Road Safety in the Romanian Cities. A Study on Urban Road Traffic Crashes

IF 0.7 Q3 GEOGRAPHY

Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning Pub Date : 2021-12-31 DOI:10.24193/jssp.2021.2.06

V. Zotic, D. Alexandru, I. Egresi

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Abstract

Sustainable urban mobility and road safety have been both a challenge and a priority at the European level for two decades now. Urban road traffic crashes are some of the most difficult issues to tackle by the local administrative planning and development authorities in Europe. The aim of this study was to enhance the focus on urban road safety by providing an illustrative spatial and temporal overview on the road crashes occurred in the cities and towns of Romania and their effects on the people involved. Data related to urban road crashes for a 12-year reference period from 2008 to 2019 were used. Results showed no significant difference in the number of road traffic crashes in 2019 compared to 2008. However, the impact on the people involved show a decrease in severity, the number of road crashes deaths in 2019 being halved compared to 2008. We note a redistribution in the occurrence of these events at the city level, for the period 2008-2019, whilst the most affected are the cities of rank 1 and 2. All rank 1 cities in Romania were detected as hotspots with a high concentration of road traffic crashes and casualties, designated as low-safety road traffic urban poles. We argued in favour of customized and relevant strategies for sustainable and safe urban transport in accordance with the particular features of the cities and towns in Romania, given the varied severity degree of the phenomenon and the specific features of road infrastructure and road traffic.

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罗马尼亚城市的道路安全。城市道路交通事故研究

二十年来，可持续的城市交通和道路安全一直是欧洲面临的挑战和优先事项。城市道路交通事故是欧洲地方行政规划和发展当局最难解决的一些问题。本研究的目的是通过对罗马尼亚城镇发生的道路交通事故及其对相关人员的影响提供说明性的时空概况，加强对城市道路安全的关注。研究使用了2008年至2019年12年参考期的城市道路交通事故相关数据。结果显示，2019年道路交通事故数量与2008年相比没有显著差异。然而，道路交通事故对相关人员的影响程度有所下降，2019年道路交通事故死亡人数比2008年减少了一半。我们注意到，在2008-2019年期间，这些事件在城市层面的发生发生了再分配，而受影响最大的是排名1和2的城市。罗马尼亚所有排名1的城市都被列为道路交通事故和伤亡高度集中的热点地区，被指定为低安全性道路交通城市极点。鉴于这一现象的不同严重程度以及道路基础设施和道路交通的具体特点，我们主张根据罗马尼亚城镇的特点，为可持续和安全的城市交通制定定制的相关战略。

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Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning GEOGRAPHY-

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期刊介绍： Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning (JSSP) is a biannual, peer-reviewed, open access journal, edited by the Centre for Research on Settlements and Urbanism, Faculty of Geography, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA. For the unrestricted access to potential subscribers all over the world the journal is published in English language and can be accessed electronically. The Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning addresses mainly to geographers, young researchers and also to other specialists in adjacent fields of research that focus their attention on aspects related to settlements and spatial planning. On the other hand, it strongly encourages representatives of the public administration, who are responsible with the practical implementation of planning projects, to bring their contribution to the scientific field. Our journal seeks to publish original theoretical and applied research studies on a large range of subjects addressed to urban and rural settlements and spatial planning, as well as precise issues related to both of them. We welcome scholars to bring their contribution (original articles in basic and applied research, case studies) and increase interdisciplinary research on settlements and their spatial impact.