The Implementation of Road Accident Countermeasures in Sweden Barriers and Potentials

Even if the Scandinavian countries have low fatality rates in road traffic compared to most other countries, the number of fatalities and serious injuries is considered too high, and the authorities in the Scandinavian countries have made visions, plans and targets for the reduction of road accidents. In Sweden the Vision Zero , implying no road fatalities and no severe injuries as the long-term target was approved by the Parliament in 1997, and it has been the basis for Swedish road safety policy ever since. There is also a wealth of knowledge concerning effective accident countermeasures, responsible institutions with competent staff, and even money is available for road safety action to a certain extent. But the reduction in fatalities is slow, and the question remains why reduction is so slow? What are the barriers to implementation of more road accident countermeasures, and what is the potential for implementation of effective countermeasures? In order to understand the barriers and potentials for implementation of further road accident countermeasures in Sweden, the Swedish road safety efforts have been analyzed in a project carried out for the Swedish Road Administration.

• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95
• Authors:
  • Assum, Terje
  • Sorensen, Claus Hedegaard
• Conference:
  • Road Safety on Four Continents: 13th International Conference
  • Location: Warsaw , Poland
  • Date: 2005-10-5 to 2005-10-7
• Publication Date: 2005-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 6p
• Monograph Title: Road Safety on Four Continents, Warsaw, Poland, 5-7 October 2005, Conference Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casualties; Countermeasures; Crash injuries; Fatalities; Highway safety; Injury characteristics; Injury severity; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01090668
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 27 2008 10:25AM