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Urban roads have to meet a wide variety of requirements. On the one hand, they have to be capable of handling the required volume of motor traffic. On the other, urban roads are also used by non-motorized road users and people with limited mobility. Urban roads therefore have to allow everyone, from small children to the aged, to get around on foot or by bicycle or car.

Urban roads
10.01.2023

Eva­lua­tion of speed moni­to­ring mea­su­res
Urban roads
10.01.2023

Eva­lua­tion of speed moni­to­ring mea­su­res
Fixed speed came­ras are very effec­tive in redu­cing acci­dents. That is one of the fin­dings of a new study by the Ger­man Insu­rers Acci­dent Rese­arch.
Cyclist pro­tec­tion
04.11.2022

Acci­dents bet­ween cars and cyclists in dri­ve­ways
Cyclist pro­tec­tion
04.11.2022

Acci­dents bet­ween cars and cyclists in dri­ve­ways
Are acci­dents bet­ween cars and cyclists in dri­ve­ways sup­po­sedly unim­port­ant? In order to inves­ti­gate this ques­tion, the Ger­man Insu­rers Acci­dent Rese­arch has exami­ned acci­dents of this type as part of a study.
Urban roads
09.07.2020

Acci­dent risk of par­king for pede­strians and cyclists
Urban roads
09.07.2020

Acci­dent risk of par­king for pede­strians and cyclists
On ave­rage, dri­vers in Ger­many under­take a total of over 100 mil­lion jour­neys a day by car. Acci­dents invol­ving other road users can occur both during the par­king manoeu­vre and when the occu­pants of the vehicle get in or out.
Urban roads
27.06.2018

Remo­val of the obli­ga­tion of use for cycle paths
Urban roads
27.06.2018

Remo­val of the obli­ga­tion of use for cycle paths
Several chan­ges in the road traf­fic regu­la­ti­ons, the asso­cia­ted admi­nis­tra­tive regu­la­ti­ons and rele­vant court rulings have led to a fur­ther remo­val of the obli­ga­tion of use for cycle paths. In a rese­arch pro­ject of the Insu­rers Acci­dent Rese­arch...
Urban roads
22.09.2016

Cycling roads and one-way streets
Urban roads
22.09.2016

Cycling roads and one-way streets
The Ger­man Insu­rers Acci­dent Rese­arch (UDV) car­ried out a rese­arch pro­ject on the traf­fic safety of cycling roads and one-way streets with per­mit­ted con­tra­flow bicy­cle traf­fic.
Urban roads
10.12.2015

Road safety in traf­fic-cal­ming zones
Urban roads
10.12.2015

Road safety in traf­fic-cal­ming zones
Traf­fic-cal­ming zones (some­ti­mes refer­red to as "living streets"), iden­ti­fied by road sign num­ber 325 in accor­dance with the Ger­man Road Traf­fic Regu­la­ti­ons (StVO), were intro­du­ced in Ger­many in 1980.
Urban roads
16.05.2013

Impro­ving road safety in Müns­ter
Urban roads
16.05.2013

Impro­ving road safety in Müns­ter
A pilot pro­ject on sys­te­ma­tic acci­dent ana­ly­sis in local aut­ho­ri­ties.
Urban roads
16.05.2013

New bro­chure: sha­red space and safety
Urban roads
16.05.2013

New bro­chure: sha­red space and safety
A new bro­chure brought out by the UDV (Ger­man Insu­rers Acci­dent Rese­arch) indi­ca­tes what fac­tors should be taken into account when imple­men­ting sha­red space sche­mes on roads in order to ensure road safety for all road users.
Urban roads
16.05.2013

Sha­red space – a new design phi­lo­so­phy for inner cities?
Urban roads
16.05.2013

Sha­red space – a new design phi­lo­so­phy for inner cities?
For some years, in Ger­many as well as in other Euro­pean coun­tries, there has been an intense pro­fes­sio­nal, public and poli­ti­cal dis­cus­sion on the ques­tion whe­ther the so-cal­led sha­red space prin­ci­ple may con­tri­bute to impro­ving traf­fic...