Copy For Citation
Günay B., Haran I.
Journal of International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences, vol.26, no.2, pp.115-117, 2002 (Scopus)
Abstract
Despite a low rate of car ownership, Northern Ireland experiences traffic fatalities and injuries at just below the EU average overall but exceeds that average for child fatality rates. It also has the highest rate of road traffic injury accidents per 100,000 population in the U.K. More than 80% of the accidents involve automobiles and were attributable to driver behavior, mainly drug or alcohol use, excessive speed or carelessness. The government has a 10-year strategy, which aims to reduce deaths and serious injuries by 20% by 2010. The first Northern Ireland road safety plan was published in 1995 and set out more than 100 actions planned by government and private organizations to promote road safety. However, the goal of reducing deaths and injuries by a third from 1985 to 2000 fell short.