Road infrastructure safety assessment using the integrated method - case study DN2.

Abstract

This study aims to practically test, identify vulnerabilities and analyses the limits of working tools for assessing road network safety and validate the integrated method proposed by the European Commission in the context of different technical classes of national roads in Romania. The research aims to adapt, convert, and transform the calculation values of the formulas of the proactive evaluation tool to the values used by national norms for road design and construction. 2 evaluation parameters are analysed, which represent the width of the traffic lane, respectively the widths and type of shoulders. On the other hand, the study is a tool for analysing road infrastructure safety, for efficiently allocating resources and for prioritising specific road safety inspections on the most dangerous sections of roads. The case study is the comparison of the results obtained from the safety assessment of DN 2 road infrastructure, both by the proposed test method and by the method adopted by the European Commission following Member States’ comments.