RISER - Roadside Infrastructure for Safer European Roads
Overview
Background & policy context:
The number of fatal and serious injuries related to the occurrence of a single vehicle leaving the road is a significant portion of European road casualties. The range of casualty statistics varies from country to country, but the European average of single vehicle collision fatalities is one third of annual road fatalities. The outcome of these accidents was highly dependent on the interactions between the vehicle and the roadside environment. The vision of the RISER project was to develop a knowledge base that can provide better roadside design tools and strategies as available resources were conspicuously incomplete. The objectives of the project were to provide a technical foundation upon which the implementation and operation requirements for European roadside areas and infrastructure could be based.
Objectives:
The main objectives of RISER were to:
- Develop a database(s) with information describing run-off-road crashes.
- Analyse the collected data to provide engineering and human factors links between the roadside infrastructure and safety and operational issues.
- Develop a set of best practice guidelines that will improve the state of roadside safety in Europe.
Methodology:
- To identify all possible information sources that may be exploited to document run-of-road collisions. From this information databases for single vehicle collisions should be developed.
- To develop a link between the standardisation activities and real world collision performance.
- To develop analysis procedures that can be applied in the design and operation of the roadside.
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