TY - CHAP
T1 - Road markings as a safety measure
AU - Rajamäki, Riikka
AU - Luoma, Juha
AU - Kallberg, Veli-Pekka
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In 2011, 77 people died in head-on collisions and 70
people died in single-vehicle accidents on Finnish public
roads, accounting for 66% of all road fatalities.
Effective, cost-effective measures are therefore needed
to prevent vehicles from drifting into oncoming traffic
or off the road. Introducing new road markings is
relatively inexpensive to implement, yet their safety
effect cannot always be guaranteed. Kallberg [1], for
example, found that the use of delineator posts on
winding roads increases night-time accident risk due to
increased driving speed, whereas the risk is reduced on
straighter roads.
AB - In 2011, 77 people died in head-on collisions and 70
people died in single-vehicle accidents on Finnish public
roads, accounting for 66% of all road fatalities.
Effective, cost-effective measures are therefore needed
to prevent vehicles from drifting into oncoming traffic
or off the road. Introducing new road markings is
relatively inexpensive to implement, yet their safety
effect cannot always be guaranteed. Kallberg [1], for
example, found that the use of delineator posts on
winding roads increases night-time accident risk due to
increased driving speed, whereas the risk is reduced on
straighter roads.
M3 - Chapter or book article
SN - 978-951-38-8129-0
T3 - VTT Research Highlights
SP - 110
EP - 111
BT - Research highlights in safety and security
PB - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
CY - Espoo
ER -