| Why some road safety problems are more difficult to solve than others. | |
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PMID: 20441817 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Some road safety problems have persisted for a long time in nearly all motorised countries, suggesting that they are not easily solved. This paper documents the persistence over time of five such problems: the high risk of accidents involving young drivers; the high risk of injury run by unprotected road users; risks attributable to incompatibility between different types of vehicles and groups of road users; differences in risk between different types of traffic environment and speeding. A taxonomy of road safety problems is developed in order to identify characteristics of problems that can make them difficult to solve. It is argued that if a problem is not perceived as a problem, is attributable to a misguided confidence in road user rationality, involves social dilemmas, or is closely related to the physics of impacts then it is likely to be difficult to solve. Problems to which biological factors contribute are also likely to be difficult to solve. The characteristics that can make a problem difficult to solve are to some extent present for all the five problems shown to be persistent in this paper. |
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Authors:
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Rune Elvik |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-01-08 |
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Title: Accident; analysis and prevention Volume: 42 ISSN: 1879-2057 ISO Abbreviation: Accid Anal Prev Publication Date: 2010 Jul |
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Created Date: 2010-05-05 Completed Date: 2010-09-14 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1254476 Medline TA: Accid Anal Prev Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1089-96 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Institute of Transport Economics, Gaustadalléen, Oslo, Norway. re@toi.no |
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Accident Prevention
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statistics & numerical data* Accidents, Traffic / prevention & control*, statistics & numerical data* Adolescent Age Factors Automobile Driving Environment Design Female Humans Male Motor Vehicles Protective Devices / utilization Risk Factors Risk-Taking Wounds and Injuries / epidemiology*, prevention & control Young Adult |
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