Abstract
The fundament of Swedish road safety work is Vision Zero, a strategic approach towards a safe system where no one is at risk of getting fatally or severely injured while using the road transport system. In order to implement the vision and to maintain progress, an interim target has been set up for the year 2020 by the Swedish parliament. The interim target states an ambition to reduce fatalities by 50 % and the number of severely injured by 25 % between 2007 and 2020. This article describes how these objectives were obtained and how this interim target is a part of a new management approach to road safety in Sweden. (Author/publisher)