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Tags: road | serious | fatal | traffic | transport | injuri | swedish | death
Reducing Road Traffic Crashes and Fatalities Stockholm Environment Institute University of York
Reducing Road Traffic Crashes and Fatalities Stockholm Environment Institute University of York
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Source: Statham, D., 2004, Review of progress towards the 2010 targets, in Department for Transport, 2004, Road Casualties Great Britain 2003 290,607 All 253,39Slight 33,707 Serious 3,508 Fatal 2003 How many road fatalities are there in Britain? In 2003 3,508 people were killed on Britain’s roads
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2003 60% of deaths and serious injuries on roads in Britain occur in built up areas 83% of child road deaths and serious injuries occur in built up areas Urban areas
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572 pedestrians were killed on Britain’s roads 6,742 pedestrians were seriously injured 461 Car/taxi drivers/passengers were killed 6,843 Car/taxi drivers/passengers were seriously injured Source: Statham, D., 2004, Review of progress towards the 2010 targets, in Department for Transport, 2004, Road Casualties Great Britain 2003 Urban areas
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How do we compare to other countries? Source: Statham, D., 2004, Review of progress towards the 2010 targets, in Department for Transport, 2004, Road Casualties Great Britain 2003
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Typical reductions in deaths and serious injury Fixed speed cameras - 51% (Source: PA Consulting and UCL, 2004, The national safety camera programme, three year evaluation report) 20 mph zones -57% (children -60%) (Source: Transport for London Street Management, 2003, London Road Safety Unit Research Report No. 2, Review of 20mph Zones in London Boroughs) Projected reduction from speed limiters -48% (Source: Carsten, O, 2002, Intelligent Speed Adaptation, Memorandum by the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds to the Transport, Local Government and the Regions Select Committee Inquiry, Road Traffic Speed) Effect of measures on traffic fatalities and serious injuries
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In October 199the Swedish parliament adopted a "vision zero" approach to road safety. This involves a commitment to reduce fatalities and serious injuries to zero. The Swedish government set a first phase target of 400 deaths and 3,700 serious injuries for the year 2000 and a further target for 200of 270 deaths or 50% of the 1996 total. Swedish approach to road traffic fatalities
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Vision Zero is based on the ethical imperative that: "It can never be ethically acceptable that people are killed or seriously injured when moving within the road system" (Tingvall and Haworth, 1999) Swedish approach to road traffic fatalities
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Accidents have to be prevented from leading to fatalities and serious injuries by designing roads, vehicles and transport services in a way that someone can tolerate the violence of an accident without being killed or seriously injured. Swedish approach to road traffic fatalities
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Vision Zero strategic principles:
The traffic system has to adapt to take better account of the needs, mistakes and vulnerabilities of road users. The level of violence that the human body can tolerate without being killed or seriously injured forms the basic parameter in the design of the road transport system. Vehicle speed is the most important regulating factor for safe road traffic. It should be determined by the technical standard of both roads and vehicles so as not to exceed the level of violence that the human body can tolerate. Swedish approach to road traffic fatalities
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What are your views on Road Safety Policy in the UK and Sweden? Discussion
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What do you think about the Swedish Vision Zero policy ? Questions for Discussion 1
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Questions for Discussion 2 What is an acceptable level of deaths from car crashes in the UK ?
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What do you think are the main ways that "we" can intervene to bring down the number of deaths ? Questions for Discussion 3
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UK government policy on road safety aims to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured by 40% by 2010 (compared to 1995) Is this as good as Vision Zero, or better or worse ? Questions for Discussion 4
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