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    This 3-credit course covers accident analysis and prevention, including diagnosing and addressing accident black spots through road safety audits. The course has three main learning outcomes: 1) describing accident data, 2) diagnosing accident blackspots and countermeasures, and 3) understanding legal requirements, audit methods and producing audit reports. Topics include traffic accident problems, safety approaches, accident data collection and analysis, road safety audit requirements and methods, and the audit framework and stages. Assessment is based on coursework and a final exam, with attendance of at least 85% required to sit for the exam.

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    This 3-credit course covers accident analysis and prevention, including diagnosing and addressing accident black spots through road safety audits. The course has three main learning outcomes: 1) describing accident data, 2) diagnosing accident blackspots and countermeasures, and 3) understanding legal requirements, audit methods and producing audit reports. Topics include traffic accident problems, safety approaches, accident data collection and analysis, road safety audit requirements and methods, and the audit framework and stages. Assessment is based on coursework and a final exam, with attendance of at least 85% required to sit for the exam.

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    ECV 5601

    Accident Analysis & Prevention (3+0)

    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Law Teik Hua

    (Traffic & Road Safety Engineering)

    Unit of Highway & Traffic Engineering


    Dept. of Civil Engineering
    Faculty of Engineering, UPM

    Road Safety Research Centre (RSRC)


    Faculty of Engineering, UPM
    Course Synopsis

    This course covers the diagnosis & measures


    to overcome accident black-spots problems
    & the implementation of road safety audit
    THREE Learning Outcomes
    1. Describe accident data

    2. Build accident blackspots diagnosis & its


    countermeasures

    3. Discriminate legal requirements, audit


    methods, frameworks, stages & road
    safety audit reports
    Topics
    1. Traffic Accident Problems

    • scale & nature of accident problems


    • road safety organisations
    • national & international road safety index
    • accident contributory factors
    • human, vehicle & environment interactions
    2. Traffic Safety Approaches

    • exposure control
    • accident risk control / accident prevention
    • behavior modification
    • injury control
    • post-injury control management
    • planning actions to implement policy strategies
    • national policy initiatives
    3. Accident Data Collections & Recording System

    • accident reporting
    • types of accident forms
    • manual filing systems
    • computer record systems
    • source of data
    4. Accident Statistics

    • types of statistics
    • accident rates
    • statistical displays & their use
    • identifying high-accident locations
    • before-and-after accident analysis
    5. Accident Analysis

    • collision diagrams
    • conditions diagrams
    • interpretation of condition & collision diagrams
    • development of countermeasures
    6. Road Safety Audit Requirements & Methods

    • legal implications
    • how does road safety audit works
    • road safety audit methods
    • road safety audit practices
    7. Audit Framework

    • departments involved
    • audit position
    • audit level
    • audit documentation
    8. Stages of Audit

    • stage one audit


    • stage two audit
    • stage three audit
    • stage four audit
    • stage five audit
    Assessment:

    i) Courseworks
    (Test 1 & 2, Assignments) : 60%
    ii) Final Examination : 40%

    Total Assessment : 100%


    Attendance:

    If < 85% of scheduled class ?


    Not allowed to sit for final examination
    References
    Austroads Standards. (2006).
    Road Safety Audit. Sydney. Austroads Standards.
     
    Institute of Transport Engineers (2010).
    Neighbourhood Street Design Guidelines: An ITE Recommended Practice.
    Washington D.C: Institute of Transport Engineers.
    Institute of Transport Engineers. (2009).
    Traffic Engineering Handbook, (6th Edition). Washington D.C: Institute of
    Transport Engineers.
     
    The Institution of Highways and Transportation. (2008).
    Road Safety Audit. London: The Institution of Highways and
    Transportation.
     
    The Institution of Highways and Transportation. (2005). Guidelines for
    Urban Safety Management. London: The Institution of Highways and
    Transportation.
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