Accident prevention measures update (2001-2002)

This issue of Current Topics includes over 80 abstracts of reports, conference papers, books and journal articles that focus on some of the many worldwide measures now in force to protect the safety of road users. They include a range of safety engineering measures including safety fences, self-illuminating road studs and skid resistant surfacing, data analysis to identify hazardous locations, collision avoidance technology within and outside the car, and highway design at junctions and level crossings. Accident prevention measures for pedestrians are also covered. These items have been selected from the material added to the TRL Library Database between 2001 and 2002. Much of the relevant English language published literature from the UK, USA, Australia and Europe is included; some of the non-UK literature is included courtesy of the OECD International Transport Research Documentation