Prioritization of Road Sections in Zurich for Safety Improvement Using Network Safety Management

Abstract

This thesis is a pilot-project with the goal to apply the Swiss rule SNR Network Safety Management (NSM) to the City of Zurich. The objective of this study was to explore the applicability of NSM in identifying safety hotspots in urban areas based on the infrastruc- ture potential. The results are divided into the categories of traffic-oriented roads, intersec- tions and residential areas. Further, a comparison of the results with and without property damage only was implemented to draw conclusions regarding the property damage only accidents. Additionally, an analysis including and excluding bicycles accidents was con- ducted. The comparison helped to identify the safety hotspots for the bicycle traffic.