Roundabouts Improve the Safety of Intersections

DOI

10.2991/hsmet-17.2017.172How to use a DOI?

Keywords

roundabout; safety; crash

Abstract

Roundabouts are generally safer than other forms of intersection in terms of aggregate crash statistics for low and medium traffic capacity conditions. This paper compared to values results injury crash rates roundabouts in different countries, Findings of these studies show a reduction in crashes by eliminating or altering conflict types after building a roundabout. at last, author offer optimum roundabout safety design notes.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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