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In road safety management, an accident blackspot is a place where road traffic accidents have historically been concentrated. It may have occurred for a variety of reasons, such as a sharp drop or corner in a straight road, so oncoming traffic is concealed, a hidden junction on a fast road, poor or concealed warning signs at a cross-roads. For some decades treatment of accident blackspots (e.g. by signage, speed restrictions, improving sightlines, straightening bends, or speed cameras) was a mainstay of road safety policy, but current thinking has it that the benefits of these interventions are often overstated. Effects such as regression to the mean,〔UCL and PA Consulting Group for Department for Transport (UK national safety camera programme - Four-year evaluation report December 2005 ) Appendix H describes the effects of RTM〕 risk compensation and accident migration combine to reduce the overall benefit. In some cases it has been claimed that the end result is an ''increase'' in overall casualties. In one notable experiment, a number of accident blackspots were "treated" with a null treatment—placement of a garden gnome, according to some reports. Accident rates at these points were found to have decreased significantly in the following period, a finding which is taken as clear evidence supporting the theory of regression to the mean. ==See also== * Black Spot Program 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「accident blackspot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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