Freight and delivery transport: Opportunities for road safety research; Overview of road safety, actors and policy issues in road transport.
Vracht- en bestelverkeer : mogelijkheden voor verkeersveiligheidsonderzoek : overzicht van verkeersveiligheid, actoren en beleidsissues in het wegtransport.
From a road safety perspective, this report discusses the most important actors and policy issues in the area of freight and delivery traffic and looks at the resulting opportunities for road safety research concerning freight and delivery traffic in years to come. Lorries and vans are together involved in just under a quarter of the number of fatalities in traffic. This involvement does not suggest which party caused the crash; this may be the transport vehicle or the crash opponent (e.g. passenger car, bicycle). Most casualties are among the crash opponents. Major crash causes are poor visibility and fatigue. As yet little is known about the road safety effect of bad tires, flat tires, wrong tire pressure and overloading. The transport sector is formed by actors such as transport companies, manufacturers, importers and dealers, industry associations, employers' and workers' organizations and the Ministry of infrastructure and the Environment. In addition, a number of other actors with specific tasks are active in the transport sector. First of all, these are the licensors, such as National and International Road Transport Organisation NIWO, quality management institute Kiwa, and municipalities and provinces. The Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) performs most of the supervisory tasks in the transport sector. The CCV Division (Contact Commission Competence) of the CBR (Dutch Driving Test Organisation) takes care of almost all examinations for truck drivers in the Netherlands and certifies the compulsory periodic training. Insurers offer the sector not only insurance against losses, but in some cases also develop initiatives to prevent the damage. Striking policy issues in the transport sector which provide starting points for road safety research are, for example, the difference in training between truck drivers and drivers of delivery vehicles. Similarly, the large number of submarkets in the transport sector (such as agricultural transport, transport of building materials, sea container transport, courier services) provide starting points due to possible differences in mobility, behaviour, exposure and risk in traffic. Furthermore, the transport sector expresses an interest in road safety combined with cost reduction and sustainability initiatives and in safety culture in transport companies. A research question is how these developments can be stimulated. There is also the question to which extent crashes involving freight and delivery vehicles are caused by bad tires, blowouts, wrong tire pressure or overloading. The well-known crash causes such as fatigue and visibility problems remain topical for further investigation. Finally, the changes in the labour market are an important policy issue in the transport sector that has much ground in common with road safety. Research can show the impact of labour market trends on road safety.
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Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid SWOV
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Authors:
- Bax, C A
- Goldenbeld, C
- Knapper, A
- Vaartjes, I
- Groot-Mesken, J de
- Publication Date: 2014
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 16 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Delivery vehicles; Drivers; Policy; Safety; Safety culture; Traffic
- Identifier Terms: Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid
- Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
- Geographic Terms: Netherlands
- ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1602: Fatality; 1236: Lorry
- Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01570426
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety, SWOV
- Report/Paper Numbers: R-2014-27
- Files: ITRD, SWOV
- Created Date: Jul 21 2015 9:41AM