SAFE SYSTEM

A Safe System approach benefits all road users and has four essential elements:

• safe road user ( behaviour )
• safe roads and roadsides
• safe speeds
• safe vehicles

Principles:

1. People make mistakes that can lead to crashes
2. The human body has a limited physical ability to tolerate crash forces before harm occurs
3. A shared responsibility exists among those who design, build, manage & use roads & vehicles & provide post-crash care to prevent crashes resulting in serious injury or death
4. All parts of the system must be strengthened to multiply their effects; and if one part fails, road users are still protected.

FEVR would like to see the approach applied specially to Vulnerable Road Users.

Further info:

Towards Zero OECD (PDF 5,7 MB)