Naslov
Safety of Vulnerable Road Traffic Users in Urban Area – Case Study Zagreb

Autori
Šimunović, Ljupko ; Ćosić, Mario ; Lazić, Ivan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Road Safety in Local Community / Lipovac, Krsto ; Nesic, Miladin - Beograd : Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies, Belgrade, Serbia, 2013, 109-114

ISBN
978-86-7020-249-8

Skup
VIII International Conference Road Safety in Local Community

Mjesto i datum
Valjevo, Srbija, 18.04.2013. - 20.04.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
traffic safety; vulnerable road traffic users; risk; protection; City of Zagreb

Sažetak
The problem of safety of the vulnerable users, that include children, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and young drivers, is not properly dealt with in European traffic policy and thus neither in the city of Zagreb. Traffic planners have lately done some positive shifts regarding improvement of mobility and flow of road motor vehicles but without enough attention paid to the safety and accessibility for the vulnerable users. Moreover these categories are often in contrast – increased mobility decreases the safety of traffic. As a result, experts in administering traffic policy, generally take therapeutic methods in sanitizing the problems that arise because of the insufficient traffic safety. The traffic analysis all over Europe shows that the risk of fatal accidents, according to the number of journeys taken, kilometres and time of the journey, is the highest for the motorcyclists. Pedestrians and cyclists have greater risk of getting hurt, regarding the above mentioned arguments, compared to the car passengers. Young drivers are exposed to a greater risk of getting killed per kilometre of journey than pedestrians and cyclists of the same age. The above mentioned participants: pedestrians, cyclist, riders of vehicles with two wheels (motorcyclists and moped riders) as well as young car drivers belong to the group of vulnerable road traffic users. This article focuses on the distress of the vulnerable road traffic users. The risks for the vulnerable road traffic users and protective measures are described in this article.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Tehnologija prometa i transport

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