Compact Roundabout Design Evaluation

Funded under the Road Safety Innovation Fund (2021-2023) by the Australian government, this project confirmed the effectiveness of the intersection safety treatment (specifically, the compact roundabout design) in achieving road safety objectives.

Its smaller footprint also resulted in significantly less construction costs, allowing for further improvements at greater scale.

Assessing effectiveness within a short time with NearMiss not only enabled immediate planning of future roundabout deployments. It also optimised ongoing budget allocation.

As a result of this project, NTRO and Real Time Traffic were awarded a National Transport Research Award for Research Industry Partnership.

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Key Data Metrics

Near Miss

Vehicle Speed

Vehicle Volume

Vehicle Classification

Vehicle Approach Position

Vehicle Angles

Kinetic Energy

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