The virtuous circle - 16th Westminster Lecture - connecting public health and transport safety
This lecture considers: the impact of transport policy on physical activity and obesity; the capacity for rising obesity levels to threaten the ability of the NHS to perform its services; the sheer scale of the road traffic injury burden; the necessity to remove public and political anxieties about effective injury prevention measures; and the role of open and explicit experimental trials of road safety interventions in guiding policy development in tricky situations. Increasing public awareness of the high risk of injury resulting from vehicle accidents and of interventions to reduce injuries is considered important. The rigorous testing of injury prevention interventions in a manner that is both explicit and open is recommended. It is considered that the widespread adoption of acceptable and effective road safety initiatives would substantially reduce the scale of human suffering from road traffic collisions. The full text may be found on the internet at http://www.pacts.org.uk/research/The%20Virtuous%20Circle.pdf.
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Authors:
- LYONS, R
- Publication Date: 2005
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 16p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Children; Drivers; Economics; Hazards; Health; Injuries; Intoxication; Law enforcement; Police; Policy; Prevention; Safety; Transportation
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 9001: Behaviour; 1758: Child; 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 263: Economics of transport; 1534: Enforcement (law); 2144: Health; 2163: Injury; 1522: Police; 173: Policy; 9150: Risk; 1665: Safety; 8119: United Kingdom
- Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General); I15: Environment; I80: Accident Studies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01095460
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Apr 25 2008 9:25AM