Towards better road safety management: Lessons learned from inter-national benchmarking

Shen, Yongjun; Hermans, Elke; Bao, Qiong; Brijs, Tom; Wets, Geert

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2020.105484

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“…Enacting and enforcing legislation on key behavioral risk factors, including speed; drink-driving; and failure to use motorcycle helmets, seatbelts, and child restraints are critical components of an integrated strategy that will prevent road traffic deaths (WHO, 2018). With more and more countries currently making many efforts to improve their road safety situations (WHO, 2018), a growing need exists for each of these countries to evaluate its own road safety performance and compare it with those of other countries (Shen et al, 2020). Road network structures are considered significant for determining traffic safety, especially that of pedestrians (Zhang et al, 2015).…”

Section: Road Safety Management Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Investigate road safety in developing countries: the case of Sri Lanka

Jayanetti

Perera

Ariyawansa

2021

Bhumi, Planning Res. J.

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The social and economic burdens of road accidents have become a governing issue for the authorities and policymakers of developing countries. Moreover, the lack of research on road safety management has hindered the enhancement of road safety in these countries. Thus, this study aimed to improve the road safety standards in Sri Lanka. The objectives of the study are to investigate the causes of road accidents in Sri Lanka, to examine the problems associated with the road conditions existing in Sri Lanka and to propose strategies to improve road safety in Sri Lanka. A qualitative approach was adopted in the study and the empirical data collection commenced with a comprehensive document review to determine the level of road safety management in the country. Thereafter, case study strategy was adopted and three roads in Sri Lanka were selected through purposive sampling as the cases. Non-participatory observations and 20 semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect the required data from the three roads. The collected data were analyzed using code-based manual content analysis. The findings revealed that the roads in Sri Lanka have deficiencies. Eighteen causes of road traffic accidents and nineteen strategies that can enhance road safety in Sri Lanka were identified through the study. Related previous studies have revealed only the statistics, trends, and economic impacts of road accidents in developing countries. Thus, the literature on the management of road safety standards in developing countries is scarce and this study fulfils the research gap. The study adds to the body of knowledge by exploring in detail how the road safety standards in developing countries could be enhanced using Sri Lanka as an example.

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Section: Road Safety Management Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As Shen et al (2020) explained, to enhance the road safety of a country, the country has to evaluate its road safety performance and compare it with those of other countries. Therefore, a documentary review was conducted to understand the rules, regulations, and good practices associated with the road safety of other countries.…”

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Investigate road safety in developing countries: the case of Sri Lanka

Jayanetti

Perera

Ariyawansa

2021

Bhumi, Planning Res. J.

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“…A review on safety should require a dedicated paper. Here, we refer to some general papers [215][216][217][218][219][220][221][222][223][224][225] and identify possible actions and policies that can improve road safety. Actions and policies to improve road safety can be classified into three broad categories: Infrastructure actions, vehicle actions, and user actions.…”

Section: Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Mobility: A Review of Possible Actions and Policies

Gallo

Marinelli

2020

Sustainability

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In this paper, a review of the main actions and policies that can be implemented to promote sustainable mobility is proposed. The work aims to provide a broad, albeit necessarily not exhaustive, analysis of the main studies and research that from different points of view have focused on sustainable mobility. The structure of the paper enables the reader to easily identify the topics covered and the studies related to them, so as to guide him/her to the related in-depth studies. In the first part of the paper, there is a preliminary analysis of the concept of sustainable mobility, the main transport policies implemented by the European Union and the USA, and the main statistical data useful to analyze the problem. Next, the main policies that can promote sustainable mobility are examined, classifying them into three topics: Environmental, socio-economic, and technological. Many of the policies and actions examined could be classified into more than one of the three categories used; for each of them, there is a description and the main literature work on which the topic can be analyzed in more detail. The paper concludes with a discussion on the results obtained and the prospects for research.

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“…It finds optimal weights of indicators by solving a mathematical problem, as shown in Hermans et al (18). Recently, lessons learned from international comparisons of road safety management have been analyzed using SPIs in Shen et al (19). Torres et al also analyzed the influence of 48 SPIs on the mortality rate of 175 World Health Organization member states in 2016 (20).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Comparison of Road Safety Management Systems of Local Governments using Indicators

Han

Lee

2020

Transportation Research Record

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More than two-thirds of road fatalities in the Republic of Korea (hereafter Korea) occur on roads managed by local governments. There is also a big difference in road traffic death rates between local governments. This study aims to develop indicators to evaluate the current status of road safety management systems (RSMS) of local governments, which can result in different road safety performance. The indicators for RSMS will be categorized into: institutional management, intervention, intermediate outcome, and final outcome. A comparison of those indicators will help local governments to identify the pros and cons of their RSMSs. It will also help to benchmark good practices of other local governments and eventually contribute to reducing the gap of road safety outcomes between local governments. Indicators have been developed for both quantitative and qualitative aspects. The former includes road mortality rates for various road user types and budgets for road safety, and the latter includes the existence of a road safety team and the level of cooperation between relevant organizations. The overall road safety score is calculated based on the weighted sum of the selected indicator scores. The weights are derived through the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). A comparison of developed indicators between local governments shows many local governments in Korea need to set up a responsible organization for road safety. This comparison will also provide useful information on how the central government can help local governments with low scores.

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Towards better road safety management: Lessons learned from inter-national benchmarking

Cited by 37 publications

References 32 publications

Investigate road safety in developing countries: the case of Sri Lanka

Investigate road safety in developing countries: the case of Sri Lanka

Sustainable Mobility: A Review of Possible Actions and Policies

Comparison of Road Safety Management Systems of Local Governments using Indicators

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