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Kornelija Ratkevičiūtė
, Vilma Jasiūnienė,
Harri Peltola
Identification of high accident concentration sections
on the Lithuanian roads of national significance
| Conference Information: |
9th International Conference on Environmental
Engineering, MAY 22-24, 2014 Vilnius, LITHUANIA |
| Source: |
ICEE-2014 - International Conference on Environmental
Engineering |
| Book Series: |
International Conference on Environmental Engineering
(ICEE) Selected papers |
| ISSN: |
ISSN 2029-7092 online |
| ISBN: |
978-609-457-640-9 / 978-609-457-690-4 CD |
| Year: |
2014 |
| Publisher: |
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press Technika |
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Abstract
In recent years, safety improvement measures on the roads of Lithuania have been implemented mainly at the pre-determined black spots.
Although the road safety situation since 2008 has improved and the number of black spots is decreasing year by year, most of the
identified black spots are formed once again. Seeking for accident prevention and not waiting until accidents occur and the black spot is
formed, it is necessary to use accident prediction models and to implement safety improvement measures on the potentially dangerous
road sections, thus, preventing the formation of new high accident concentration sections. The paper describes how to identify high
accident concentration sections on roads using accident prediction models and the critical value of predicted accidents. All high accident
concentration sections on Lithuanian roads of national significance were studied during the research. The list of the most hazardous road
sections is given in this paper.
Keywords:road safety; homogenous road groups; accident prediction models; high accident concentration section; critical value.
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