Technical Liaison Committee
ACTIVE PROJECT
Canadian Guide to Applied Human Factors in Road Safety Engineering
Project Contact: Patrick Lalach
“It is well documented that the driver is the weak link in the vehicle-road-driver system, and that the majority of motor vehicle crashes are the result of, or have human error as a contributing factor. It is logical then, that significant improvements in Canadian road safety can only be made by developing strategies that address driver behaviour and performance.”
Excerpt from the draft in-progress “Canadian Guide to Applied Human Factors in Road Safety Engineering”
PROJECT SCOPE & OBJECTIVE
The scope of this project, advanced through the Road Safety Standing Committee (RSSC) of the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC), is to prepare a practical guide for the application of human factors to road design and traffic operations, integrated with explicit safety.
The Road Safety Standing Committee and its Canadian Road Safety Engineering Handbook (CRaSH) Subcommittee have identified the critical need for a human factors resource to support Canadian road practitioners and recommended that a stand-alone document be prepared to complement the existing and future TAC publications related to road safety, including:
- The Canadian Road Safety Engineering Handbook: Book 1: Road Safety Engineering Management Guide (2009)
- Book 2: The Canadian Road Safety Audit Guide (2001)
- Book 3: The Canadian Guide to In-service Road Safety Reviews (2004)
- Book 4: Rural Road Safety Engineering Guide (future document)
- Book 5: Urban Road Safety Engineering Guide (future document)
- Book 6: Speed Management Guide (future document)
- Book 7: Access Management Guide (future document)
- Book 8: Road Safety Engineering in Transportation Planning (future document)
The Canadian Guide to Applied Human Factors in Road Safety Engineering (as Book 9) would be used by highway designers, traffic engineers and other road safety practitioners in their work on various rural and urban environments.
PROJECT STATUS (as of December 2011)
Two proposals from consultants were received and reviewed in March 2011, with the contract being awarded on April 1, 2011. A Project Steering Committee (PSC) of 16 members has been developed and the kick-off meet was held during the TAC spring meetings in April 2011.
- Technical Memo 1 covering chapters 1 and 2 submitted June; reviewed by PSC in July.
- Technical Memo 2 covering chapters 3 thru 5 submitted in late August; reviewed by PSC in September.
- Technical Memo 3 covering chapters 6 thru 8 was submitted in November; reviewed by PSC in December 2011.
- Submission of chapters 9 thru 11 is expected by February 13, 2012, and the Final Draft submission is expected by March 23, 2012.
Presentation of the final report to PSC, RSSC and Chief Engineers Council (CEC) will be made during the TAC 2012 spring Technical Meetings in Ottawa, in April 2012. Final deliverables to TAC are expected in May 2012.
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