Abstract
In the Netherlands, there are annually nearly 1,100 road deaths. The social damage of road safety is more than 8 billion Euros. The environmental pollution caused by road traffic is estimated at nearly 6 billion Euros a year and the congestion on main roads costs 800 million Euros. The National Traffic and Transport Plan (NVVP) contains good proposals to reduce the number of road deaths. However, SWOV's opinion is that the annual number of road deaths could be approximately 700 lower. For a more detailed elaboration of the SWOV's opinion on an even safer road traffic see C 19108 (ITRD E206463).