Work Package 5 : Guidelines and codes of practice
Work Package 5 brings together the results from different studies conducted
in WP 2 to 4. These results will be employed to draft easy-to-use guidelines
including:
- A document providing an overview of the supporting data system as
outlined in WP 2, providing a specification of the data requirements,
describing a uniform methodology to collect road geometric data and
traffic volumes, and providing insight into the use of the various
data (sources) in analyses.
The document will also describe methodologies
for data acquisition (sampling and inference methods, calculation of
sample sizes to gain statistically significant results, computation
of AADT from short-term observations etc.) and this will be based on
the results from the foregoing activities, including a review of the
literature sources. The outcome will be a documented data requirement
specification which will form the basis for drafting the guidelines
and specifications document.
- A document containing guidelines for developing and applying evaluation
tools in road infrastructure safety management, with a focus on APMs
for European road authorities. This document will be a state of the
art outlining all aspects related to the development, application and
future of such tools. The document brings together the knowledge and
experience of various countries and presents a common approach for
evaluating the effects of road safety engineering measures and treatments.
Additionally, possible research opportunities resulting from this work
will be identified and recommendations regarding the future direction
of evaluation tools such as APMs and their application will be made and
submitted to the Programme Executive Board.