In the Dutch Second Transport Structure Plan (SVV-2), the 2000 target was formulated as 25% less casualties than in 1986. This reduction was achieved for the road deaths, but not for the number injured: only half the target percentage was realised. In order to reduce the number of casualties further, a number of subjects need extra attention because they attract attention in the road accident statistics: delivery vans, motorised two-wheelers (especially (light) mopeds), novice car drivers, and drunk-driving. These were subjects for various workshops of the National Road Safety Congress (NVVC) 2002: "Delivery vans in local traffic"; "Alcohol, drugs, and dangerous medicines"; "New transport modes"; and "SUNflower", the project dealing with the question of what makes the policy of the three safest countries in Europe (Sweden, the UK, and the Netherlands) so effective. SWOV estimates also show that the number of injured casualties would be reduced by 25-30%, or 300 road deaths less, if drivers would only obey the present speed limits. The road safety world should set itself an ambitious target of, within ten years, there being no more exceeding the then current speed limits. This subject was discussed in the workshop "Speed control". It seems as if decisions on road safety measures often take a long time. But is there a way that can be thought of to decide quicker about measures that prevent "avoidable" accidents? Perhaps renewals in this field can be thought of in realising the "Regional transport plans". This was also subject of a workshop. SWOV would like to see a "National Sustainably Safe Committee" being set up. Another workshop was "Lessons learnt in Sustainably Safe first phase". The last NVVC workshop dealt with "The future of Sustainably Safe". "Quicker safer" in this can be explained as a question of setting priorities: with the least effort, try to achieve the greatest effects.
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