Abstract
BackgroundRoad accidents are a major global public safety and health problem. Presently, many countries such as China urgently need to find better strategies to improve their road safety. This paper has two key objectives, which are: (i) to propose potential solutions to improve China’s road safety, and (ii) to provide China and other countries with helpful evidence for their future road safety.MethodsThis study attempts to use an evidence-based safety approach to propose some potential strategies for China’s road safety.ResultsFirst, the current status of China’s road safety was analyzed. Second, major road safety problems in China were identified and discussed. Finally, this paper illustrates China’s road safety strategies based on available evidence.ConclusionsPresently and in the future, China’s road safety is facing a series of problems, such as increasing road safety management pressure, the weak road safety management foundation, and the lack of government supervision. To improve road safety, China should adopt a comprehensive strategy, which includes road safety risk prevention and control, road safety legislation, road safety supervision, road safety research and its application, road safety propaganda and education, and road safety culture, etc.
Highlights
Road accidents are a major global public safety and health problem
Road traffic provides great convenience for people’s life and travel and plays a crucial role in regional economic and social development [1,2]. It has a tremendous impact on sustainable transportation, public safety and health because of the frequent occurrence of road accidents [3]
Given the further development and increasing importance of China’s expressway, the proportion of road accidents occurring on expressways will possibly continue to increase in the future
Summary
This study attempts to use an evidence-based safety approach to propose some potential strategies for China’s road safety. To enhance the quality of safety decisions, this approach emphasizes that a safety decision should be based as much as possible on evidence (such as research findings), rather than on intuition, and unsystematic experience. This approach is recognized as an excellent way to narrow the gap between safety research and safety practice [13]. This paper develops China’s road safety strategies based on available research evidence. This paper discusses China’s road safety at the national level
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