Effect of the Road Environment on Road Safety in Poland

Budzyński, Marcin; Jamroz, Kazimierz; Antoniuk, Marcin

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/245/4/042065

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“…Some studies related to mobility and orientation [16][17][18][19] claim that the mobility does not only regard a person's moving from one place to another, but it is also necessary to know where that person currently is, where want to go and what resources can use to reach final destination. When a visual impaired person acquires supporting information, can realise move in a better way because there are more inputs available [20]; these include some known properties of the environment [21] which can more or less help to identify these places. Thanks to knowing the characteristics and abilities of the spatial identification of the visual impaired it is possible to predict their behaviour in outer spaces [15] using various techniques that help to understand their way of orientation in open places more precisely.…”

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An Interactive Model Based on a Mobile Application and Augmented Reality as a Tool to Support Safe and Efficient Mobility of People with Visual Limitations in Sustainable Urban Environments

2021

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An increasing availability and reliability of open-source geographical resources, options in design of mobile applications together with smartphones of a high quality, featuring top cameras and number of sensors, bring us an extraordinary opportunity to provide the visually impaired people with relevant and comprehensible information on their vicinity, and thus to improve their mobility in a sustainable environment. The paper presents an interactive tool based on a mobile application created for mobile devices with Android operation system, and on using the augmented reality. It is a tool to support safe and efficient mobility of blind people and people with severe visual limitations in a sustainable urban environment. The essential benefit from using this tool lies in preventing risky, possibly dangerous and hardly accessible places. The first part briefly presents the problem of the visually impaired including the forms of the visual impairment, personal and economic costs for the entire society and the importance of improving the mobility of this group of people. The second part of the paper introduces the current state of the problem being solved as well as some basic tools which were developed to bring the surrounding environment closer to the visually impaired. Further, the process of the mobile application development is described. The application is meant to indicate information on places where the visually impaired users of the application are present while walking in an external environment (including the distance to their destination); the pilot testing of the application by a selected groups of the visually impaired is introduced, too.

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An Interactive Model Based on a Mobile Application and Augmented Reality as a Tool to Support Safe and Efficient Mobility of People with Visual Limitations in Sustainable Urban Environments

2021

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“…Last year, Poland achieved a significant positive impact in that field, representing a satisfactory average level of safety of vulnerable road users [2]. However, vision zero has still not been achieved [3]. To prevent traffic hazards, road infrastructure inspections and audits were carried out [4].…”

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Exploring the Feasibility of Autonomous Lighting Systems for Pedestrian Crossings in Off-Grid Areas

Tomczuk,

Chrzanowicz

2024

Applied Sciences

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A properly designed and manufactured autonomous lighting system has an impact on reducing the amount of conflicts between pedestrians and drivers. For pedestrian crossings located outside of urban areas, one of the utilized solutions is PV installations with an electrochemical energy storage bank. So, the question should be asked: is it possible to maintain proper energy and lighting parameters throughout the year? This depends on the technical parameters of the installation, insolation, operating time, and the number and power of lighting luminaires directly prescribed by formal regulations. The purpose of this article is to present a method for evaluating the performance of a lighting installation at isolated pedestrian crossings based on annual power generation data obtained from a photovoltaic installation. This article presents lighting requirements for pedestrian crossing lighting. Based on the developed five lighting scenarios and energy calculations, year-round operation was simulated. Problems and risks that may affect the availability and performance of the lighting system were introduced. Directions for further research on the application of photovoltaic installations in road infrastructure were identified.

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“…When road restraint systems such as safety barriers with end-terminals or crash cushions are analysed for their applicability, the number one principle is to design roadsides that do not require such devices [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ]. Hence the terms ‘safety zone’ or ‘clear zone’ which implies zones clear of obstacles that may lead to serious injury or fatality accidents [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ]. This approach fits in with the idea of ‘forgiving roads’ [ 2 , 3 , 20 ].…”

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Assessing Roadside Hybrid Energy Absorbers Using the Example of SafeEnd

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A combination of crash cushion and end-terminal, hybrid energy absorbing devices have been in use worldwide for a few years already. They include SafeEnd, a system Poland has recently introduced. Some road authorities have raised concerns as regards the operating conditions of the devices and how they work together with safety barriers. The objective of this research is to clarify the concerns and answer the following questions: (1) Can SafeEnd devices be used as hybrid devices and combine the roles of end-terminal and crash cushion placed before an obstacle? (2) What should be the rules for installing crash cushions at diverging roads and at the start of an off-ramp? The article presents characteristics of SafeEnd devices, defines the doubts raised by road safety auditors, discusses the results of field and numerical tests of the devices and explains the design principles for interchange ramps where crash cushions are required. The study results have helped to answer the research questions: SafeEnd devices fulfil the role of end-terminal and crash cushion, it is possible to make them more visible and principles have been defined for how the devices should be used at road interchanges. Further research should help to define general principles of deploying road restraint systems such as crashworthy terminals, crash cushions or hybrid devices.

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Effect of the Road Environment on Road Safety in Poland

Cited by 10 publications

References 2 publications

An Interactive Model Based on a Mobile Application and Augmented Reality as a Tool to Support Safe and Efficient Mobility of People with Visual Limitations in Sustainable Urban Environments

An Interactive Model Based on a Mobile Application and Augmented Reality as a Tool to Support Safe and Efficient Mobility of People with Visual Limitations in Sustainable Urban Environments

Exploring the Feasibility of Autonomous Lighting Systems for Pedestrian Crossings in Off-Grid Areas

Assessing Roadside Hybrid Energy Absorbers Using the Example of SafeEnd

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