The “European road safety Action Programme – halving the number of road accident victims in the European Union by 2010: a shared responsability” (Bruxelles – 02.06.2003) says that every year in Europe 1.300.000 road accidents cause more than 40.000 deaths and 1.700.000 injured. Direct and indirect costs due to such a problem have been evaluated 160.000.000 euros, that is 2% of EU GNP. In the same program they complain about the difficulties of solving the problem, especially at urban scale. Our research underlines the most important contents of the Italian “guidelines for urban road safety plans”. This study at least wants to suggest an innovative methodology to analyze and control road safety, with particular reference to the “black points” of urban road infrastructure, to prevent and reduce the incident risk. The application of opportune methodologies and the continuous monitoring action of the results represent the correct strategy to solve the problem of road safety that, in accordance with the European Directive, has to be considered as a “value” and as a “performance indicator”.
Urban Transport system monitoring: the black points problem
VIGNOLO, MARIA GRAZIELLA;
2004-01-01
Abstract
The “European road safety Action Programme – halving the number of road accident victims in the European Union by 2010: a shared responsability” (Bruxelles – 02.06.2003) says that every year in Europe 1.300.000 road accidents cause more than 40.000 deaths and 1.700.000 injured. Direct and indirect costs due to such a problem have been evaluated 160.000.000 euros, that is 2% of EU GNP. In the same program they complain about the difficulties of solving the problem, especially at urban scale. Our research underlines the most important contents of the Italian “guidelines for urban road safety plans”. This study at least wants to suggest an innovative methodology to analyze and control road safety, with particular reference to the “black points” of urban road infrastructure, to prevent and reduce the incident risk. The application of opportune methodologies and the continuous monitoring action of the results represent the correct strategy to solve the problem of road safety that, in accordance with the European Directive, has to be considered as a “value” and as a “performance indicator”.
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