Archive | 2019
The effects of selected factors on regional road fatalities – analysis of the Łódź region
Abstract
Analysis of regional accident records shows that a country’s national road safety programme does\nnot have the same effect in each of its regions. What may be a serious problem in one region may be of\nmarginal significance in another. Polish and international experience shows that main risk groups and types\nof accidents related to the level of development and quality of the road network differ from region to region.\nThe conclusion is that a centrally run road safety policy does not always produce the expected outcomes. This\nsuggests that more can be achieved with a combination of strategic (national) road safety management and\ntactical (regional) and operational (local) road safety efforts. Poland’s regional road safety programmes were\nfound to lack an analysis of the effects of selected factors on safety or fatality forecast based on mathematical\nmodels. This calls for a scientific tool to support regional road safety management. The article uses the\nexample of the region of Łodź to present the main road safety problems, analyse safety based on risk\nassessment, present the effects of selected factors on road user safety and forecast fatalities for different\nscenarios of treatments.