CANADIAN EXPERIENCE IN TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT

KANADSKO ISKUSTVO U PODIZANJU BEZBEDNOSTI SAOBRACAJA

A description of the programme and of the effects of the first five-year practical usage of this programme (1974-9) for improved road traffic safety is presented. The number of fatalities has decreased by 33% which is double the anticipated 15%. The aim of the programme was to recommend a wider usage of safety belts, more severe legislative measures for intoxicated drivers, elimination of obstacles from roads, introduction of standards for lorries and buses, more severe vehicle technical check-ups, more ample education of drivers and greater involvement of traffic police. Based on the prognosis of the federal and regional government representatives regarding the possible application of some new counter-measures, six operational plans and the required costs were made ready. The plan which presupposes a 17% decrease of fatalities to 1983 and which includes the use of safety belts to 80%, the decrease of unsafe driving, introduction of traffic safety education in schools, stimulation of a more efficient distribution of funds for legislative measures to be taken, further improvements of roads and increase in pedestrian safety has been accepted. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Zbornik--Medjunarodna Konferencija o Bezbednosti Saobracaja na Putevima.
• Corporate Authors:

  Savjet Republickih i Pokrajinskih Organ za Puteve

  Titova 64
  Ljubljana, Slovenia,   Yugoslavia 
• Authors:
  • WILSON, C S
• Publication Date: 1981-10

Language

• Serbian

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 76-108
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Savjet Republickih i Pokrajinskih Organ za Puteve
  • Publisher: Savjet Republickih i Pokrajinskih Organ za Puteve

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Countermeasures; Crash rates; Driver training; Economic efficiency; Fatalities; Hazards; Improvements; Inspection; Manual safety belts; Measures of effectiveness; Motor vehicles; Obstructions (Navigation); Pedestrians; Planning; Police traffic services; Prevention; Recommendations; Safety; Standardization; Traffic law enforcement; Traffic safety; Traffic safety education; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Use
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 8018: Canada; 9009: Decrease; 1571: Driver training; 5911: Efficiency; 1602: Fatality; 9108: Improvement; 1236: Lorry; 1644: Obstacle; 1733: Pedestrian; 143: Planning; 1522: Police; 1665: Safety; 1476: Safety belt; 177: Specifications; 9075: Standardization; 9084: Use; 1575: Vehicle inspection
• Subject Areas: Economics; Education and Training; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00373544
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1983 12:00AM