ROADS AND CARS : PLANNING FOR GREATER SAFETY
Traffic safety arises from attention to three major components of the system : the people who use it, the vehicles, and the environment. Experience to date shows that, at least in the short term, it is easier and more effective to seek improvements in vehicle and environmental design than it is to bring about changes in human behaviour. Vehicle and environmental design and management can be controlled with two outcomes in mind : one, limitation of the rate at which crashes occur; and the other, limitation of the effects of these crashes. Particularly successful in recent years have been environmental changes to cut crash rates, and vehicular changes to ameliorate the effects of crash forces. /Author/TRRL/
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Corporate Authors:
Australian Physiotherapy Association
GPO, Box 560F
Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia -
Authors:
- HENDERSON, J M
- Publication Date: 1977-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: 13 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobiles; Children; Conferences; Crash rates; Design; Environment; Highway design; Highway safety; Highway transportation; Human factors; Legislation; Manual safety belts; Prevention; Safety; Standards; Support poles; Transportation planning; Vehicle components; Vehicle design; Vehicles
- Uncontrolled Terms: Use
- ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 1758: Child; 1354: Components of the vehicle; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 2455: Environment; 2855: Highway design; 1556: Legislation; 3312: Pole; 1665: Safety; 1476: Safety belt; 187: Specification (standard); 9084: Use
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00165692
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM