possibilities for improving road safety of vulnerable road users on low volume roads

V magistrskem delu smo s pregledom domače in tuje literature na temo ranljivih udeležencev v prometu povzeli infrastrukturne ukrepe, s katerimi se izvaja varovanje le-teh. Obravnavali smo javno dostopno literaturo na področju Slovenije, Avstrije in Nizozemske, ki smo jo medsebojno primerjali. Na podlagi pridobljenih znanj, ki smo jih pridobili v času študija in tekom izvajanja pričujoče raziskave, ter lastne inovativnosti, smo podali idejne zasnove za infrastrukturne ukrepe za varovanje ranljivih udeležencev na maloprometnih cestah. Za predlagane ukrepe smo podali pogoje, predlagali načine izvedbe ukrepov, kakor tudi preučili prednosti in slabosti njihove implementacije. Pridobljena znanja in predlagane ukrepe smo preverili na praktičnem primeru lokalne maloprometne ceste, ki povezuje naselji Laporje in Križni Vrh z okoliškimi naselji. Odsek, ki poteka tako znotraj kot zunaj naselja, smo analizirali z vidika prometne varnosti, v sklopu katere smo opravili analizo prometnih nesreč, štetje prometa, skrite meritve hitrosti, popis horizontalne in vertikalne signalizacije, popis opreme, popis cestnih priključkov in izpostavili potencialne nevarnosti. Za analiziran odsek smo predlagali infrastrukturne rešitve za varovanje ranljivih udeležencev, ki smo jih grafično predstavili. Predlagane rešitve na obravnavanem odseku smo s pomočjo anketnega vprašalnika predstavili širši javnosti in jih povprašali po njihovem mnenju. Analiza odgovorov je pokazala, da uporabnikovo občutenje varnosti izboljšajo že nizkocenovni ukrepi, kot je ločitev površin z ločilno črto oziroma s povoznim robnikom. Najvišjo občutenje varnosti pa je bilo zabeleženo v primeru ločitve površin z ločilnim otokom.The thesis studies and reviews the domestic and foreign literature on already known infrastructure measures for protecting vulnerable road users. It summarizes and compares public available literature from Slovenia, Austria and the Netherlands. We present concepts for infrastructure measures to protect vulnerable road users on low volume roads, which are based on the knowledge that we have gained during studding, working on this research and our own innovations. For the proposed measures we provided conditions, suggest ways of implementations, as well as examining the advantages and disadvantages of implementing them. The obtained information and the proposed measures are verified on a case study of the local low volume road that connects settlements Laporje and Križni Vrh with the surrounding villages. We have analyzed traffic safety on a road section, which is located inside and outside the village. In this context we analysed traffic accidents, volume of traffic, hidden speed measurements, inventoried horizontal and vertical traffic signs, inventoried road infrastructure, inventoried number of access on the road and highlighted the potential dangers. For the analyzed section we proposed and graphically presented infrastructure measures for protecting the vulnerable users on it. We presented our project to the public with a questionnaire and asked them for their opinion on proposed safety measures. Analysis of the responses revealed that we can improve the user\u27s perception of safety with even some low-cost solutions such as separating the surfaces with a line or a curb. In relation to questionnaire responses the highest level of safety can be achieved by isolating the surfaces with an island