SAFETRAM: Passive safety of tramways for Europe

• Unité de recherche: PCRD EU
• Numéro de projet: 00.0269
• Titre du projet anglais: SAFETRAM: Passive safety of tramways for Europe

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Crashworthiness; Strassenbahn; Aluminium. Environmental Protection; Safety; Transport

Autre Numéro de projet (Anglais)

EU project number: GRD1-2001-00492

Programme de recherche (Anglais)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.3 Land transport and marine technologies

Description succincte (Anglais)

See abstract

Partenaires et organisations internationales (Anglais)

Coordinator: Adtranz (P)

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

Tramway is an increasing accepted mode of urban passenger transport. Present levels of active safety are being achieved mainly through active systems such as signalling and high performance braking systems. However, accidents involving tramways continue to occur, which result in injuries to drivers, passengers, pedestrians and road vehicle occupants. SAFETRAM addresses precisely the problem of tramway passive safety, which includes all structural and interior design rules that contribute to a safe environment for occupants during crash events. Passive safety has been applied currently and successfully in the automotive industry and, more recently, it is being implemented in trains. Addressing an entirely new European problem, SAFETRAM proposes to develop the correspondent rules for tramways, a passenger guided transport system operating in a complex environment of mixed traffic.

Références bases de données (Anglais)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 00.0269