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Safety at the Heart of Road DesignCross-border funded Joint Research Programme

IRDESIRDESImproving Roadside Design to Forgive Human ErrorsImproving Roadside Design to Forgive Human Errors

Prof. Ing. Francesca La TorreUniversità di Firenze – IRDES Coordinator

UPDATE ON THE IRDES PROJECT UPDATE ON THE IRDES PROJECT –– CEDR TG CEDR TG SafetySafety –– Budapest 4 march 2010Budapest 4 march 2010 Francesca La Torre – UNIFI

[email protected]

The IRDES Team

UNIFI: F. La Torre, L. Domenichini, A. Mercaldo

ARSENAL: P. Saleh, P. Nitsche

CHALMERS: H. Fagerlind, S. Othman

ANAS: E. Cesolini, G. Magarò, B. Rubino

LCPC: Y. Goyat, F. Menant


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The IRDES Project

The aim of the IRDES project is to produce two outputs with specific reference to a well with specific reference to a well identified set of roadside featuresidentified set of roadside features.

A practical and uniform guidelinepractical and uniform guideline that allows theA practical and uniform guideline practical and uniform guideline that allows the road designer to improve the forgivingness of the roadside;roadside;A practical tool for assessing practical tool for assessing (in a quantitative

) th ff tith ff ti f l i imanner) the effectiveness the effectiveness of applying a given roadside treatment.


….. FACTSHEETS?

Outline of the activities

WP0 C di i d MC di i d M [WP d UNIFI]WP0 – Coordination and Management Coordination and Management [WP Leader UNIFI]WP1 – Collection and harmonization of studies and standards Collection and harmonization of studies and standards

on roadside design [WP Leader ARSENAL] Duration 12on roadside design [WP Leader ARSENAL] Duration 12 Months – Start month 1

WP2 – Assessment of Roadside Intervention EffectivenessEffectiveness[WP Leader CHALMERS] Duration 12 Months – Start month 6

f GGWP3 – Production of a Roadside Design Guide Roadside Design Guide [UNIFI] Duration 12 Months – Start month 12

WP4 European SurveyEuropean Survey [WP Leader ANAS] Duration 6 MonthsWP4 – European Survey European Survey [WP Leader ANAS] Duration 6 Months – Start month 3 (1)

WP5 – Organization of Workshops and Round Tables Workshops and Round Tables [WP


g pp [Leader LCPC] Duration 18 Months – Start month 6

Outline of the activities

RESP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

WP0 Coordination and Management UNIFI

WP1 Collection and harmonization of studies and standards AIT

WP2 Assessment of Roadside Intervention Effectiveness CHALMERSWP2 Assessment of Roadside Intervention Effectiveness CHALMERS

WP3 Production of a Roadside Design Guide UNIFI

WP4 European Survey ANAS

WP5 Organization of Workshops and Round Tables LCPC

Kick off Meeting in Rome: 22/09/2009

Webconference Meeting: 13/11/2009


WP0 – COORDINATION & MANAGEMENT

Established the IRDES Web Site

UPDATE ON THE IRDES PROJECT UPDATE ON THE IRDES PROJECT –– CEDR TG CEDR TG SafetySafety –– Budapest 4 march 2010Budapest 4 march 2010 Francesca La Torre – UNIFI www.irdes‐eranet.eu


Established the IRDES Web Site



Established the ftp knowledgeftp knowledge exchange area


WP1 – Collection and harmonization of studies and standards (WP L ARSENAL)studies and standards (WP_L ARSENAL)

Collection and evaluation of relevant literaturerelevant literature, position papersposition papers, , p p pp p p ,guidelinesguidelines and project reports are mainly finished.project reports are mainly finished.

Harmonisation (including consideration from existing standards) inHarmonisation (including consideration from existing standards) in order to provide the basis to develop a practical and uniform guideline.

This WP will also lead to the definition of the roadside treatments to be roadside treatments to be addressedaddressed in the IRDES Guideline and for which effectiveness will beaddressedaddressed in the IRDES Guideline and for which effectiveness will be

evaluated (WP2).



Status Quo:Relevant literatureRelevant literature position papersposition papers standards guidelinesguidelines and projectprojectRelevant literatureRelevant literature, position papersposition papers, standards, guidelinesguidelines and project project reports collected.reports collected.

Waiting for Waiting for summaries of national standards in Englishsummaries of national standards in English..

D1 report outline is under preparation. Basic chapters are included.D1 report outline is under preparation. Basic chapters are included.

In parallelIn parallel Forgiving Roadsides Capture SheetForgiving Roadsides Capture Sheet is in progressis in progressIn parallel In parallel Forgiving Roadsides Capture Sheet Forgiving Roadsides Capture Sheet is in progress. is in progress. (Feedback of all partners will be included).(Feedback of all partners will be included).



Main classes of Treatments (from the capture sheet):Main classes of Treatments (from the capture sheet):( p )( p )

-- Removing, relocating obstaclesRemoving, relocating obstacles

-- Modifying roadside elementsModifying roadside elements

-- Shielding obstaclesShielding obstacles

Rename of D1 title: “StateRename of D1 title: “State--ofof--thethe--art report of existing art report of existing treatmentstreatments for for the design of forgiving roadsides”the design of forgiving roadsides”


WP2 – Assessment of Roadside Intervention Effectiveness (WP L CHALMERS)Effectiveness (WP_L CHALMERS)

Identification of data sources with information about theIdentification of data sources with information about the roadside environment and especially data on road equipment.

Possible data sources: RISER in-depth database (EU), STRADA (SE), SIRSS (IT), etc.

Analyses to be focused on road user injury outcome and consequences for third parties


consequences for third parties.


Analyse correlation between road environment and road yaccidents in Austria by combining databases on road information and road accidents.

Study of changes in driver behaviour and changes in road accidents on one black spot in France Achieved by a beforeaccidents on one black-spot in France. Achieved by a before and after treatment study with cameras and range finder.



LCPC: evaluation of the change in vehicle trajectories due to a change in the roadsides organization

AFTER

BEFORE



UNIFI: classification of roadsides configurations and correlations with accidents on the Arezzo province road network


WP3 – Production of a Roadside Design Guide (WP L UNIFI)Guide (WP_L UNIFI)

Will be based on the ROADSIDE ELEMENTS SAFETY MATRIX

Will be practical and simple to use (fact-sheets; electronic user friendly tool)friendly tool)

Will address only the roadside elements identified in WP1 (not l t t t h ld idth)only treatments: e.g. shoulder width)

Will b ild th i ti k t d it ( tl RISERWill build up on the existing work not re-do it (mostly RISER, Lead by Chalmers)


WP4 – European Survey (WP_L ANAS)

S ifi t b PEBSpecific request by PEB

Content of the questionnaire.What is the position between two different solutions:What is the position between two different solutions:

safety zones (strips) => safer but largersafety barrier => unsafe but requires less territory

Do you have an established criteria to define the most effective roadside treatment? (how do you chose the treatment?)

Li t f t t t ( t i ) ith ifi tiList of treatments (matrix) with specific questions:do you know it?do you use it?would you use it if proposed?

ANONYMOUS RESPONSES: only aggregated data will be

would you use it if proposed?why not?


ANONYMOUS RESPONSES: only aggregated data will be published and not the raw data


1 t t C t R d id1st part: Current RoadsidesWhat about your network?Which roadside treatments do you use?Which roadside treatments do you use?

Guard rail

Vertical signSafety zone

Guard rail

Which solutions on tunnel roadside?Bridge roadside?Embankment?


Cutting?Tunnels


2 d t Eff ti2nd part: EffectivenessHow do you assess effectiveness of your systems?

What about road safety?

People Dead in Road Accidents - year 2006 (ERF)

SpainSw eden

United Kingdom

What about road safety?Do you evaluate safety performance?Data of accidents? Accident rate?

LithuaniaLuxembourg

MaltaNetherlands

Poland

PortugalRomania

Slovak RepublicSlovenia

DenmarkEstonia

FinlandFrance

GermanyGreece

HungaryIreland

ItalyLatvia

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000

AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprus

Czech RepublicDenmark

number of people

Investment costs?Maintenance costs?Usability?


yVersatility?

1=low 2=quite low 3=enough 4=quite high 5=high


3 d t N t3rd part: New systemsAre new safety principles needed?

What do you think about new solutions?What do you think about new solutions?Do you know?Do you use?W ld ?

Breakaway poles?

Would you use?

Safety zones (strips)?False cutting?Rumble strips?Guard rail + noise barrier?

Others from your experience?


from your experience?

WP5 – Roundtables and Workshops (WP_L LCPC)

One mid Project (Autumn 2010) WEBINAR?(Autumn 2010) Roundtable/Workshop to discuss

d th i t

WEBINAR?and gather inputs

Final Project Workshop (Autumn 2011) to present the results of the Project (Likely in France)(Likely in France)the Project (Likely in France)(Likely in France)


Milestones


Deliverables

D0.0 Monitoring Progress Report 30.10.2009 (start)D0.1_b Monitoring Progress Report 31.3.2009 (Month 6)


The IRDES in figures

Total Budget: EUR 267.713,00 gTotal man power: 33.8 man months

Duration: 15/09/2009 15/09/2011Duration: 15/09/2009 – 15/09/2011

Kick off Meeting in Rome: 22/09/2009Kick off Meeting in Rome: 22/09/2009

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