What is the relationship between road safety interventions, including enforcement and reductions in casualties and killed or seriously injured (KSI)?
Background
The improve transport for the user strategic priority is critical in ensuring the department delivers and maintains a transport system that meets the needs of the public and addresses what they care about most. It puts the needs and expectations of current and potential users (both passengers and freight customers) at the heart of the operation of the transport system and considers about end-to-end journeys, not just individual transport modes. It is focused on ensuring that our infrastructure and the services which use it meet the varied needs of businesses and the public, are attractive, affordable, sustainable, and resilient is a crucial goal for the department.
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Related UKRI funded projects
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TRANS-SAFE
The TRANS-SAFE project will involve national, regional, and city level demonstrations to test different types of innovative and integrated Safe System solutions, complemented by a comprehensive toolbox, capacity developm...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Why might this be relevant?
The TRANS-SAFE project focuses on road safety interventions and aims to deliver on the recommendations of the Road Safety Cluster of the African-EU Transport Task Force.
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Continuously updating predictive accident models using modern data sources
Reliable models to predict accident frequencies are essential to design and maintain safe road networks and yet the models in current use are based on data collected 20 or 30 years ago. Given that the national personal i...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to continuously update predictive accident models, which can provide insights into the relationship between road safety interventions and reductions in casualties and killed or seriously injured (KSI). The authors have the necessary expertise to competently answer the question.
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IMPROVA - Injury Mitigation to Promote Vision-Zero Achievement
Until now, the approach to road safety has primarily focused on analyzing the most common types of injuries based on road user types and crash characteristics. There is a growing consensus to shift the paradigm towards a...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Why might this be relevant?
The IMPROVA project shifts the paradigm towards a user-centric approach in road safety and focuses on predicting long-term consequences of road traffic accidents.