A TRAIL TO A SAFER COUNTRY: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO ROAD SAFETY POLICIES

In all countries of the world, people are trying to improve road safety. In road safety literature, however, there are many indications that road safety improvements are moving slowly. Several causes are given for this: (1) the political priority is relatively low; and (2) it is not well-known how, exactly, road safety should and could be improved. And sometimes there is quite some debate about policy instruments and possible countermeasures. This study focuses on the question whether and how countries can learn from each other how to improve road safety. The question relates to road safety policy in general, as well as the choice of (counter)measures to be taken. This is a study of the PIARC Committee on Road Safety (C13), Working Group 1: Safety Policy. This paper was presented and discussed during the XXIst World Road Congress, October 1999 in Kuala Lumpur. (A)

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

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• Authors:
  • MULDER, JAG
  • WEGMAN, FCM
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 25 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: R-99-38E

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Improvements; Policy; Safety; Traffic
• Identifier Terms: Permanent International Association of Road Congresses
• ITRD Terms: 9108: Improvement; 8310: PIARC; 173: Policy; 1665: Safety; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00790158
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 11 2000 12:00AM