LOOKING FOR PROBLEM AREAS IN TRAFFIC SAFETY

OP VERKENNING NAAR PROBLEEMGEBIEDEN BIJ DE VERKEERSVEILIGHEID

The start of the multi year plan for traffic safety in which the middle long term policy in the Netherlands will be presented, is described. One of the first points of attention was to determine the main problem areas in traffic safety. The method used to determine these problem areas is dealt with. Problem areas are considered to be those parts of the whole problem for which special attention is required in policy planning or for more research, such as some age categories of road users and transport mode. The lack of traffic safety is described by mean of indicators. In this decision model the starting point was that the indicators (numbers of victims, risk and the relationship between injury severity in collisions with non-equal road users) play a role in determining the priority which is to be given. With this method the following main problem areas have been determined: (1) young moped riders (15-20 years) in conflict with cars, (2) young car drivers (18-25 years), (3) cyclists and pedestrians of 65 years and older, (4) cyclists (6-18 years), and (5) pedestrians younger than 12 years old in conflict with cars. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Authors:
  • WEGMAN, FCM
  • BLOKPOEL, A
• Publication Date: 1985

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 80 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Aged; Children; Cyclists; Decision making; Drivers; Moped drivers; Pedestrians; Planning; Policy; Problem solving; Strategic planning; Teenage drivers; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00466193
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: R-85-19
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM