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Course Catalog 01/02


Environmental Engineering

SBT016 Traffic Safety 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Quarter II

LANGUAGE:English/Swedish

EXAMINER
Lars Leden Adj prof


PREREQUISITES
SBT008

COURSE AIM
The course will give a deepened understanding in how to analyse traffic safety problems and suggest measures to reduce risk, and to give a better knowledge in traffic safety theory.

CONTENTS
Traffic accidents and traffic safety. Risk compensation. Basic probability models. How to estimate safety. Before- and after studies. A Bayesian approach. Different forecasting models are explored. Effects of different traffic safety measures.

TEACHING
The instruction consists of lectures, seminars and exercis. All of them are compulsory. Parts of suitable literature will be handed out for self-instruction.

EXAMINATION
To pass the course the student has to attend 80% of the lectures, seminars and exercises, to pass a written test and to pass oral and written accountings of project work.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, 3,4,5

ITEMS/CREDITS
Required assignment 1.50ECTS
Project work 4.50ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Hauer, Ezra: Observational before - after studies in road safety. Estimating the effect of highway and traffic engineering measures on road safety. Pergamon 1997.

REMARKS
Other literature will be established later.

Further information: International Office

Valid for the academic year 01/02.

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