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原文传递 Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of Britain's road safety performance

题名：	Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of Britain's road safety performance
责任者：	B Lawton and C Fordham
关键词：	not available
学科分类：	交通运输安全
摘要：	There are fewer road deaths per head of the population in Britain than in almost any other country in the world. With minor variations in international rankings, this has been the case consistently for many years. The most recent data (2015) show that Norway and Sweden both have fewer road deaths per head than Britain while Switzerland, Denmark and the Netherlands have more. The work reported here has attempted to disaggregate this important but high-level statistic and to explore the relative safety of Britain’s roads, road users and vehicles in order to see if there are areas where renewed focus might deliver significant safety benefits. Some indicative differences between Britain and other countries with similar numbers of road deaths per head emerge in relation to the safety of each of the three aspects of roads, road users and vehicles. Britain’s road safety outcomes do not always appear to be as good as those of some other countries and therefore there is potential to learn from their experience to reduce road casualties further. These areas include high speed roads including motorways, junctions (particularly in respect of vulnerable road users), pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists, young drivers, and the car fleet (particularly in respect of pedestrians). In addition, road safety in Britain and elsewhere would benefit from further consistency in the ways in which both casualty and exposure data are obtained and classified in different countries. A revised version of this report was published on November 8th to correct an error contained in the original version, as described on page 42 of this revised version.
出版机构：	Transport Research Laboratory
提交日期：	15 September 2016
总页数：	68
报告类型：	科技报告
资源类型：	科技（咨询、行业）报告
初始创建时间：	15 September 2016