An analysis of road accidents caused by the current road infrastructure in Romania
The scientific paper presents in a concrete and elegant way an analysis of how the poor quality and insufficiency of the current road infrastructure in Romania negatively influences road safety. The existing road infrastructure in our country is built and developed on the basis of roads built in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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THOT Publishing House
2024-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Research and Innovation for Sustainable Society |
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| Online Access: | https://jriss.4ader.ro/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/5.-Gheorghe-Neamtu-Marinela-Inta-An-analysis-of-road-accidents-caused-by-the-current-road-infrastructure-in-Romania%E2%80%8B.pdf |
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| Summary: | The scientific paper presents in a concrete and elegant way an analysis of how the
poor quality and insufficiency of the current road infrastructure in Romania negatively
influences road safety. The existing road infrastructure in our country is built and developed on
the basis of roads built in the 1950s and 1960s, largely modernised, but still insufficient in
terms of high speed roads. Specialists in the field consider that average traffic speeds on the
existing road infrastructure at that time are largely influenced by a number of factors that are
exclusively related to it. A high density of localities and the roads that cross them, the
topography, the climate, traffic jams, the defective way of action of the authorities, sometimes
the lack of horizontal and vertical signalization, the obstacles encountered at every turn, the
non-conforming, undersized design or construction of traffic lanes and other elements of
infrastructure, current legislation with many interpretations, heavy, heterogeneous and
congested traffic, all of which make traffic participants unsafe and stressful and generate
serious road events or accidents, resulting in human casualties and significant material damage.
At national level, these are just a few of the most important issues negatively affecting
infrastructure. In order to remove these negative, nonconforming aspects, which do not add
value to the modern society it serves, it is imperative that major investments are undertaken in
a relatively short time to develop a modern, sustainable and durable road infrastructure. In this
way, those interested can find out the current state of research in the field, as well as data and
figures on the number of road accident fatalities caused by the poor state of road infrastructure
in Romania. The road safety management carried out on the current road infrastructure and the
degree of sustainability provided by the authorities is then presented. At the end of the paper,
conclusions in the field are presented. |
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| ISSN: | 2668-0416 |