The start of the multi year plan for traffic safety in which the middle long term policy in the netherlands will be presented, is described. One of the first points of attention was to determine the main problem areas in traffic safety. The method used to determine these problem areas is dealt with. Problem areas are considered to be those parts of the whole problem for which special attention is required in policy planning or for more research, such as some age categories of road users and transport mode. The lack of traffic safety is described by mean of indicators. In this decision model the starting point was that the indicators; numbers of victims, risk and the relationship between injury severity in collisions with non-equal road users, play a role in the determining the priority which is to be given. With this method the following main problem areas have been determined; (1) young moped riders (15-20 years) in conflict with cars, (2) young car drivers (18-25 years), (3) cyclists and pedestrians of 65 years and older, (4) cyclists (6-18 years), and (5) pedestrians younger than 12 years old in conflict with cars.
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