Eficácia da restrição de velocidade e outras ações na prevenção de acidentes em travessias urbanas de rodovias / Effectiveness of speed restriction and other measures in the prevention of accidents at urban highway crossings

AUTOR(ES)

Jorge Carlos Amin

FONTE

IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

12/03/2012

RESUMO

The urban highway crossings are a critical place for occurrence of traffic accidents. Thus, several engineering measures are employed to reduce the number and severity of accidents. However, there are few studies about the effectiveness of these actions. In this study two methods were used to evaluate the effectiveness, through observational studies, they are: \"before - after\" naive method and the comparison group, applied in various segments characterized as urban highway crossings in which they had been implemented measures to reduce accidents. The first method was applied to all measures and the second only for two measures. The data used in this study were obtained from the concessionaire of highways of the State of Sao Paulo. It was analyzed seven engineering measures: 1) reduction of speed in conjunction with other measures; 2) implementation of New Jersey defense with higher height; 3) implementation of grade separation structure; 4) level pedestrian crossings in areas demarcated, 5) implementation runway; 6) implementation of bike path; 7) footbridge and barriers to prevent the passage of pedestrians. The results show that the first measure reduces on average by 27% the total number of accidents for both the naive method and to the method of comparison group. The second measure was the only action with negative results, with 19% increase in the number of total accidents and 42% in the number of accidents with injuries and deaths. The third measure had a reduction in the total number of accidents around 27%. The fourth measure had a 35% reduction in the total number of accidents. The fifth measure had a reduction in the total number of accidents by 40%, through the naive method, compared to 30% by the method of comparison group. The sixth action had a reduction in total accidents by 30%. The seventh action had not a significant reduction in the total number of accidents, yet had a 32% reduction in the number of injuries and deaths.

ASSUNTO(S)

acidentes effectiveness eficácia highways road safety rodovias segurança viária travessias urbanas urban crossings accidents

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