“In Canada, about 30 per cent of all traffic crashes happen at or near intersections, and they cause serious injuries and even death.”
A University of Saskatchewan graduate student is on a mission to make Saskatchewan roads safer for pedestrians and drivers.College of Engineering master’s student Shaheli Senanayake’s project takes a unique approach to road safety research. It offers an original perspective that focuses on what Saskatchewan’s best-performing intersections are doing right to help improve safety.
Senanayake will study about 200 intersections in Saskatoon and Regina over a three-year period. She will analyze things such as the geometric design of the intersections, and how safety features such as a protected left turn lane or a channelized lane are used effectively in intersections with low collision rates.Thanks for signing up!The next issue of Afternoon Headlines will soon be in your inbox.
The expertise of her research supervisor, Dr. Emanuele Sacchi , an associate professor in the Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering at the U of S, along with intersection data collected from satellite images and local traffic accident data, will help Senanayake analyze which geometric elements of intersections appear to make them low-collision sites.
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