SWOV fact sheets
SWOV publishes fact sheets on a wide range of road safety subjects.
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SWOV Library
In the Netherlands the SWOV library is the national centre for road safety literature. Consult the online catalogue for recent publications
SWOV workshop
On 16 and 17 November 2009, SWOV organized the international workshop Scientific Research on Road Safety Management. About 50 experts from all over the world took part in this workshop.
Visit ERSO for international road safety information
Knowledge base
- Sustainable Safety
vision, implementation... - Road safety developments
mobility, risk, casualties... - Road safety policy
targets, costs, benefits... - Road safety costs
crash costs, road deaths...
- Modes of transport
pedestrians, bicyclist, cars... - High-risk behaviour
alcohol, drugs, telephone, fatigue... - High-risk groups
children, youngsters, elderly... - Measures
education, enforcement, technology... - Data and analysis
sources, analyzing...
News
New fact sheets
Three new fact sheets are now available in English :
Road crash casualties in the Netherlands
01/02/2010
The first newsletter of PROLOGUE has been published. This project examines the feasibility of and the conditions for a large scale European Naturalistic Driving study. The newsletter provides more information about the project and about an international workshop that will be held on the 18th of February in Brussels.
29/01/2010
SWOV Newsletter January
The January issue of the SWOV Newsletter is now available on the website.
19/01/2009
Research Activities
Research Activities 42, the December issue, has been published.
21/12/2009
Press release: New method gives more accurate figures on seriously injured casualties
A new method which was developed by SWOV makes it possible to determine the annual number of seriously injured road crash casualties more accurately than had been possible until now. This is one of the conclusions in the SWOV study Seriously injured road crash casualties in the Netherlands in the period 1993-2008. The method makes use of the international standard MAIS to determine the injury severity of casualties.
17/11/2009
Press release: Introduction of Different Payment for Mobility will have positive road safety effect
The introduction of Different Payment for Mobility will have a positive effect on Dutch road safety. Depending on the variant that is chosen, the saving could annually amount to 20 to 40 road deaths. The introduction of the rush hour rate will have a limited effect on road safety. Data from the coastal Randstad region show that an area tax in the vicinity of the major cities could result in an extra annual saving of 5 road deaths.
16/11/2009
Press release: 10 years of Sustainable Safety: Considerable decrease in fatality rate and number of traffic fatalities
Ten years after the Covenant Start-up Programme Sustainable Safety was signed, SWOV has assessed the results. Analysis of the development of the fatality rate and the number of traffic fatalities indicate that the measures that were implemented in the period 1998-2007 and that fit within the Sustainable Safety vision have in all probability been successful.
12/11/2009
SWOV Newsletter
The October issue of the SWOV Newsletter is now available on the website.
28/10/2009
Start meeting PROLOGUE
The European project PROLOGUE has officially started on 7 and 8 September, with a meeting in the Netherlands. The project examines the feasibility of and the conditions for a large scale European Naturalistic Driving study. All nine project partners were represented with at least two people.
29/09/2009
SWOV workshop: research into road safety policy
On 16 and 17 November 2009, SWOV organizes the international workshop Scientific Research on Road Safety Management. This workshop focuses on the methodological aspects of ex-post and ex-ante assessments of road safety policy. Approximately 50 experts from all over the world will participate in this workshop. On the basis of nine oral presentations they will discuss questions like
- How can we determine in a scientifically sound manner whether a road safety plan has had the desired effect?
- How can we make scientifically sound forecasts of the future developments for different policy scenarios?
- How can we determine the effects of quantified targets?
More information about the purpose of this workshop and the preliminary programme can be found here.
In the course of 2010 a Special Issue of the scientific journal Safety Science will be published. This issue will be edited by SWOV Managing Director Fred Wegman and will contain the papers of the nine presentations and some extra contributions.
22/09/2009