Module Catalogue 2024/25

Pre Requisite Comment

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Co Requisite Comment

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Aims

To provide the techniques to analyse data and prepare programmes to reduce collision by providing a better human/vehicle/road environment. This module also develops understanding of policy and practice in the key areas of road safety management, collision analysis and prevention and road safety audit techniques.

Outline Of Syllabus

Part A: Road safety Policy
1. To understand the scale and nature of the road collision problem in the UK and how it compares internationally; road safety responsibilities; definition of road collision; and collision causation.
2. How road safety fits within national and local transport policy.
3. How to manage the safety process, urban and rural road safety management, road safety research and recent road safety developments.

Part B: Collision Investigation and Prevention
1. How road collision happen and are recorded.
2. Collision data, storing of collision data, the use of collision data, and interpreting collision data.
3. Selecting and prioritising locations for investigation, statistical analysis of collision, in depth analysis of individual locations, defining the road collision problem, difference between site and route analysis, area wide road safety schemes, options for treating collision problems, monitoring the effectiveness of measures and estimating collision savings and economic benefits.

Part C: Road Safety Audits
1. What is the Road safety Audit procedure, and what are aims and objectives, roles and responsibility; history of road safety audit, road safety audit and design standards, road safety audit tasks, various stages of safety audits; common identifiable problems.
2. How to structure a road safety audit report, identify common problems.
3. Case studies and site visit; what to look for on site visits

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

Students will become aware of key issues in road safety policy, techniques for collision analysis and prevention and road safety audit procedures.

Intended Skill Outcomes

To be able to help in the preparation of Road Safety plans.
To be able to contribute to the design of road safety schemes.
To be able to evaluate schemes by cost/benefit analysis
To contribute to educational and publicity material relating to road safety.

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Specialist knowledge, understanding and skills are primarily imparted via lectures, supported by practical group work, case studies and site visits. Students are encouraged and expected to learn through independent reading and reflection which is supported by an extensive list of relevant literature. Observations and discussions during the site visit to a road safety scheme helps reinforce the lecture and reading material.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The specialist skills, knowledge and understanding imparted during this module are assessed by means of an unseen written exam and a single item of group coursework (proposing road safety measures at an identifiable casualty hotspot). The examination paper employs a range of approaches in order to accurately assess student abilities. These may include essay, calculation, data interpretation and multi-part questions.

General Notes

Offered as a block module 3x2 days with external delegates.