Assessment and applicability of road safety management evaluation tools : current practice and state-of-the-art in Europe.

The report presents an analysis of the current use of ten different formal tools for the safety management of roads in seventeen European countries. The relationship between use of the tools and progress in improving road safety is analysed. No clear relationship between use of the safety management tools and success in improving road safety is found. All tools being amenable to improvement, the report offers some specific suggestions. (Author/publisher) For the complete report see http://www.toi.no/article29792-29.html