Safe System Resources

1 November 2022

New and updated explanations of The Safe Syatem are available

Through PACTS which highlights that the approach has evolved over many years and derives most notably from the Swedish Vision Zero and Dutch Sustainable Safety strategies and the concepts and good practice in other fields. 

From Transport Scotland (TS) which has produced  a most helpful series of 5 short animated videos explaining t he 5 pillars of the Safe System.

A joint International Transport Forum–World Bank Working Group on “Implementing the Safe System” has developed a theoretical framework to guide those seeking to implement the Safe System approach. This report - The Safe System in Action describes how to improve the safety of roads, vehicles, road-user behaviour and other road-safety pillars through the various key components of a Safe System. Experts analysed road-safety activities and interventions in 17 case studies from all continents with this framework in mind. Some were successful; others showed that the road to a Safe System is not always well paved.