Road safety in the Spanish crosstown roads under a territorial approach
- Carretera Magazine No. 228 - January / April 2020
Begona GUIRAO ABAD
Profesora Titular de Universidad
Departamento de Ingeniería del Transporte, Territorio y Urbanismo
ETSI Caminos, Canales y Puertos - UPM
Natalia CASADO SANZ
Ingeniero de Caminos, Canales y Puertos. Investigador pre-doctoral
Departamento de Ingeniería del Transporte, Territorio y Urbanismo
ETSI Caminos, Canales y Puertos - UPM
Jose Maria PARDILLO MAYORA
Profesor Titular de Universidad
Departamento de Ingeniería del Transporte, Territorio y Urbanismo
ETSI Caminos, Canales y Puertos - UPM
Juan Gallego Medina
Profesor Titular de Universidad
Departamento de Ingeniería del Transporte, Territorio y Urbanismo
ETSI Caminos, Canales y Puertos - UPM
Ana María RODRÍGUEZ ALLOZA
Profesora Ayudante Doctor
Departamento de Ingeniería Civil: Construcción, Infraestructura y Transporte
ETS de Ingeniería Civil - UPM
ABSTRACT
This article analyzes safety rates of the Spanish crosstown roads during the period 2006-2015 and shows the difficulties of incorporating territorial and socioeconomic factors, as indicators to study the potential risk of this type of road. This type of roads, in which the “barrier effects” (community severance) manifest themselves in their maximum expression, are usually associated with small populations and rural environments with an aging population; and in Spain, they have suffered a rebound in accidents in recent years. Using as sample of the 1.405 accidents (with fatalities and serious injuries) occurred in the Spanish crosstown roads in the period 2006-2015, and segmenting the crossings with a latent cluster model, the authors highlight the importance of considering territorial and socioeconomic indicators, together with the infrastructure and traffic variables, when analyzing the safety risk of this type of road.
KEYWORDS
Road safety, Crosstown roads, Territorial effects, Barrier effects, Accidents, Pedestrian, Pedestrian impact
