Grant: Canada Research Chairs
University of British Columbia
$200,000.00
Road Safety
FY 2021-22
Summary
Traffic crashes result in approximately 1,900 fatalities and 165,000 injuries on Canadian roads each year. Presenting an ethical and practical dilemma, current reactive road safety management practices rely on fatalities and injuries to accrue in order to identify unsafe locations to remedy. This research will transform road safety management using advanced computer technology with behavioral econometrics to assess road safety based on observed vehicle trajectories, conflicts and risk indicators. Significant progress can be realized once safety professionals shift their focus from fixing existing safety problems to plan and design roads that will be problem-free, resulting in a safer road system.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2018-00309
Name nom
Sayed, Tarek
Department département
Civil Engineering - The University of British Columbia
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2021
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
1000
Research subject group en
Civil engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie civil
Research subject en
Civil engineering
Research subject fr
Génie civil
Installment
inst:4-1
Partie
1
Nb partie
4
Application title
Road Safety
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Traffic crashes result in approximately 1,900 fatalities and 165,000 injuries on Canadian roads each year. Presenting an ethical and practical dilemma, current reactive road safety management practices rely on fatalities and injuries to accrue in order to identify unsafe locations to remedy. This research will transform road safety management using advanced computer technology with behavioral econometrics to assess road safety based on observed vehicle trajectories, conflicts and risk indicators. Significant progress can be realized once safety professionals shift their focus from fixing existing safety problems to plan and design roads that will be problem-free, resulting in a safer road system.
