TRAFFIC SAFETY POLICY OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES

GEMEENTELIJK VERKEERSVEILIGHEID BELEID

Each city has to deal with the lack of traffic safety; insecurity in traffic is a severe social burden with 2000 fatalities and 60000 injured road users per year. The prevention and limitation of accidents and the treatment of injuries should be the concern of local authorities, and fear due to lack of traffic safety is a subject of care to public authorities. The battle against lack of safety in traffic is an aspect which connects many fields in local policies, e.g., town planning, traffic education in schools, traffic management schemes, reconstruction and redivision of residential areas, resurfacing and first aid to traffic victims. The aim of this publication is to assist local authorities in their approach, and in particular to study which activities can be developed in the field of traffic safety, using rules already existing and procedures on organizational and financial means. Many examples of implemented measures are presented. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Vereniging Van Nederlandse Gemeenten

  P.O. Box 30435
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Van Alphen, HJM
  • Beijen, L
  • Brummelkamp, R N
  • EDDES, W
  • KWAKERNAAK, M
  • Renssen, E
  • WEGMAN, FCM
• Publication Date: 1982

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 120 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bikeways; City planning; First aid; Highway traffic control; Layout; Local government; Local government agencies; Networks; Planning; Policy; Prevention; Road construction; Roads; Safety; Traffic; Traffic control; Traffic engineering; Traffic flow; Traffic safety; Traffic safety education; Transportation policy; Travelers; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 2722: Cycle track; 2885: Layout; 192: Local authority; 8078: Netherlands; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 3665: Road construction; 1053: Road network; 1755: Road user; 1665: Safety; 755: Traffic; 654: Traffic control; 655: Traffic engineering; 671: Traffic flow; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00376055
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 90322264689
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1983 12:00AM