Review of Safety Measures to Reduce Crashes in Horizontal Curves
Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran
2 CEO, Tehran Engineering and Technical Consulting Organization, Municipality of Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Accidents not only impose financial expenses to those injured, but also cause waste of time to others and impose indirect costs to the society. This becomes more important when it is severe and leads to serious injuries, maim or even death.Due to the high rate of accidents and their severity in our country, this problem has become a fundamental issue that requires experts and decision makers’ attention. Since horizontal curves are one of the major black spots in Iran, this article intends to review the measures and solutions experienced and practiced in different parts of the world resulting in a decline on the frequency and/or severity of accidents. In the first part, the paper presents the measures which may minimize the probability of vehicles deviation from their route and the second part deals with measures taken to minimize occurred damages. The process of implementing these strategies is proposed in the last part.
Keywords
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