A REVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND CURRENT ISSUES IN ROAD SAFETY

This paper describes the economic impact of road accidents in developed and developing countries, and the difficulties associated with obtaining precise estimates of the costs of accidents. It is argued that a comprehensive strategy for accident reduction and prevention is required in order to have a substantial effect on the large social costs of accidents. After describing the essential ingredients of such a strategy, the attention shifts to three major issues confronting those involved in accident reduction and prevention work; how to identify the most appropriate type of accident reduction and prevention plan, how to identify unduly hazardous locations, and how to estimate the effectiveness of treatment. In particular, indices of accident clustering, regression-to-the-mean, accident migration and risk compensation are discussed.(A)

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine

  Huddinge University Hospital Center, Traffic Medicine Center
  Stockholm,   Sweden  141 86
• Authors:
  • Nicholson, A J
  • Jadaan, K S
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 13-22
• Serial:
  • Journal of traffic medicine
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3-4
  • Publisher: International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine
  • ISSN: 0345-5564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crashes; Economic factors; Economics; Evaluation and assessment; Planning; Prevention; Safety; Transportation
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1661: Accident prevention; 224: Cost; 263: Economics of transport; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 143: Planning
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00606770
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM