VULNERABLE ROAD USERS, SOCIETAL VALUES AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER AND STATUS - A CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS

The universality of vulnerability on the roads is discussed, using such diverse reference points as the concept of roads as public space and playgrounds, of the recent findings of deaths directly related to London smog, the newly documented link between youngsters' exposure to diesel fumes and lung disease later in life, and the universal role of norms in determining driving and road behavior, e.g., among young adult male drivers, cyclists and couriers. The significance of time horizons and lags in the context of universal vulnerability is then explored, (1) using longitudinal analysis of accident data, and (2) outlining the history of the slowly growing consciousness of the universal as well as local impact of road traffic emissions. A hierarchy of vulnerability among road users is developed, despite the above caveats, using accident data from Australia, Canada, the U.K., the Netherlands, Turkey and Israel.

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• Authors:
  • Lehrer, K
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the Conference: Road Safety in Europe and Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP)
  • Location: Prague, Czech Republic
  • Date: 1995-9-20 to 1995-9-22
• Publication Date: 1996-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: v.p.
• Serial:
  • VTI Conferens
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 0347-6049

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash data; Drivers; Pollutants; Research; Social factors; Young adults
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vulnerability
• Old TRIS Terms: Sociological factors
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00723265
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 4A, Part 2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 16 1996 12:00AM