Last modified: 2017-09-07
Abstract
In order to reduce accident rate on roads and streets more and more various road safety measures are being imple-mented each year. Nevertheless, road safety problem exists in most countries. For example, even though accident rate in Lith-uania was almost halved (6372 to 3161 yearly accidents) from years 2004 to 2015, fatality rate is still quite high – 8.3 per100000 people. New regulations, approved in 2008, dictate the need of carrying out road safety audits and road safety inspec-tions for all road and street design projects. This paper presents most common road design errors and methods of fixing thoseerrors based on Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Road Research Institute road safety auditors’ experience from years2011 to 2016. Most common safety problems are organized and presented in groups ordered by their importance. Recommen-dations on how to improve road safety audit and inspection procedures in the future are formulated, as well as suggestions onimproving road project design stage by taking most common flaw priority into consideration.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/enviro.2017.150