Development of a community road safety plan
การพัฒนาแผนความปลอดภัยบนถนนในชุมชน
Pichai Taneerananon, Assoc. Prof., D. of Civil Eng., F. of Eng., PSU.
E-mail : tpichai@ratree.psu.ac.th
Grant : Office of the Commission for Management of Land Traffic
Presented : The 6th National Convention on Civil Engineering, 10-12 May 2000, Dusit Resort
and Polo Club, Cha-Am, Petchburee
Key words : road traffic accident, community road safety plan
Road traffic accident is the 9th important cause of global morbidity in 1998. In Thailand, the police statistics indicate that there were 12,234 road fatalities in 1998, as a result of 73,725 recorded crashes. Road crash is the number one cause of death in provincial hospitals in the country. To effec-tively deal with the accident problem, systematic approach to the problem is required. In particular,
the development of a community safety plan is essential. This paper describes guidelines for the development of community safety plan, it is based on the model developed in Australia.
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