Citation

Haight FA. J. Saf. Res. 1980; 12(2): 50-58.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, U.S. National Safety Council, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

Traffic safety in developing countries is strongly dependent on the development of the transportation -- and hence the economic -- system. Countermeasures should be designed with this dependence in view, should recognize "natural" trends in safety, and should seek at low cost effective solutions to local problems. Since the problems in traffic safety are quite different in developing and developed countries, the lessons to be learned should not be regarded as "technology transfer"; in fact, many of the "truths" about traffic safety in the highly motorized countries may be untrue in developing countries.