Category Archives: Safety

ITS Applications for Improving Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users

Posted on June 8, 2016 by nradmin
The VRUITS project (Improving the Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users through ITS Applications), co-funded by the European Commission, investigated how safety and mobility of Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) can be improved through Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), and provided...

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Palm Distribution of Road Conditions and its Application in Incident Risk Analysis

Posted on March 1, 2016 by nradmin
Traffic accidents can be caused by different factors. By analysing these factors a method for incident risk management can be developed. This method can be used by traffic management centres to proactively reduce traffic incidents. In two previous studies a method to apply the Palm distribution...

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Fatigue a Problem in the Transport Sector

Posted on March 1, 2016 by nradmin
29 per cent of a sample of Norwegian transport operators report at least one episode of sleeping or nodding off while operating in the course of a three-month period. Based on retrospective ratings of the most recent operating period, alertness is found to decrease rapidly towards the final hour of...

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The Handbook of Road Safety Measures – Now in Portuguese

Posted on December 7, 2015 by nradmin
The newest edition of the “Handbook of Road Safety Measures” has been published in Portuguese and was released during the “Second Global High Level Conference on Road Safety” in Brazil on November 17, 2015. The Institute of Transport Economics in Norway has written the Handbook of Road...

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RS5C Will Be Held in May 2016

Posted on December 7, 2015 by nradmin
VTI is organising the international traffic safety conference “Road Safety on Five Continents (RS5C)”, which will run from 17 to 19 May 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The last conference, RS4C, was held in China in 2013. Interest in presenting at the Rio conference is greater than ever, and...

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Major Test: What to Think About When Choosing Winter Tyres

Posted on December 7, 2015 by nradmin
A major debate is underway as to which winter tyres are best, studded or non-studded. But there is more to making a decision as a consumer than just that question. On ice and snow, non-studded tyres made for Nordic conditions differ greatly from those produced for Central European conditions....

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Increased Licensing Age for Light Motorcycles?

Posted on December 7, 2015 by nradmin
Increasing the age limit in Norway for obtaining a light motorcycle driver’s licence from 16 to 18 years is expected to result in a considerable reduction in crash involvement among 16- and 17-year-old riders of powered two-wheelers and three- or four-wheeled mopeds. For crashes resulting in...

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Serious Traffic Accidents Involving Cyclists – Analysis of Road Accidents in Iceland, 2011-2013

Posted on September 14, 2015 by nradmin
Over the past few years cycling has become an increasingly popular way to commute in Iceland. This article summarizes a deep analysis of road accidents involving serious injuries among cyclists during the period 2011-2013. This analysis is based on official registration of bicycle accidents from...

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Less-sharp Guardrails Can Save Motorcyclists

Posted on September 14, 2015 by nradmin
Crash tests involving motorcycles and guardrails have been conducted in Sweden for the first time. The results are striking – motorcyclists can look forward to safer guardrails, as demonstrated by four crash tests that the Folksam insurance company has funded at the VTI crash safety...

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New Test Method for Bicycle Tyres Shows the Benefits of Studded Tyres

Posted on September 1, 2015 by nradmin
Traffic safety during cycling is as timely as it is important. Several cycling-related research projects are underway at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), and one group of researchers recently developed a method for testing the grip of various bicycle tyres on ice....

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