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Im Rahmen dieses Forschungsvorhabens sollten die Erkenntnisdefizite betreffend der Anwendung des Auditverfahrens für Innerortsstraßen auf eine größere Anzahl unterschiedlichster kommunaler Entwurfsaufgaben unter Berücksichtigung der je vorliegenden strukturellen, prozessrelevanten Rahmenbedingungen, abgebaut werden. Hierzu wurden in drei Modellkommunen verwaltungsspezifische Verfahren zur Durchführung des Sicherheitsaudits mit internen Auditoren entwickelt. Es wurden insgesamt 46 Audits durchgeführt und sowohl personenbezogen als auch projektbezogen analysiert. Durchschnittlich wurden ca. 11 Defizite je Projekt festgestellt, wobei 55% der Defizite den Knotenpunkten zuzurechnen sind. Von diesen entfielen wiederum 60% auf Probleme für Fußgänger und Radfahrer. Gut 30% der Defizite bezogen sich auf Strecken, von denen wiederum 80% auf Fußgänger und Radfahrer entfielen. Insgesamt betrafen gut 30% aller Defizite unmittelbar die Radverkehrsführung und 27% den Fußgängerverkehr. Die Akzeptanz der Auditergebnisse war hoch: So wurde in der Vorplanungsphase den Feststellungen des Audits zu 74%, in der Vorentwurfsphase bzw. Ausführungsphase zu 65% bzw. 57% gefolgt. In der Phase der Verkehrsfreigabe war die Bereitschaft den Auditergebnissen zu folgen mit 20% gering. Die mit den Auditergebnissen "konfrontierten" Planer beurteilten den Beitrag des Sicherheitsaudits zum Projekt überwiegend positiv, stellten keine Verzögerung im Planungsablauf fest und würden überwiegend die regelmäßige Durchführung von Audits begrüßen. Die Unfallanalyse konnte keine belastbaren Ergebnisse erbringen. In den drei Kommunen wurden 9 Verwaltungsmitarbeiter/innen zu Auditoren ausgebildet. Ein besonderer Effekt dieser Art der Auditorenschulung liegt in der gleichzeitigen Auditierung von Projekten für die Kommunen während der Schulung durch die Mitarbeiter und den Dozenten. Die durchgeführte Qualifizierungsanalyse ergab, dass die Auditoren ihre Kenntnisse im Straßenentwurf, im Straßenverkehrsrecht und in Unfalluntersuchungen verbessert haben. Sie empfinden das Sicherheitsaudit als eine Qualitätssteigerung in der Planung.
Der Parkraum in den Innenstädten ist zu einem knappen Gut geworden. Deshalb wird schon seit vielen Jahren eine flächendeckende Bewirtschaftung aller verfügbaren Parkstände und Stellplätze angestrebt. Bisher sind gemäß § 13 StVO die Parkuhr, der Parkscheinautomat und bei Gebührenfreiheit auch die Parkscheibe zur Parkraumbewirtschaftung zugelassen. In den vergangenen Jahren wurden verschiedene neue Methoden und Systeme entwickelt, welche die Parkraumbewirtschaftung vereinfachen sollen. Hinsichtlich der Anwendung dieser neuen Methoden und Systeme besteht aber noch eine große Unsicherheit, da es bisher nur wenige Erfahrungen über ihre Einsatzfähigkeit und ihre Einsatzgrenzen gibt. Ziel dieser Untersuchung war es, die heute vermehrt angebotenen alternativen Methoden und Systeme zur Überwachung der Parkdauer sowie zur Zahlung der Parkgebühren im Detail darzustellen. Dabei wurden ihre Einsatzmöglichkeiten und Einsatzgrenzen analysiert und bewertet. Neben der Überprüfung der tatsächlichen Tauglichkeit und Einsatzfähigkeit waren die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen darzustellen und die Akzeptanz für die Nutzung solcher Systeme zu untersuchen. Dabei wurden nur Systeme einbezogen, die im öffentlichen Straßenraum anwendbar sind. Dem deutschen Gesetzgeber wird grundsätzlich empfohlen, die alternativen Systeme in Deutschland zuzulassen, wenn die Anpassungen der Systeme an den deutschen Markt erfolgt sind. Eine Anpassung des Rechts sollte auf der Grundlage der Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung erfolgen und aus Sicht des Gutachters parallel zur Durchführung von Pilotprojekten vorbereitet werden. Die rechtlichen Randbedingungen in Deutschland sind von den Systemanbietern einzuhalten und die Technik ist daran anzupassen. In Deutschland sind im Hinblick auf das Straßenverkehrsrecht, den Datenschutz und die Parkraumpolitik der Kommunen Änderungen bei den Systemen erforderlich. Durch die rechtliche Notwendigkeit, dass auch bei Einführung eines alternativen Systems weiterhin ein konventionelles System angeboten werden muss, verursacht ein alternatives System auf jeden Fall zusätzlichen Aufwand für die Kommune. Wenn diese sich für die Einführung alternativer Systeme entschieden hat, sind in Zusammenarbeit der Kommune und des jeweiligen Systemanbieters die Randbedingungen der Einführung festzulegen. Die Parkraumpolitik sollte durch die Systeme unterstützt, nicht aber von der Technik diktiert werden.
Portugal has the highest rate of road fatalities in Europe (2002 and for Eur-15 - CARE database). For this highest rate, the accidents involving pedestrians and motorcycle occupants have a higher contribution than the European average. In the last years, especially accidents involving motorcycles have been investigated and currently two different projects are being carried out, one related with motorcycles accidents and the other with pedestrian accidents. In these projects, countermeasures among others to reduce the fatalities between these two types of road users are being studied. These accidents are investigated with the commercial accident reconstruction software PCCRASH but also new methodologies based on multibody dynamics are in development in order to more accurately study these two types of accidents. In this paper, the methodologies in use for accident reconstruction and new methodologies in development are presented. Speeding his found to be one of the major causes of road fatalities for pedestrians and motorcycle occupants. In the case of motorcycle accidents, these involve mainly young drivers. Aspects as social behavior are also important to understand the causes of some of these accidents. Some examples of accidents occurring in Portugal, involving especially motorcycles and pedestrians are presented and discussed.
Nigeria ranks one of the highest countries in the world with the largest accident, especially when measured by whiplash associated disorders, whereas, traffic safety education rate, data and information been widely known as preventive indicators have been grossly neglected. In Nigeria, traffic safety enlightenment, awareness, political understanding and appreciation of the problem's magnitude are lacking. This study, therefore, seeks to understand and document the fact that accident causation factors in Nigeria relate more to the problem of development, poverty, knowledge and education as evidenced in most other developing countries. Among the primary accident causation factors on Nigerian roads are: - lack of a transportation system or multi-model integration - sub-standard and obsolete vehicles and road furniture - poor road maintenance, investment and engineering management - paucity of road users' and drivers' knowledge, skill, enlightenment and education of the road Use This paper submits that Nigeria being a developing nation requires purely primitive strategies being cost effective (health wise) than curative measures. It is in this light that an enduring, comprehensive and sustainable traffic safety educational programmes information base and data inventory, analysis and implementations form the focus of this study. This effort will provide basic guidelines framework and implementation procedure for a successful prevention of whiplash associated disorder resulting from road traffic crashes in Nigeria and other parts of the world.
Motorcycle riders are one of the most vulnerable road users. Annually, on estimate 6000 people are killed in motorcycle accidents in the former 15 EU countries. The objective of this research was to investigate and analyze the main aspects and causes of this vulnerability and the accidents in general. For this aim around 70 accidents in The Netherlands were investigated in the framework of an international research program (MAIDS). Also a control group of motorcycles with riders was investigated so that exposure could be taken into account. An important result is that human failure is in 82% of the cases the main cause of the accident, in 52% this is due the other vehicle driver. Perception and decision failures are the most common failures. The most injuries are caused by the environment but they are typically only less severe (AIS1). Injuries caused by the car (front and side) are typically severe injuries (AIS4+). Previous convictions of the MC rider seem to be related to the chance to get involved in an accident. It was shown that the Dutch and the total MAIDS accident sample are comparable.
Vehicle crash research at different levels is currently being conducted by several investigation groups in Spain, in some instances within various EU-funded projects. However there is a clear opportunity for increasing compatibility and maximizing usefulness, both at national and European levels, of the information collected by these groups. After reviewing on-going activities and programs in different countries, a framework for a nationwide crash investigation project is proposed: an organizational scheme is suggested as part of a future National Road Safety Strategic Plan; a map of investigation teams located in technological centres, universities and police agencies in Spain is presented; alternatives for several practical aspects such as team composition, deployment and operational budgets and project developmental stages are also discussed.
In order to improve the protection of children transported in cars, within the CHILD programme (GR3D-CT2002-00791) real world road accidents are thoroughly analysed and then reconstructed in laboratory. Prior to comparing injury severities of real victims to physical parameter values measured on the dummies, the quality of the reconstructions is evaluated by experts who use their experience based on the investigation of numerous and various accidents. This paper presents a new tool aiming at better evaluating and validating accident reconstructions. It is based on statistical evaluation of vehicle deformations which gives weighing factors for every part of the car body structure finally leading to a specific Reconstruction Quality Score (RQS indicator). Furthermore, the reliability of this score, depending on the number of measured points, can be established. This tool includes a function aiming at adjusting the speed for a further reconstruction and at defining the launching speed and the pulse shape for complementary sled tests. Finally, the functions of the RQS software and database are presented.
Pelvic fracture, cracking or breaking of a portion of the pelvis are extremely common injuries in the side impact collisions of motor vehicles. Due to both its shape and structural architecture, mechanics of the pelvic bone is complicated. There is a lack of knowledge regarding the dynamic behavior of the pelvis and its biomechanical tolerance under impact environment. Hence this study is aimed at the understanding of the mechanical response of the human pelvis with three-dimensional finite element (FE) models, under side impact load, applied through a structure, equivalent to a car door. The door structure was modeled, considering few layers, consisting of foam (Styrodur®, 3035 CS), plastic (UHMWPE), steel, glass and steel, putting them in series. A soft tissue layer (equivalent to fat) was also considered on the greater trochanter location. These FE models (with and without the car door structure) were analyzed with ANSYS-LS-DYNA-® dynamic finite element software to compare the effect of the car door padding system for shock absorption. It was observed that with proper combination of shock absorbing material (foam, etc.) and its thickness, the transmission of impact load to the body part (pelvis, etc.) from the outer surface of the car door could be reduced.
Road safety is a major preoccupation of the European Commission and the road transport industry and depends on numerous significant factors. In order to improve road safety and to plan effective safety improvement actions for truck transport, we must first identify the problems to be addressed, i.e. what are the main causes of truck accidents. The ETAC project, initiated by the European Commission and the IRU, was launched in order to set up a heavy goods vehicle accident causation study across European countries to identify future actions which could contribute to the improvement of road safety. The results will be based on a detailed analysis of truck accident data collected in seven European countries according to a common methodology which has been elaborated through numerous national and European projects. This paper describes the common methodology used to collect the information on the scene of the accident and to analyse the data so that the reconstruction of the crash events may be carried out. CEESAR proposes a methodology using its experience gained from over 10 years of accident data collection. This methodology is based on an in-depth investigation of the parameters involved in-an accident and linked to the driver, the vehicle, the road and their environment. In-depth investigation requires accident investigator presence on the scene of the accident in order to collect volatile information such as marks on the road, weather conditions, visibility, state and equipment of the vehicle, driver interview. Later, passive and active information is gathered, either at the hospital for the driver, at the garage for the vehicle or on the spot for the road geometry. A reconstruction carried out with the help of specific software and the analysis of the data collected and calculated enables the identification of the main causes of the accident and the future actions to plan in order to improve road safety as regards truck traffic.