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iv2splus INFONET Verkehrsinfrastruktur, VIF2011 MANEUVER Verkehrsinfrastruktur Entwicklung von MAssnahmen zur Vermeidung von FehlverhalteN an EisenbahnkreUzungen mit Hilfe der VERkehrspsychologie VIF2011 The objective of the project is to develop cost-effective measures (education, awareness-raising, roadside infrastructure) with the help of experts and road traffic participants to reduce misdemeanour at level crossings. Traffic psychological research methods will be adopted. Project coordination A systematic overview of misdemeanour and its causes (depending on the level crossing safety system) is the basis for the development and evaluation of safety measures in expert panels and focus groups. The result of the project is an Austrian-specific manual with validated measures. In addition, a performance profile for a mobile detection tool is developed to measure misdemeanour on specific level crossings. KFV - Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit Mag. Eva Aigner-Breuss Tel.: +43-5-77077-1242 E-Mail: [email protected] Project partners Level crossing accidents are not in the public eye because of their frequency, but because of their severity: In 2010, 51 road users were injured and 13 killed in 62 traffic accidents. The risk of a fatal accident on level crossings is 12 times higher than on other roads. The vast majority of these accidents are caused by misdemeanour of road traffic participants. Only full barriers can significantly reduce the risk of accidents. Due to the associated high financial AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH D.I. Christian Stefan and technical costs, there is a need for cost effective alternative solutions that complement the existing level crossing safety systems. Methods used in traffic psychology will help to develop such additional safety measures tailored to the specific level crossing safety system. Technische Universität Graz - Institut für Fahrzeugsicherheit (Member of Frank Stronach Institute) Dr. Ernst Tomasch As a first step, an overview of level crossing accidents and their causes with focus on misdemeanour of road traffic participants will be given. Existing national and international safety measures (education, awareness raising and roadside infrastructure) will be taken into account. In an interdisciplinary expert workshop those with the highest potential will be identified. In the next step, misdemeanour and safety measures at level crossings will be discussed in focus groups (selected road traffic participants from different regions in Austria). Each focus group will deal with a group of level crossing safety systems, due to the fact that both the behaviour and the activities vary depending on the category of level crossing. Results of the group discussions led by traffic psychologists are a) a causal, Austrian-specific model for misdemeanour at railway crossings and b) a compilation of promising safety measures. Tel.: 43-316-873-30313 E-Mail: [email protected] Tel.: +43-050-550-6329 E-Mail: [email protected] The actual potential of the collected measures will be determined in simulations with an accident reconstruction programme. The previous results will be analysed and specified in an additional workshop. Outcome of the project is an Austrian-specific manual of measures focusing on concrete measures with broad applicability along all dimensions of road safety activities (education, awareness raising and roadside infrastructure). In addition, the findings will be incorporated in a performance profile for a mobile behaviour recording tool which can be used at specific level crossings. Quelle: iV2plus Vernetzungsplattform der FFG (www.ffg.at/verkehr) und des Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie (BMVIT), Abteilung Mobilitäts- und Verkehrstechnologien (Abt. III/I4) Page1/1