HOW FINLAND HALVED TRAFFIC FATALITIES ---PRE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 3RD IRF MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL MEETING. TOWARDS BETTER ROAD PERFORMANCE, RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, 13-18 FEBRUARY 1988. 6 VOLUMES.
In the seventies the trend in road traffic safety in Finland was exceptionally favourable. At the end of the decade the number of fatalities was only half of what it had been at the beginning of the period. In the international comparisons at the end of the seventies Finland was considered among the leading countries in road safety. The favourable trend was due to systematic work to enhance traffic safety. Among separate measures worth mentioning are e.g. The specially tailored speed-limit system, construction of pedestrian and bicycle paths, and an act which made the use of safety-belts compulsory on front-seats of cars. The decrease of the number of traffic fatalities stopped in the eighties. In order to resume the downward trend of the seventies a special 24-point programme was revised by the ministry of communications.(a) for the covering abstract of the proceedings see IRRD 817883.
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Authors:
- OJAJARVI, M
- Publication Date: 1988
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Media Info
- Pagination: p. 2.45-2.61
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- Publication of: International Road Federation
- Publisher: International Road Federation
- ISSN: 1022-954X
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bikeways; Conferences; Crash rates; Crashes; Fatalities; Legislation; Manual safety belts; Speed limits; Walkways
- Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Use
- Geographic Terms: Finland
- Subject Areas: Law; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00486919
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM