Citation

Shinar D. Accid. Anal. Prev. 2012; 44: 1-2.

Affiliation

Chief Scientist (ret.) National Road Safety Authority, Israel; Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2010.12.031

PMID

22062329

Abstract

Traffic safety has improved greatly over the past few decades, but the progress in the safe mobility of vulnerable road users (VRUs) - especially motorcycle riders - has not been as consistent. The changing trends towards healthier and eco-friendlier lifestyle, coupled with the rising costs of fuel have increased the exposure and injury risk of pedestrians, motorcyclists, and bicyclists, especially in urban areas. To address the safe mobility issues of VRUs, Israel's National Road Safety Authority organized an international conference on the topic. This special issue contains the papers of the three plenary talks related to the safe mobility of each of the VRUs, and 18 more papers of the over 100 papers presented at the conference that were accepted for publication in AAP following the Journal's review process.

Language: en