Citation

Probl. Sotsialnoi Gig. Istor. Med. 2008; (6): 39-44.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Medit︠s︡ina)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19256004

Abstract

Nowadays, the international community considers the problem of supporting the road traffic safety and the decrease of the number of dead and wounded persons due to the road traffic accidents as a major one. The governments of certain countries develop the programs targeted to decrease its scale. The results of activities in the framework of these programs implemented in France, The Netherlands and Great Britain are presented. For each of these countries the substantial progress in decreasing the number of road traffic victims is demonstrated. In France, during a very short run time, the decrease up to 40% among the road traffic dead persons was succeeded. This evident achievement attracted interest of the Russian government. The Netherlands and Great Britain is among the most effective countries of Europe in the field of road traffic safety. The awareness of the activities set which facilitated in achieving such results can support the governments of other countries in developing one's own programs and gives hope to deal successfully with the problem.

Language: ru