WE COULD MOVE MORE SAFELY

TURVALLISEMMINKIN VOISIMME LIIKKUA

Road safety policy in Finland in the seventies was based on a programme suggested by the parliamentary traffic commission. The number of traffic fatalities declined by 50%. This success was mainly due to the adoption of speed limits at the time of the energy crisis. The worldwide shock caused by the energy crisis made these restrictive measures acceptable. Safety programmes for the 80's should take into account the increasing traffic volume and social and economic changes. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Finnish Road Association

  Vironkatu 6
  00170 Helsinki 17,   Finland 
• Authors:
  • Krootila, I
• Publication Date: 1983

Language

• Finnish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 146-149
• Serial:
  • TIE JA LIIKENNE
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Energy conservation; Fatalities; Highway safety; Policy; Safety; Socioeconomic factors; Speed limits; Traffic volume
• Geographic Terms: Finland
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 212: Energy conservation; 1602: Fatality; 8035: Finland; 173: Policy; 1665: Safety; 624: Speed limit
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379265
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM