TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - Needs for evidence-based road safety decision making in Europe JO - Procedia - social and behavioral sciences A1 - Dupont, Emmanuelle A1 - Muhlrad, Nicole A1 - Buttler, Ilona A1 - Gitelman, Victoria A1 - Giustiniani, Gabriele A1 - Jähi, Heikki A1 - Machata, Klaus A1 - Martensen, Heike A1 - Papadimitriou, Eleonora A1 - Persia, Luca A1 - Talbot, Rachel A1 - Vallet, Gilles A1 - Wijnen, Wim A1 - Yannis, George D. SP - 2513 EP - 2522 VL - 48 IS - N2 - The objective of this research is the assessment of current needs for evidence-based road safety decision making in Europe, through the consultation of a panel of road safety experts. The members of this Experts Panel have extensive knowledge of road safety management processes and needs in their country, being either directly involved in decision making, or working closely with decision makers. Two consultation methods were implemented: semi-directive interviews and written contributions. The synthesis of the results was carried out by means of a predefined matrix, in which the road safety management tasks were separated into their components, and were then cross-tabulated with distinct categories of needs. The results provide valuable information on the current and future needs for evidence-based road safety management in Europe. A number of key issues were brought forward with wide consensus among Experts, such as the need to make the consideration of scientific evidence in road safety decisions compulsory in all countries. The establishment of appropriate procedures was emphasized, including institutional arrangements for road safety management, with the necessary links and interactive procedures for local needs. The results also include useful recommendations, for the setting of targets, the use of cost-benefit analyses, the analysis of combined effects of measures, the collection of data on measures implementation, the collection of exposure and behavioural data, the estimation of injury under-reporting and the standardization of analysis methods.

LA - en SN - 1877-0428 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1222 ID - ref1 ER -