DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD SAFETY ASSESSMENT SOFTWARE

Abstract

The purposes of this work are creation  database about the physical conditions of some Egyptian highways and developing software to implement the database for road safety, analysis and maintenance. Roads physical conditions are examined and each condition's percentage impact on road safety is allocated. Applications of Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System technique for collecting the field data of the road physical conditions and constitution of the database are explained. The development and capabilities of the Road Safety Assessment (RSA) software are presented. The results of case study show that the software provides great deal of flexibility in generating essential data in the form of digital maps and reports for road safety and maintenance studies. RSA Software is a powerful tool for transportation and tourist companies and provides an affordable tool to researchers in universities and academic centers. To increase the efficiency of the developed software, three methodologies are suggested.

Keywords: highway safety, RTK GPS, road physical properties, road safety factors, GIS