Vision Zero for Sustainable Road Safety in Baltic Sea Region

1. Front Matter

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2. Analysis of Drivers’ Eye Movements to Observe Horizontal Road Markings Ahead of Intersections

   • Anton Pashkevich, Tomasz E. Burghardt, Ksenia Shubenkova, Irina Makarova

   Pages 1-10

3. Safety Analysis of Road Networks in Germany – Approaches of Section Development and Comparison to Other Countries

   • Johannes Vogel, Julius Uhlmann, Uwe Plank-Wiedenbeck

   Pages 11-20

4. Keeping the Autonomous Vehicles Accountable: Legal and Logic Analysis on Traffic Code

   • Dan M. Costescu

   Pages 21-33

5. Causes of Road Accidents with Fatalities and Heavy Injuries in Latvia

   • Juris Kreicbergs, Oskars Irbitis, Janis Kalnins

   Pages 34-40

6. Training of Road Safety Auditors in Germany

   • Julius Uhlmann, Johannes Vogel, Uwe Plank-Wiedenbeck

   Pages 41-46

7. The Concept of the Software to Analyse Road Safety Statistics and Support Decision Making Process

   • Irina Makarova, Ksenia Shubenkova, Timur Bakibayev, Anton Pashkevich

   Pages 47-58

8. Analysis of Road Traffic Safety Increase Using Intelligent Transport Systems in Lithuania

   • Aldona Jarašūnienė, Nijolė Batarlienė

   Pages 59-66

9. Dangerous Goods Transport Problems in Lithuania

   • Nijolė Batarlienė

   Pages 67-73

10. A Geospatial Multi-scale Level Analysis of the Distribution of Animal-Vehicle Collisions on Polish Highways and National Roads

    • Rob Smits, Janusz Bohatkiewicz, Joanna Bohatkiewicz, Maciej Hałucha

    Pages 74-84

11. Impact of Road Traffic Accidents on the Dynamics of Traffic Flows

    • Algimantas Danilevičius, Marijonas Bogdevičius

    Pages 85-92

12. Road Safety of Disabled People on the Example of the Campus Equipment

    • Aleksandr Novikov, Ivan Novikov, Anastasia Shevtsova

    Pages 93-103

13. Road Traffic Management During Special Events

    • Dovydas Skrodenis

    Pages 104-109

14. Implementation of the Road Traffic Safety Concept in Belarus

    • Denis Kapsky, Sergey Bogdanovich, Aleksandra Volynets

    Pages 110-119

15. Experimental Research on Shock Absorbers of Light Vehicles

    • Saulius Nagurnas, Paulius Skačkauskas

    Pages 120-129

16. How Congruent Can Human Attitudes, Intentions and Behaviour Be: The Case of Risky Driving Behaviour Among Lithuanian Novice Drivers

    • Laura Šeibokaitė, Justina Slavinskienė, Renata Arlauskienė, Auksė Endriulaitienė, Rasa Markšaitytė, Kristina Žardeckaitė-Matulaitienė

    Pages 130-139

17. Analysis and Evaluation of Public Transport Safety in Vilnius

    • Iveta Stanevičiūtė, Vytautas Grigonis

    Pages 140-145

18. Links of Distracted Driving with Demographic Indicators

    • Oleg Bogačionok, Alfredas Rimkus

    Pages 146-158

19. Investigation of Drivers’ Comfort Factors Influencing Urban Traffic Safety

    • Artūras Kilikevičius, Kristina Kilikevičienė, Jonas Matijošius

    Pages 159-165

20. Road Network Safety Ranking Using Accident Prediction Models

    • Vilma Jasiūnienė, Kornelija Ratkevičiūtė, Harri Peltola

    Pages 166-176

This book gathers papers presented at the International Conference “Vision Zero for Sustainable Road Safety in Baltic Sea Region”, held on December 2018 at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, in Vilnius, Lithuania. Taking as a starting point the multi-national road traffic safety program Vision Zero, originated in Sweden in 1995, the book aims at showing the current situation in different countries, in terms of achieved results and new challenges  in both policy implementation and available technologies. A special emphasis is given to themes such as safety of smart vehicles, human factors, public education, and urban planning. The book offers an extensive source of information and ideas concerning innovative transportation technologies and infrastructure. It addresses both researchers and decision-makers in this field.

• Mobility of the Future
• Digital Systems
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Road User Behavior
• Road Traffic Injury Prevention
• Connected Transportation
• Sustainable Mobility
• International Collaborations in Road Safety
• Vulnerable Road Users
• Solving Traffic Problems
• Safe Self-driving Car
• Self-driving Public Transportation
• Road Infrastructure Safety Management
• quality control, reliability, safety and risk
• urban geography and urbanism

• Department of Technology and Society, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

  Andras Varhelyi

• Department of Automobile Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania

  Vidas Žuraulis

• Department of Mobile Machinery and Railway Transport, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania

  Olegas Prentkovskis

Policies and ethics