This document provides a summary of the information contained in this year's White Paper (FY2002 White Paper on Traffic Safety in Japan) - the 32nd since the first was issued in 1971. The main volume of the White Paper, "Traffic Accidents and Traffic Safety Measures in FY 2001" reports the latest national statistics on traffic accidents, organized according to the categories of land transport (road and rail), maritime transport and air transport, and gives an outline of traffic safety measures implemented in FY2001. A separate volume of the White Paper "Traffic Safety Measures for Implementation in FY2002", provides details of the traffic safety measures planned for implementation during the current fiscal year (FY2002), according to the three categories of land transport (road and rail), maritime transport and air transport. (Author/publisher)
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