Print Email Facebook Twitter Wrong-way driving Title Wrong-way driving Author Brevoord, G.A. Corporate name Rijkswaterstaat Date 1984-01-01 Abstract The study begins with an analysis of wrong-way driving. It is not known how common this phenomenon is in the Netherlands. There was no nation-wide system of collecting information on either incidents or accidents involving wrong-way driving. To gain an insight into the phenomenon, a list of fatal accidents caused by head-on collisions on motorways from 1968 to 1980 was compiled. The number of fatal accidents involving wrong-way drivers fluctuates between 1 and 3 per year, the only significant departure from this pattern occurring in 1977. If the 1977 figure is ignored, fatal accidents involving wrong-way drivers average 2.2 per year and thus account for just over 0.02% of all motorway accidents, which is a very small percentage in relative terms. A comparison with other countries shows that the situation in the Netherlands is comparatively favourable. A description of motorway design and potential problem areas is followed by a discussion of information obtained from the available literature, all published in the USA and West Germany. The study then considers supplementary measures which may reduce the incidence of wrong-way driving, with specific reference to roads. Finally, a selection of these supplementary measures is proposed on the basis of a global analysis of cost effectiveness and other factors. These measures are: - a special inspection of junctions with motorways with a view to preventing wrong-way driving; - the placing of two 'no entry' signs, each surmounting a sign reading GO BACK, on motorway exit roads facing potential wrong-way drivers, and were taken by the Public Works Department during the latter half of 1980. These supplementary measures have been successful, the number of accidents involving wrong-way drivers having fallen substantially. The same is unfortunately not (yet) true of the number of fatal accidents. Subject accidentsmeasuresroads Classification TPL00 To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4add970e-a7ff-4ba5-8cba-6c84791655fe Publisher Rijkswaterstaat, DWW Source Rijkswaterstaat Communications no. 36 Part of collection Hydraulic Engineering Reports Document type report Rights (c) 1984 Rijkswaterstaat Files PDF 36-Wrong-way-driving.pdf 5.55 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:4add970e-a7ff-4ba5-8cba-6c84791655fe/datastream/OBJ/view