English
Knowledge evaluation:
Course activity Pre-examination Obligations Number of points
Term paper Yes Yes 50.00
Oral part of the exam No Yes 50.00
Lecturers:
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vanr. prof. dr Papić Zoran

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vanr. prof. dr Papić Zoran

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prof. dr Jovanović Dragan

Full Professor

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prof. dr Jovanović Dragan

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