Abstract
In the last ten years, there has been a stabilization of traffic fatalities on the roads of the world. At the same time, the death toll of persons in the armor of vehicles was reduced, and the death toll of persons outside the armor of vehicles-vulnerable road users continued to grow. The most endangered are motorcyclists, then pedestrians and finally cyclists, both in developed countries of the European Union and in underdeveloped and developing countries. Lagging behind in reducing the fatalities of vulnerable road users requires innovation in research and the creation and implementation of new road safety management policies. In this aspect, inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement can be a paradigm for the introduction and implementation of protection of vulnerable road users, persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities, through procedures to control road safety in the settlement, at all stages of the road life cycle: planning, design, construction and exploitation. The content of inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement should include all areas of activity and all elements of the roads of the settlement, the improvement of which can raise the level of traffic safety of all users, so that the roads of the settlement are equally safe for all road users. At the same time, the risk of fatal traffic accidents on the roads of the settlement is indirectly exponentially related to the scope of the content of inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement.
Highlights
The road traffic system, which is based primarily on development, and protection was of secondary importance, generated that injuries in road traffic have become a global problem [1]
Given that the mobility of Vulnerable Road Users is more pronounced in settlements and that road infrastructure safety management is mainly established and implemented for roads outside settlements, there is a need for inclusive road infrastructure safety management in settlements, which would, taking into account the need of Vulnerable Road Users, persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities, have ensured the improvement of the physical infrastructure of the settlement roads for these most vulnerable road users, so that the settlement roads are safe for all road users
Vulnerable Road Users are the participants with the highest risk of injury in road traffic and among them pedestrians and cyclists are at risk [3]
Summary
The road traffic system, which is based primarily on development, and protection was of secondary importance, generated that injuries in road traffic have become a global problem [1]. In the period 2007–2010–2013–2016, the annual number of road traffic fatalities of the world was 1.3– 1.24–1.25–1.35 million people [2]. Injuries in road traffic were the tenth leading cause of death in the world in 2007, in the period 2010–2013 they were the ninth leading cause of death in the world, and in 2016 they reached the level of the eighth leading cause of death in the world [2]. In the period 2007–2016, road traffic injuries were the first leading cause of death in the world among young people aged 15–29. In 2016, 93% of the world's road fatalities occur in underdeveloped and middle-developed countries, which own 60% of the world's registered vehicles, and in developed countries, which own 40% of registered vehicles occur 7% of the world's road traffic fatalities [2]. Given that the mobility of Vulnerable Road Users is more pronounced in settlements and that road infrastructure safety management is mainly established and implemented for roads outside settlements, there is a need for inclusive road infrastructure safety management in settlements, which would, taking into account the need of Vulnerable Road Users, persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities, have ensured the improvement of the physical infrastructure of the settlement roads for these most vulnerable road users, so that the settlement roads are safe for all road users
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