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Making Traffic Safer

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Tag: Vulnerable Road Users

Lower speeds and infrastructure changes protect Vulnerable Road Users

Vulnerable road users (VRU) are grossly overrepresented in road safety statistics. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that close to 50% of all traffic deaths are VRUs. This means roughly 600,000 worldwide casualties per year. SWOV, the Netherlands’ Institute for Road Safety Research, defines VRUs as a group of road users that can be defined

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Philip Wijers

Published: 2017-06-12

Filed under: Infrastructure Adaptation, Vision zero, VRU, Vulnerable Road Users

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Philip J. Wijers Director Government Affairs Sensys Gatso Group - Traffic Enforcement Philip Wijers holds a masters degree in Economic Geography from the University of Amsterdam... Read more

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