ENTR602-23S1 (C) Semester One 2023

Road Safety Improvement

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2023
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 May 2023

Description

Impact on society; safe systems; data analysis and interpretation; hazardous location identification; problem diagnosis; treatment options; treatment selection; economic appraisal; evaluation.

The University of Canterbury is pleased to offer a short course on Road Safety Improvement in the first semester of 2023.

This postgraduate course (ENTR602: Road Safety Improvement) will cover:
• Road safety issues and initiatives globally and in New Zealand
• Safe systems principles
• Strategies for crash reduction and prevention
• Different ways to measure “safety” and road safety trends
• Statistical modelling and analysis of crash data
• Identification, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of hazardous locations
• Effects on safety of human, vehicle and road environment factors
• Common industry tools and practices for assessing road safety issues

At the end of the course, participants will be expected to:
• Understand the safety implications of road planning/design decisions
• Be familiar with common statistical techniques for crash analysis
• Be able to assess the relative safety of various traffic situations
• Demonstrate the ability to identify, diagnose and treat typical road safety problems.

The course will be taught by:
• Emeritus Professor Alan Nicholson, University of Canterbury (Course Coordinator)
• Dr Shane Turner, Abley Ltd (Adjunct Senior Fellow, University of Canterbury)
• Dr Glen Koorey, ViaStrada Ltd (Adjunct Senior Fellow, University of Canterbury)

This course will be delivered in two 2-day blocks (Thu 23rd – Fri 24th February and Thu 23rd – Fri 24th March) at the University of Canterbury campus (Ilam, Christchurch). On-line participation can be arranged. The course will also feature calculation assignments, a crash investigation case study, and a final exam.

The course will benefit industry professionals and practitioners involved in road safety but with little formal training in the area. The course can be undertaken as a one-off paper or as part of a postgraduate qualification.

For any queries or further details about this course, please contact Prof Nicholson:
• Email: Alan.Nicholson@canterbury.ac.nz (put “ENTR602” at start of email subject line)

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Programme Director

Equivalent Courses

ENTR607

Course Coordinator

Alan Nicholson

Lecturers

Shane Turner and Glen Koorey

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,164.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .

All ENTR602 Occurrences

  • ENTR602-23S1 (C) Semester One 2023
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