Road safety monitor 2012; Developments in road fatalities, serious road injuries, measures, and behaviour in 2011. Every year, SWOV carries out research into recent road safety developments as part of the project ‘Assessments’. These annual analyses are of a descriptive nature and primarily present a survey of the recent developments. From 2009, the annual analysis has been published under the title Road safety monitor. In addition, the four-yearly ‘Road safety assessment’ looks into explanations for the road safety developments. The present Road safety monitor analyses the developments in 2011. The most important findings of this monitor are: 1. The overall trend in the number of road fatalities is still downward, although the number of road in 2011 (N = 661) is higher than in 2010. 2. The increase in the number of serious road injuries in recent years has continued in 2011. 3. Elderly road users and cyclists in particular have increasingly been involved in road crashes, both in fatal crashes and in crashes resulting in serious road injury. 4. The quality of a wide range of road safety data is deteriorating. In recent years, the Netherlands has underperformed in the area of road safety. More attention is required for the prevention of road crashes among elderly road users and cyclists and for quality improvement of road safety data. Not only for these topics, but also more in general, further steps toward realisation of Sustainable Safety are recommended.
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