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KTI Institute for Transport Sciences Non Profit Ltd. Road Safety and Traffic Engineering Division Head of Division: Prof. Dr. Péter Holló. MAIN TASKS – International Organizations: Representation of the Ministry of Transport, Telecommunication and Energy in international organizations.
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KTI Institute for Transport Sciences Non Profit Ltd. Road Safety and Traffic Engineering Division Head of Division: Prof. Dr. Péter Holló
MAIN TASKS – International Organizations: • Representation of the Ministry of Transport, Telecommunication and Energy in international organizations. • UNECE Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1) • Joint Transport Research Centre of the OECD and the International Transport Forum (OECD/OTF) • International Road and Traffic Accident Database (IRTAD) • Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes (FERSI) • World Road Association (PIARC) • Participation in EU R&D Framework Programmes: • RIPCORD-ISEREST, IN-SAFETY, SafetyNet, Improver, ROSE-25, SARTRE,Supreme, ROSEBUD
MAIN TASKS - Legislation • Scientific establishment of the decision-making process in the field of road safety • Preparation and implementation of tasks of the Ministry of Transport, Telecommunication and Energy in international organizations • Elaboration of technical and planning standards in the field of road safety and traffic engineering • Introduction of RSA in Hungary • Risk ranking of railway crossings • Technical guidelines, standards (roundabouts, railway crossings, traffic calming) • Introduction of automatic speed control and enforcement
MAIN TASKS – Analysis of traffic flows • Analyses based on traffic conflict techniques • RSA, RSI (Road safety audit, inspection) • Traffic counting and analysis • Safety improvement in roundabouts and railway crossings • Speed measurements and analyses • Analysis of overtaking processes
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON Change in the number of road accident fatalities (%) between 2001 and 2006
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON biggest improvement Target: 50% reduction in the number of road accident fatalities by the year 2010.
ONE OF THE BASIC MODELS The “power model” (G. Nilsson)
MAIN RESULTS Number of road accident fatalities outside built-up areas
THE EQUIPMENT • FÁMALASER II, laser speed and distance measurement device • MUVITAS, built-in speed and distance measurement device • video camera, column for observation from the high • VIVATRAFFIC, software for conflict evaluation • soft wares for traffic engineering analyses
The staff • Prof. Dr. Péter Holló - Head of Division Tel.: +36-1-371 5823 E-mail: hollo.peter@kti.hu Colleagues: • Tamás Berta, scientific assistant • Dr. Imre Büki, scientific counsellor • Mária Cseffalvay, scientific co-worker • Miklós Gábor, scientific co-worker • János Gyarmati, senior researcher • Erzsébet Hóz, senior researcher • Gábor Weidinger, scientific assistant