The role of behaviour in the assessment of local street safety measures in low traffic areas.

ARRB studies into town planning aspects of road safety have stressed the value of greater safety effort in local street systems. The availability of suitable countermeasures for lower- density suburbs, involving either new planning or redesign of streets, is readily demonstrated.Evaluation of such measures is complicated by the fact that, while the safety professionals have a clear desire to assess the accident impacts of treatment and programmes, local authorities and communities have a somewhat wider perspective.