Road safety has a high political priority, partly because of the large number every year of traffic casualties. During the last few years, a large number of measures to improve road safety have been studied. In order to be able to make a choice between the various measures, it is essential to judge them in an unambiguous way, in which other effects than road safety are taken into account. A cost-benefit analysis makes this possible. During the last few years, a large number of cost-benefit analyses have been carried out in the Netherlands and in various other countries. These are mostly analyses for large-scale (infrastructural) projects. The method can, however, also be used to good effect for integral balancing of road safety measures at both national and regional levels. The purpose of this report is to offer a practical guideline (to researchers) for the carrying out of cost-benefit analyses for road safety measures.
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