Transportation, Traffic Safety and Health — Prevention and Health : Third International Conference, Washington, U.S.A, 1997

Rodney E. Slater Secretary of Transportation, U. S. Department of Transportation know many of you have traveled great distances to be here. I To me, that shows not only your dedication to the cause, but demonstrates how very important transportation safety is becoming throughout the world. So I am very thankful to the main organizers of this third annual conference -- all of whom are from Sweden: Dr. Hans von Holst of the Royal Institute of Technology; Dr. Ake Nygren of the Karolinska Institute; Dr. Ake E. Andersson of the Institute for Futures Studies; and finally, Dr. Arne Witt16v and Lars Anell from AB Volvo. And let me give a special welcome to our friends from Africa. I will be visiting a number of African nations in January. And while my main mission is to promote trade and investment with the United States, we will be talking about safety, too. Airline safety, for example, is a big concern, as Africa grows and prospers and the demand for air travel expands. We discussed it during recent meetings of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal several weeks ago. And we will do so again during my trip. plan to talk about how my department can help the Also, we many nations of Africa improve highway safety. Africa relies heavily on road transportation. But highway fatalities are very high. And the economic costs are very steep, especially for Africa's fragile, emerging v market economies. Front Matter....Pages I-X Introduction....Pages 1-8 Traffic Safety as an Economic Issue of Developing and Industrialized Countries....Pages 9-22 Responsibility and Accountability of Government....Pages 23-32 The Politics of Traffic Safety in Russia Some Sociological Observations....Pages 33-38 An Overview of World Bank Experience in Road Safety....Pages 39-49 Driving the Message Home The Role of Communication in Traffic Safety....Pages 51-64 The Role of Communication in Road Safety....Pages 65-77 Future Integration of Knowledge —The Role of Industry....Pages 79-84 Safety is Everybody’s Business....Pages 85-89 More Resources for Prevention, Critical Care or Rehabilitation....Pages 91-104 A European Perspective on the Efficient Application of Resources to Diminish Transport Related Trauma....Pages 105-114 Rehabilitation and Traffic Related Injuries....Pages 115-122 Some Perspectives on the DRAG Approach and Family of National Road Safety Models....Pages 123-168 Development of Realistic Safety Target and Strategic Safety Programmes in Malaysia....Pages 169-187 The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine: Its Mission, Purpose and Challenge....Pages 189-192 Back Matter....Pages 193-198 S. Hansen: Traffic Safety as an Economic Issue of Developing and Industrialized Countries J.W. van der Spuy: Responsibility and Accountability of Government V. Sergeyev: The Policies of Traffic Safety in Russia, Some Sociological Observations S. Lundebye: An Overview of World Bank Experience in Road Safety C. Wildervanck: Driving the Message Home P. Vulcan: The Role of Communication in Road Safety A.Wittlöv: Future Integration of Knowledge A.H. Card: Safety is Everybody's Business W. Odero: More Resources for Prevention, Critical Care of Rehabilitation M. Mackay: A European Perspective on the Efficient Application of Resources to Diminish Transport Related Trauma B.M. Gans: Rehabilitation and Traffic Related Injuries M. Gaudry: Some Perspectives on the DRAG Approach and Family of National Road Safety Models R.U.R. Sohadi: Development of Realistic Safety Target and Strategic Safety Programmes in Malaysia E. Petrucelli: The Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. The focus of this book is to present some of the latest aspects in the area of mobility and its relation to planning of an optimal traffic safety. The book demonstrates the necessity of integrating knowledge from various disciplines in order to achieve a suited prevention program to reduce traffic injuries. It thus cuts the barriers between the different disciplines in their joint aim to reduce traffic injuries. Scientists, clinicians and administrators from various disciplines present different methods and results such as economic issues of developing and industrialized countries, responsibility and accountability of governments, an overview of the World Bank's experience in road safety and the role of communication together with future integration of knowledge. The book gives a broad and deep overview of the strategies that have to be adopted to avoid the rapid increase in road traffic injuries.