Designing Safer Roads to combat driver errors – rural crashes (2013)

Research and analysis
The aim of this research was to consider driver behaviour including driver error and deliberate unsafe behaviour in rural areas and then identify counter-measures to address this.
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Road safety benefit:
The research provided an overview of driver error crashes and potential counter-measures. Many countermeasures were identified in the literature to address driver error in WA along remote and regional areas, including -

  • Perceptual countermeasures such as transverse lines and wide centreline marking.
  • Physical measures such as rumble strips and increased lighting.
  • Lane widening and edge marking.
  • Dynamic speed alert signs and speed reductions.
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