There is a trend in modern society to build roundabouts. The main reason that can be found is because of the safety benefits a roundabout has compared to other intersections. The safety benefit does however not include all perspectives, it has been noted in different studies that the cyclists have many accidents when the intersection is a roundabout. How can a roundabout be more safe for cyclists and other unprotected road users, that is the question this paper focuses on. This paper also focuses on the decision making when it comes to roundabouts. When it comes to safety the most important decisions is how the roundabout is designed. There are nine interviews that have been important for the method of this paper, those interviews have been with people that have different roles in the decision making for the design of a roundabout. The result of these interviews is that the safest way to protect cyclists and pedestrians from traffic is to make sure they never cross paths, this is usually done with tunnels underneath the road. When it is not possible to make tunnels and the unprotected road users have to pass the traffic, then raised crossroads is the best way to protect because of the lowered speed on traffic. This paper also takes up the perspective of road workers and the importance of maintenance of the roads.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hh-48110 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Larsson, Wilma |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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