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Valid for year : 2011
 
TNK109 Road Safety Audit and Information Technology Systems, 6 ECTS credits.
/Road Safety Audit and Information Technology Systems/

For:   ITS  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 72
Rec. self-study hours: 88

  Area of Education: Technology

Main field of studies: Transportation Systems Engineering

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
Road Safety Audit (RSA) is an increasing method worldwide to reduce road accidents and improve safety level in infrastructure engineering for all road users. Use of information technology and database analysis is an important part of the methodology. The aim of the course is to provide students with the basic theoretical and practical knowledge about RSA and its applications. After completion of the course the student will be able to:
  • Identify common traffic safety problems.
  • Understand how to structure a RSA report and use checklists easily.
  • Review several traffic softwares or techniques that have been used (partly or fully) in analysing road accidents.
  • Carry out road safety audit inspection as a member of a RSA team.
  • Perform a case study and site visit based on a developed checklist for a target group of road users.
  • Determine and motivate on what road safety problems to investigate on site visits.
  • Set up RSA activity plan, recommendations and writing a RSA report.


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Basic knowledge of traffic safety required.

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Organisation:
The course includes lectures, group works and field study, which will be presented in writing and orally. The main used learning method in the course is Problem-based learning (PBL), which leads students to work in small groups.
Course contents:
The course is divided into two parts of which the first gives general theoretical overview to RSA, covering a range of topics:
  • International RSA Practice.
  • The principles and issues of road safety audit.
  • Stages of road safety audit.
  • The role and responsibility of the auditor/team.
  • Examples of good and bad road safety audit practice.
  • The role of ITS applications in road safety.
  • Before and after study techniques.
  • The Swedish Road Safety Conflict Technique.
  • How to use RSA checklist for each stage and write a final road safety audit report.
The second part is a practical project, which allows students teams to investigate the safety problems and possible countermeasures in one selected site (e.g. intersection or hazard location) around Campus (or in Norrköping City) on the basis of RSA checklists and guidelines, traffic flow and accidents statistics, target road users, drawings, sketches, photographs, literature, etc.

Course literature:
Materials will be handed out during the course. Electronic library available at the course homepage. One recommended book to read: Practical Road Safety Auditing, Steve Proctor & Phil Cook, Publisher: TMS Consultancy and Thomas. ISBN: 0-7277-2938-1.

Examination:
Written project work 1 (theory part) and Oral presentation
Written project work 2 (field local project) and Oral presentation
 3 ECTS
3 ECTS
 


Course language is English.
Department offering the course: ITN.
Director of Studies: Fredrik Persson
Examiner:
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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 03/21/2011