BLACK SPOT INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIAL MEASURES IMPRESSED BARBARA SABEY - BUT MORE TO DO

This article reports on a presentation to the Dec 1988 meeting of the New Zealand nrb by barbara sabey, former head of the transport and road research road safety division. She was impressed by accident investigation procedures in New Zealand, but said that the time had come to introduce further techniques and "develop a more global study to gain a better overall picture". Advice that she gave for the improvement of road safety included the following: (1) have adequate manpower resources made available for safety; (2) expand the number and size of accident units; (3) provide information and special training on road accidents; (4) monitor and evaluate the effects of improvements, using good statistical expertise; (5) in each locality, place statutory responsibility for road safety on the local body; (6) market to the public any changes to the road system, such as new roundabouts and how they should be used; (7) in schools, provide "a structural education from the cradle to the grave" about road safety; and (8) put effort into improving driver behaviour now,and in the future.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Roads Board

  Box 12-446
  Wellington North,   New Zealand 
• Publication Date: 1989-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 3-4
• Serial:
  • ROAD WAY
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Education; Improvements; Prevention; Safety; Travelers
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 2284: Education; 9108: Improvement; 1755: Road user; 1665: Safety
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498657
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM