In Russia the number of road casualties per year considering the number of vehicles and length of transportation is 5-10 times higher than in the countries of Europe. The accidents cause damage for more than one billion American dollars per year. In 2000 in road accidents 29594 persons were killed and 179401 persons were injured. Upon request of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation new Concept for Ensuring Road Traffic Safety in Russia for the period up to 2010 was elaborated. In order to ensure sustainable road traffic safety improvement the following six groups of measures should be provided: (1) improvement of management system for road traffic safety and co-ordination of work; (2) education and training on safe behaviour of drivers and pedestrians; (3) providing active and passive safety of cars; (4) education of participants of road traffic on first-aid measures on the spot; and (5) providing the complex of measures for environment preservation during road construction. Efficiency of this work depends to a great extent on the international co-operation, exchange of ideas between specialists of different countries etc. This Conference is a good example of such co-operation. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD no 207828. The reprints are also available at the web - http://www.vti.se/pdf/reports/K18APart1.pdf; http://www.vti.se/pdf/reports/K18APart2.pdf and http://www.vti.se/pdf/reports/K18APart3.pdf.
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