Maturity measurement in road traffic injury prevention
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https://doi.org/10.55329/uvfc1655Keywords:
frameworks, maturirty, models, Safe SystemAbstract
Road traffic related death and injury continues to be a major challenge globally. Unsafe road use is particularly evident in low- and middle-income countries while also being a growing concern for private sector organisations. The Safe System approach is recognized internationally as the leading approach to improving road safety and previous work has codified the essential management functions and interventions evident in its successful implementation. Tracking the development of Safe System adoption within the public and private sectors is of interest for several reasons. This paper presents recent development and use of road safety maturity frameworks and discusses the utility of these approaches for road safety practitioners and researchers.
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Henk Stipdonk, KiM Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis, the Netherlands
Henk Stipdonk is Director of KiM, the Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis. He was chair of two consecutive ITF working groups on implementing the Safe System approach, and co-chair of the ETSC PiN-panel. He has been working as a research manager at SWOV between 2004 and 2019.
CRediT contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.
Letty Aarts, SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, the Netherlands
Letty Aarts is research manager of the ‘Data and Analysis for Policy’ department. She has been involved in road safety analyses on international, national, and regional level. The Safe System approach of the Netherlands (Sustainable Safety) was updated twice under Aarts' supervision. In 2018, Sustainable Safety's 3rd edition was launched.
CRediT contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.
Dan Campsall, Agilysis Ltd, the United Kingdom
Dan Campsall currently serves as chairman of Agilysis Ltd, vice-chair of the UK's Parlia-mentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety and as a trustee of UNRSC member, RoadSafe. He works internationally on Safe System strategies, capacity building, and data capabilities. He recently wrote the WHO Guide for Governments and Lead Agencies on Documenting Road Safety.
CRediT contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.
Laurent Carnis, Université Gustave Eiffel, France
Laurent Carnis is a senior researcher at the University Gustave Eiffel. His fields of research deal with speeding, traffic enforcement, and public policy analysis. He is the author of roughly 100 articles and published many books. He is an expert for the World Bank, IRTAD and OECD-FIT. He is also a member of the committee of experts for the National Council for Road Safety in France.
CRediT contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.
Veronique Feypell, International Transport Forum, France
Veronique Feypell is a policy analyst at the International Transport Forum (ITF) and leads ITF activities on road safety. She is leading the ITF Working Groups on the Safe System approach. Véronique is also the project manager of IRTAD, the International Group on Traffic Safety Data and their Analysis.
CRediT contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.
Tanya Fosdick, Agilysis Ltd, the United Kingdom
Tanya Fosdick is Research Director of Agilysis Ltd and trustee of the Road Safety Trust, UK. She has been working in road safety data analysis and research for almost 20 years, specialising in supporting road safety practitioners and policy makers in Safe System implementation. Key areas of activity for Tanya are strategy creation and monitoring, behaviour change, and evaluation.
CRediT contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.
David Shelton, Asian Development Bank, the Philippines
David Shelton is Senior Transport Specialist (Road Safety) with the Transport Sector Office of the Asian Development Bank. He has over 20 years' experience in road system management, regulation, policy and strategy. David leads the Secretariat to the Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory.
CRediT contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.
Martin Small, Martin Small Consulting Pty Ltd, Australia
Martin Small is a road safety management consultant, Director of an FIA-aligned mobility club, and Immediate Past President of the Australasian College of Road Safety. He has over 25 years leadership experience in road safety, and consulted in over 25 low and middle income countries.
CRediT contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.
Anna Vadeby, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Sweden
Anna Vadeby is a senior researcher in traffic safety at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, VTI, and an associate professor at Chalmers University of Technology. She has a PhD in Mathematical Statistics and her main area of competence is within traffic safety evaluations.
CRediT contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.
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