Citation

J. Transp. Health 2017; 7: 1-2.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jth.2017.11.148

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Road Danger Reduction (RDR) has been a key policy area for over 30 years and is now well embedded in the work of many bodies responsible for road safety. The concern with RDR has marked a transition from a purely reactive response based on collision data to the development of policies, practice and research around the development of safety promotion and prevention (Davis, 1992/3; Plowden and Hillman, 1984; Tight et al., 1998; Hughes et al., 2016). The RDR approach is also concerned with the development of safer streets where the needs of vulnerable road users are recognised and the risk imbalances with motor traffic are reduced. This approach also comes with challenges in terms of how linkages with sustainable transport policies are promoted and what the mutual policy co-benefits are with other policy areas, for example in terms of neighbourhood design, health, and the development of active transport strategies...

Language: en