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The Motorway Achievement: Volume 1: The British Motorway System: Visualisation, Policy andAdministration
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Peter Baldwin, KCB, MA, FKC, FCIT, Hon.FIHT, CIMgt, FRSA
Peter Baldwin, KCB, MA, FKC, FCIT, Hon.FIHT, CIMgt, FRSA
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Robert Baldwin, BA, MLitt, MRIN, FLS
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Emerald Publishing Limited
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1680/tmatbmsvaa.31968
ISBN print:
978-0-7277-4973-4
Publication date:
2004
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Chapter 16 - Safety research at the Transport Research Laboratory

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D. M. Colwill, OBE, BSc, FIHT, MIAT, FInstPet
D. M. Colwill, OBE, BSc, FIHT, MIAT, FInstPet
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Transport and Road Research Laboratory
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D. M. Colwill, OBE, BSc, FIHT, MIAT, FInstPet
Worshipful Company of Paviours
Transport and Road Research Laboratory
Doi:
https://doi.org/10.1680/tmatbmsvaa.31968.0016
  • Published:
    2004

  • Origins of safety work at the Roads Research Laboratory

  • Early international research engagements

  • Statistics of relative safety on classes of road

  • Design issues

  • Alignment

  • Maintenance Operations

  • The Road Surface

  • Spray

  • Speed limits

  • Hard shoulders

  • Police observation platforms

  • Rumble strips

  • Crash barriers

  • Lighting

  • Traffic Signs

  • Conclusions

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