Road Safety: Concepts & Management

Question 1

What is the major desired transport outcomes?

Answer 1

• Safer transport to support safer communities
• Efficient and effective transport
• Environmental conservation

Question 2

What is an externality?

Answer 2

An impact on a party that is not directly involved in the transaction
>Something that impacts other
(note.. robbie is a great person.. and noted in his notes, that we should take note of this question, as it will be on the exam.)

Question 3

What is the major contributing factor to crashes?

Answer 3

Human factors.

Question 4

What is the purpose of Haddon’s matrix?

Answer 4

Provides an analysis framework.

Identifies all components that impact a crash.. if we take out one component.. it will stop the crash from occuring

Question 5

What are the methods of calculating crash costs?

Answer 5

1. Human capital

2. Willingness to pay

Question 6

What is human capital?

Answer 6

Elements that cost us in a crash.

e.g. health, injury costs, expenses of death

Question 7

What is willingness to pay?

Answer 7

How much you’re willing to pay to avoid being killed

Question 8

What is the road safety strategy?

Answer 8

Exposure control: reduce travel, safer forms
Crash prevention: road design, vehicle design
Injury control: safety equipment
Behaviour: enforcement, education
Post-injury: emergency response

Question 9

What is Safety Engineering Mindset?

Answer 9

Safety is a trade-off for mobility

Question 10

What are the principles for safe design?

Answer 10

• Match road design to purpose
• Make separate provisions for incompatible forms of road use
• Minimise conflict points and reduce probability of collision
• Manage for crash severity
• Speed management

Question 11

Is it becoming easier or harder to reduce the no. road deaths?

Answer 11

It’s becoming harder and harder to make improvements