TRAFFIC SAFETY



HISTORY OF ROAD SAFETY Pt.1
HISTORY OF ROAD SAFETY PT 2

This article (in two parts) gives an overview of road safety over the past hundred years or so. It deals mostly with the UK but some US information is given as well (1991).


AUTONIGHTMARE

Review of a hard-hitting exhibition on the evils of the motor car


TRAFFIC SAFETY AROUND THE WORLD

An assemblage of facts and figures, rules and regulations, safety programmes and organisations in different countries


INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

This article gives a general overview of the work of a number of international organisations working in the field of traffic safety (1990).


The following interviews were carried out some time ago and are therefore a bit dated. However, as they contain some interesting material I've kept them in


MAYER HILLMAN - INTERVIEW

An interview with Mayer Hillman which explores his radical thinking on traffic safety (1994).


DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

An interview with staff in the Road Safety Division of the UK's Department of Transport (1994)


PACTS

Roger Chapman, former Director of PACTS, talks about its role in transport safety (1995).


ECMT

An interview with Gerhard Aurbach, Deputy Secretary General of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (1992)


OECD ROAD RESEARCH PROGRAMME

An interview with Burkhard Horn, Head of Road Transport Research (1992)



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Site compiled by Gerald Cummins, who is a Road Safety Officer working in a local authority in the west of Scotland. .Updated May 1999.


Interesting Sites


Contains documents relating to the work of the various Working Parties


Large site with many useful links


Contains very useful links


Interesting site at Huddersfield University. Contains work on truck safety.


Contains useful reports on vehicle safety


Traffic safety reports and details of various organisations


Abstracts of traffic safety research


Interesting site on helmets


Contains useful technical reports on helmets