Analysis of the Characters and Strategies of Road Transportation Safety in the Cold Region of China

This paper focuses on the situation in the cold region of China where the transportation safety management of road is passive and negative, the coordination between managements is poor, and the efficiency of emergency rescue is low in snow-icing weather. It also analyzes the characters of road transportation safety in snow-icing weather, and summarizes the national and foreign disposal strategies to deal with snow-icing traffic. Then three effective strategies that can reduce the impact on road transportation safety by snow-icing weather have been received, including the provision of information, traffic control, and dealing with the snow-icing. The paper also discusses the effect of each strategy from the perspective of road maintenance managers, emergency managers, traffic managers, and road users. It will be helpful to improve the operations of road transportation safety in snow-icing weather in the cold region of China.