A Safe System Knowledge Exchange

26 March 2025

Launching shortly our Safe System Exchange will provide an easy to access digital learning hub which holds and promotes evidence-based examples of Safe System application and case studies from UK and other countries

The goal of a Safe System is to ensure that accidents do not result in serious human injury. The approach considers that human limitations - what the human body can stand in terms of kinetic energy - is an important basis upon which to design the road transport system, and that other aspects of the road system, such as the development of the road environment and the vehicle, must be harmonized on the basis of these limitations.

A Safe System is based on the premise that road crashes are both predictable and preventable, and that it is possible to move towards zero road deaths and serious injuries. This, however, requires a fundamental rethink of the governance and implementation of road safety policy. Central to the delivery of a safe system is sound management at national and local level,

As explained in  Global Plan for The Decade of Action ,, Governments at all levels need to encourage the creation of multi-sectoral partnerships. At a national level, it is essential that lead agencies are established with the capacity to develop and lead the delivery of national road safety strategies, plans and targets, underpinned by the data collection and evidential research to assess countermeasure design and monitor implementation and effectiveness.