Research on Road Traffic Safety Planning Theory 

Turner 

School of Civil Engineering, Central State University of New York, California, 94203, America 

Abstract: In order to improve the level of traffic safety management and put forward the way to the basic idea of traffic safety planning and development framework, refining the characteristics, from the strategic and tactical two aspects of the interpretation of the American traffic safety planning research context and the main results, summary of traffic safety planning research hot point and technical difficulties, combined with the present situation of road traffic safety in China proposed to effectively promote traffic safety planning in theory and practice to explore the countermeasures. The results show that: the traffic safety planning theory is the current international road transport industry and academia is the most cutting-edge research in one direc-tion, its consideration will take the initiative to safely throughout in traffic system construction and operation of the whole process, emphasizing from macro planning level to micro design in the safety level of forecast-ing and planning, is expected to bring traditional method of transportation planning and traffic safety engi-neering and management method of two-way innovation. 

Keywords: Traffic engineering; Traffic safety planning; Review; Accident prediction model