Sustainable safety in the Netherlands and the applicability in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorEngelsman, J.C.
dc.contributor.authorVan Zyl, N.J.W.
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-19T11:39:53Z
dc.date.available2008-06-19T11:39:53Z
dc.date.issued2007-07
dc.descriptionThis paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material on the CD ROM was published using Adobe Acrobat technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: doctech@doctech.co.za URL: http://www.doctech.co.zaen
dc.description.abstractPaper presented at the 26th Annual Southern African Transport Conference 9 - 12 July 2007 "The challenges of implementing policy?", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. ABSTRACT:The Sustainable Safety programme in The Netherlands is a proactive road safety approach focussed on the prevention of unsafe human acts. The Sustainable Safety programme is based on three main principles: the functionality of roads, and the homogeneity of masses and speed. The definition of a functional classification of all roads within the road network is a very important aspect of the programme. For each road category in the classification system, dedicated safety characteristics, such as speed limits, are defined. The Sustainable Safety programme has been successful in reducing the number of road accident fatalities in The Netherlands over the last 15 years. This is mainly the result of the (relatively) low cost infrastructure measures that have been realised following an agreement between the national Ministry of Transport and regional and local authorities. In South Africa the number of road accident fatalities per million inhabitants has strongly been increasing over recent years. The lack of high quality road safety engineering is an important cause of the worrying road safety situation in South Africa. A Sustainable Safety programme based on the Dutch model could provide South Africa with a valuable framework for the implementation of road safety engineering improvements. The road classification that is proposed by the National Department of Transport in the RISFSA document would be a very suitable starting point for a Sustainable Safety programme in South Africa.en
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dc.identifier.citationEngelsman, JC & Van Zyl, N 2007,'Sustainable safety in the Netherlands and the applicability in South Africa', Paper presented to the 26th Annual Southern African Transport Conference, South Africa, 9 - 12 July 2007. 9p.en
dc.identifier.isbn192001702X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/5979
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSATCen
dc.relation.ispartofSATC 2007
dc.rightsUniversity of Pretoriaen
dc.subjectTransport policiesen
dc.subjectSustainable Safety programmeen
dc.subjectFunctionality of roadsen
dc.subjectPredictability of traffic situationsen
dc.subjectHomogeneity of massesen
dc.subjectHomogeneity of speeden
dc.subject.lcshTransportation -- Netherlands -- Congressesen
dc.subject.lcshTraffic accidents -- Netherlands -- Congressesen
dc.subject.lcshTraffic safety -- Netherlands -- Congressesen
dc.titleSustainable safety in the Netherlands and the applicability in South Africaen
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