Factors Affecting the Road Safety

Abstract

The road safety is all society issue not only in European Union, but in non-European countries, too. The number of fatalities per 100, 000 inhabitants is the value higher than two persons per a year, depending on the member state of European Union. Many authors agree, e.g., Koornstra et al. or Wegman and Oppe, that road safety is improving because the number of fatalities is decreasing. The number of road accidents and mainly the number of fatalities represents much higher number than is the aim of the strategic documents of European Union. It is necessary to find solutions for increasing the road safety. The aim of this paper is to analyse factors affecting the road safety and to identify another possibilities for increasing the road safety.