A new approach to cross-sector cooperation in road safety through a comparison of policies in selected countries

Statistics from the databases of various countries and international organizations show that road accident rates and fatalities have fallen since the 1970s. With demographic changes taking place in many developed countries, however, accident and accident-risk patterns have changed in the last two decades. This study aims to introduce a new approach to cross-sector cooperation with the hope of making road safety more holistic and sustainable. The authors compare the road safety policies of three selected countries based on various categories, using a simple quantitative method. The results show some fragmentation within the policies, illustrating the need for a new road safety approach. The effort to reduce road traffic accidents by 50% by the year 2020 has also increased the pressure on stakeholders to meet this goal. This paper's contribution toward the 2020 goal lies in its recommendation of a new approach to road safety that will enlighten stakeholders on probable missing links in road safety.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iatssr.2018.08.001
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0386111218300736
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  • © 2018 International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences. Production and hosting by Elsevier Ltd. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Mwebesa, Murungi Elizabeth
  • Yoh, Kento
  • Inoi, Hiroto
  • Doi, Kenji
• Publication Date: 2018-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 197-206
• Serial:
  • IATSS Research
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0386-1112
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03861112
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooperation; Highway law; Highway safety; Political factors; Social factors; Traffic crashes; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: Germany; Japan; Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Highways; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01681410
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 2018 4:37PM