Experiences and Challenges in Fatality Reduction on Polish Roads
Autor: | Marcin Budzyński, Jacek Oskarbski, Kazimierz Jamroz, Joanna Żukowska, Aleksandra Romanowska, Wojciech Kustra |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Sustainable development
050210 logistics & transportation Economic growth Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 020209 energy 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 vision zero 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 sustainable development goals Renewable energy sources Environmental sciences Order (exchange) 0502 economics and business sustainable transport safety 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering GE1-350 Business road safety Socioeconomic status Road user |
Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 11 Issue 4 Sustainability, Vol 11, Iss 4, p 959 (2019) |
ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
DOI: | 10.3390/su11040959 |
Popis: | According to the UN, road safety is the key to achieving sustainable development goals, yet the complexity of how road accidents happen makes this a difficult challenge leaving many countries struggling with the problem. For years, Poland has infamously been one of the EU&rsquo s top countries for road-accident fatality rates. Despite that, it has made significant progress in the last thirty years with a fatality reduction of more than 60%. A number of factors have contributed to this result: improving the socioeconomic situation, improving road safety measures, changing road user behaviour and changing national road safety programmes. This article presents Poland&rsquo s approach to road safety and, in particular, Vision Zero, adopted in 2005. Poland&rsquo s road safety changed over the years as the country learned from its successes and failures. Tools for forecasting fatalities were developed and used to identify the main factors that have helped to reduce deaths. An assessment was conducted on how Poland could implement Vision Zero until 2050 under different road safety scenarios. It was found that in order to achieve the EU&rsquo s goal for 2030, Poland must reduce fatalities to 1200. While it is an ambitious goal, it is also an important step towards zero fatalities in 2050. |
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