Description: Despite the overall progress that is being made by the national road authorities in improving road safety, work zone accidents in Europe remain common. In order to increase safety for road workers and road users the Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (Aus
Despite the overall progress that is being made by the national road authorities in improving road safety, work zone accidents in Europe remain common.
In order to increase safety for road workers and road users the Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (Austria), Lund University (Sweden) and Vias institute (Belgium) have been commissioned by the European platform for cooperation between national road authorities, CEDR , to develop practical recommendations for accident prevention, as well as tools and checklists for road safety inspections and audits.
The main aim of IRIS ( I ncursion R eduction to I ncrease S afety in road work zones) is to share best-practices on traffic management at work zones with national road authorities in Europe for short, medium and long term road works. This outcome is available as...