Application of iRAP methodology and ViDA-iRAP software on a section of highway in Mexico

Injuries caused by traffic accidents in the world have become in recent decades a growing public health problem worldwide that demand immediate attention. The iRAP methodology (International Road Assessment Programme) presents the possibility of a safety assessment that the users have within the roa...

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Autores: Hurtado Beltrán, M.I. Antonio, Serna Rodríguez, Ing. Margarita, Chávez Cárdenas, M.I. Julio Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/16062
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/vial/article/view/16062
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:iRAP
ViDA-iRAP
Countermeasures
Road Safety
Traffic
Road
Vehicle
User
Contramedidas
Seguridad Vial
Tránsito
Vialidad
Vehículo
Usuario
Descripción
Sumario:Injuries caused by traffic accidents in the world have become in recent decades a growing public health problem worldwide that demand immediate attention. The iRAP methodology (International Road Assessment Programme) presents the possibility of a safety assessment that the users have within the road networks with the goal to establish measures to reduce the large number of deaths and serious injuries that currently occurring in the developing countries. This paper shows the application of the program iRAP and the newly developed software tool ViDA-iRAP, to define “countermeasures” of road safety to be implemented on a path of high specifications of the main road network in Mexico, considering for the analysis and results sections of 100 m in length.