Analysis of accidents involving streetcars

Accidents between streetcars and pedestrians or cyclists are very rare. However, when an accident does occur, the consequences are often very serious.

Previous research has shown that the majority of such accidents occur at crossing points. For the design of crossing points, standards have been defined as to which safety measures (e.g. push barriers in a Z arrangement, traffic lights, etc.) must be implemented at which hazard level. Among other things, this raises the question of whether safety measures that are considered safer are really objectively safer.

With the help of accident analyses and observational studies, traffic accident research at the MHH will help to answer the question regarding the objective safety of crossing point equipment.

Contact: Heiko Johannsen