This document provides a summary of the information contained in this year's White Paper (FY2001 White Paper on Traffic Safety in Japan) - the 31st since the first was issued in 1971. The main volume of the White Paper, "Traffic Accidents and Traffic Safety Measures in FY 2000" reports the latest national statistics on traffic accidents, organized according to the categories of land transport (road and rail), maritime transport and air transport, and gives an outline of traffic safety measures implemented in FY2000. The volume also explaines the Seventh Fundamental Traffic Safety Program (issued on March 16, 2001), which proposes a range of comprehensive and long-term measures relating to traffic safety. This report will focus on the background and most significant measures of the program. A separate volume of the White Paper, "Traffic Safety Measures for Implementation in FY2001", provides details of the traffic safety measures planned for implementation during the current fiscal year (FY2001), according to the three categories of land transport (road and rail), maritime transport and air transport. (A)
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