ROAD SAFETY POLICY IN THE NETHERLANDS: FACING THE FUTURE

Recently new targets for reducing the number of road accident fatalities and serious injuries have been set in the 'National Traffic and Transport Plan for the Netherlands, 2001 - 2020' (NVVP). To meet these targets (related to 1998 data), important elements of the present-day national policy, as formulated in the NVVP, are going to be the cooperation between and the sharing of responsibilities among all parties involved in traffic and transport policies, and a much intensified implementation of the long-term road safety approach of 'Sustainable Safety'. In this article the concept, elaboration and implementation of Sustainable Safety is described.