TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - How to measure road traffic safety? - 1st part JO - Silniční obzor A1 - Ambros, Jiri SP - 78 EP - 81 VL - 73 IS - 3 N2 - In order to be able to manage road safety effectively, safety needs to be quantified. The paper deals with possibilities of measuring road safety. It shows a number of road safety indicators and compares them on the example of relationship between road section width and safety. The most used indicator is accident rate, its applicability is thus discussed. In conclusion a rough draft of the safety performance function is shown and recommended.

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LA - en SN - 0322-7154 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -