The influence of road surface condition on traffic safety and ride comfort

Abstract

During the most recent years VTI has carried out research within a project called The impact of road surface on traffic on commission by the Swedish National Road Administration (SNRA). Several studies have been carried out within the main project in order to determine the impact of road surface condition on vehicle speed, traffic safety, ride comfort, fuel consumption and noise properties. Two separate studies on traffic safety and ride comfort are presented in this paper