1ST WESTMINSTER LECTURE OF TRANSPORT SAFETY - TRANSPORT SAFETY: EUROPEAN CO-OPERATION FOR THE 90S

This lecture on transport safety is given by the Secretary General of the European Conference of Ministers for Transport (ECMT). Statistics are given on the number of deaths as a result of a road accident in the 19 Full Members of ECMT. The number of fatalities per million inhabitants was lowest in the UK, Norway and Netherlands. The lecturer rejects the argument that the problem of tackling the lack of safety on the roads is that measures interfere with the freedom of mobility. He questions why an accident in the air or on the railways is news whilst road accidents have ceased to be newsworthy. He calls for changes in human behaviour and improved law enforcement. The role of politics in promoting and improving road safety is discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  PARLIAMENTARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TRANSPORT SAFETY (PACTS)

  ST THOMAS' HOSPITAL
  LAMBETH PALACE ROAD, LONDON  United Kingdom  SE1 7EH
• Authors:
  • TERLOUW, J
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Policy; Prevention; Safety; Statistics
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 8034: Europe; 173: Policy; 1665: Safety; 6555: Statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00973361
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: May 6 2004 12:00AM