CHILDREN AND ROAD TRAFFIC IN SWEDEN

This report presents briefly the state-of-the-art in Sweden of accident risks in road traffic for children. Measures are suggested to improve the situation including information, education, responsibility of school authorities and parents. Traffic environment and children in cars are two issues discussed. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Svenska Institutet

  Box 7434
  Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Heugard, G
• Publication Date: 1983-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.
• Serial:
  • Current Sweden
  • Issue Number: 298
  • Publisher: Svenska Institutet

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adults; Children; Crash rates; Education; Hazards; Manual safety belts; Passive restraint systems; Personality; Prevention; Publicity; Risk assessment; Safety; School children; Schools; State of the art reports; State of the art studies; Traffic safety; Traffic safety education
• Uncontrolled Terms: Child safety; Responsibilities; Responsibility
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 1747: Adult; 1758: Child; 2284: Education; 1466: Passive safety system; 8573: Publicity; 2264: Responsibility; 101: School; 8588: State of the art report; 8109: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00380005
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM