Transportation, Traffic Safety and Health

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Introduction

   • Hans von Holst, Åke Nygren, Roland Thord

   Pages 1-8

3. The New Mobility

   • Åke E. Andersson

   Pages 9-17

4. Traffic Safety as a Health Issue

   • Ricardo Martinez

   Pages 19-36

5. The Zero Vision

   • Claes Tingvall

   Pages 37-57

6. Prevention and Integration of Knowledge in Neurotraumatic Injuries

   • Hans von Holst

   Pages 59-72

7. The Swedish National Road Safety Programme — A New Approach to Road Safety Work

   • Kåre Rumar

   Pages 73-86

8. Prevention in the Context of Culture

   • Lisbeth Sachs

   Pages 87-98

9. Socio-Cultural Considerations in Devising Traffic Safety Strategies

   • Eva von Hirsch

   Pages 99-114

10. Traffic Safety in an Aging Society

    • Kurt Johansson

    Pages 115-133

11. The Evolution of Transport Safety in the US

    • T. R. Lakshmanan

    Pages 135-159

12. Traffic Safety and the Vehicle

    • Hans Norin

    Pages 161-180

13. Psychosocial Factors in Traffic Safety

    • Linda Carroll

    Pages 181-202

14. Whiplash: An Important Agenda for the Future

    • Åke Nygren, David Cassidy

    Pages 203-223

15. Back Matter

    Pages 225-228

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Minister Ines Uusmann The Swedish Ministry of Transport and Communication The post-industrial society is to a great extent characterized by a tremendous growth in transportation. The freedom to move is a central and fundamental human value. Transportation together with communication are the most important prerequi­ sites for increasing the level of human interaction and mobility over time and space, giving us the possi­ bility to seek knowledge, experience and social con­ tacts. At the same time that mo­ bility has increased we have also witnessed an associ­ ated growth in health prob­ lems. The number of seri­ ous injuries and fatalities caused by road traffic is un­ acceptable. Great efforts have been made to reduce these figures and a down­ ward trend has been visible in most countries over the last 20 years. Still, there re­ mains lots to be done. VI Minister Ines Uusmann The road transport infrastructure is the least forgiving human­ machine system used by people today. In Sweden it kills and causes long-term injuries to approximately five percent of the popula­ tion. In some countries this figure is over twenty percent. Unlike more modem human-machine systems the road system relies upon individuals following norms, laws and rules that are in force. It is taken for granted that people are sensible, careful and always make the right decisions.

• Gehirnverletzungen
• Gesundheitswesen
• accident risks
• brain injuries
• cognitive deficts
• critical treatment
• cultural perspectives
• dynamic theory
• elderly drivers
• health care
• injury
• neurotraumatologic injuries
• neutrotraumatologische Verletzungen
• ris
• Trauma Surgery

• Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

  Hans Holst

• Karolinska Institute, WHO Collaborating Center, Stockholm, Sweden

  Åke Nygren

• Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden

  Roland Thord

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