Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Road accident prevention (17.S052)

Native organizations units: Department of Traffic Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Traffic and Transport Engineering (Year: 1, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Traffic Planning, Regulation and Safety
ECTS	6

Investigating the forms and causes of accidents. The adoption and development of knowledge about the complexity and possibility of implementing measures of social mechanisms in the prevention and elimination of accidents. The study of different control options in traffic, as one of the most important preventive factor, which allows retention of traffic participant behavior in normatively permissible limits. The possibility of testing the effects of implemented measures to prevent accidents.The acquisition of knowledge about modern methods applied in the field of evaluation of accidents as negative social phenomena.

Enabling students to organize and build a social mechanism, which would have the possibility of establishing the effective control over the negative developments in traffic, with particular reference to traffic accidents. The creation of planning and synchronized system of diverse and interrelated, organizational, social, educational, technical and science-based measures and activities, including risk in traffic flow within socially acceptable limits. The students develop and apply knowledge of the possibility for intelligent transport systems, preventing traffic accidents.

The strategy and tactics to prevent traffic accidents. The organization of society in the prevention of accidents. The role of national and international institutions in preventing traffic accidents. Methods and tactics to prevent traffic accidents. Resistance to traffic accidents causes on measures of social intervention. Cost reduction of traffic accidents.Measures of social intervention in the area of traffic safety. Standardisation. Preparing people for participation in traffic.Changing the behavior of traffic participants. The selection of certain categories of road users. Informing the traffic participants. Control and regulation of traffic. Repression.

Lectures, exercises and consultations.