Eliminating serious injury and death from road transport : a crisis of complacency / Ian Ronald Johnston, Carlyn Muir, Eric William Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, Ian (Ian Ronald), 1943, author.

Muir, Carlyn, author.

Howard, Eric William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traffic accidents.

Traffic safety--Government policy.

Traffic safety.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book explodes the myths that currently drive society's view of traffic safety and limit progress in reducing death and serious injury. It presents current scientific knowledge in a non-technical way and draws parallels with other areas of public safety and public health. It uses examples from the media and from public policy debates to paint a clear picture of a flawed public policy approach and offers preventive medicine principles to take the field forward-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; Explanatory Note; Chapter 1: Eliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road Transport Is Not a Pipe Dream; Chapter 2: Serious Crashes Happen to Real People; Chapter 3: The Way We View Safety Is a Big Part of the Problem; Chapter 4: The Car in Society; Chapter 5: Brief History of How and Why Science Takes a Back Seat; Chapter 6: Evolution of Safe System Thinking; Chapter 7: Serious Crashes Have Impacts Way Beyond Those Injured; Chapter 8: Approaching Traffic Safety as Preventive Medicine

Chapter 9: Speed Moderation: The Most Difficult Issue of AllChapter 10: Confronting Complacency; Chapter 11: Six Vital Steps toward Zero; References; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-04-007424-3

0-429-17313-X

1-4822-0825-3

9780429173134

OCLC:

865511507