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THE HANDBOOK OF ROAD SAFETY MEASURES

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THE HANDBOOK OF ROAD SAFETY MEASURES

SECOND EDITION

BY

Rune Elvik

Institute of Transport Economics, Oslo, Norway

Alena Høye

Institute of Transport Economics, Oslo, Norway

Truls Vaa

Institute of Transport Economics, Oslo, Norway

Michael Sørensen

Institute of Transport Economics, Oslo, Norway

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley BD16 1WA, UK

First edition 2004

Second edition 2009

Copyright © 2009 Emerald Group Publishing Limited

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without either the prior written permission of the publisher or a licence permitting restricted copying issued in the UK by The Copyright Licensing Agency and in the USA by The Copyright Clearance Center. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of nformation contained in the text, illustrations or advertisements. The opinions expressed in these chapters are not necessarily those of the Editor or the publisher.

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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN: 978-1-84855-251-7

Preface

The second, revised edition of The Handbook of Road Safety Measures, first published by Elsevier Science in 2004, gives a systematic overview of current knowledge regarding the effects of road safety measures. The book gives state-of-the-art summaries of current knowledge regarding the effects of 128 road safety measures. Since 2004, the introduction part and 65 chapters have been revised and 5 chapters have been added.

Easily accessible knowledge on how to prevent traffic injury is in increasing demand, as the number of people killed or injured in road accidents continues to grow on a global basis. It is hoped that this book may serve as a reference manual for road safety professionals in every country. The 2004 edition of the book was published in Spanish in 2006.

The book is based on the Norwegian edition of the book, first published in 1982 and continuously updated and expanded since 2001. Work on this book started as far back as 1980. During the whole period from 1980 until now, the endeavour to develop and update the book has been funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. In recent years, the Swedish Road Administration has been an important contributor as well. The Institute of Transport Economics (TØI) would like to thank these institutions for their financial support and their long-term commitment to this research effort. Without the original Norwegian edition, the current English version could never have been produced.

The present edition is the result of the coordinated effort of Chief Research Officer Rune Elvik and researchers Alena Høye, Truls Vaa and Michael Sørensen – all belonging to the Institute of Transport Economics. The final preparation of the manuscript for publication was made by Unni Wettergreen. The points of view expressed in the book are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the funding agencies. Errors and omissions, if any, are the sole responsibility of the authors.

Oslo, May 2009

Institute of Transport Economics

Lasse Fridstrøm

Managing Director