SWOV fact sheets
SWOV publishes fact sheets on a wide range of road safety subjects.
To the fact sheets.
SWOV Library
In the Netherlands the SWOV library is the national centre for road safety literature. Consult the online catalogue for recent publications
Visit ERSO for international road safety information
Knowledge base
- Sustainable Safety
vision, implementation... - Road safety developments
mobility, risk, casualties... - Road safety policy
targets, costs, benefits... - Road safety costs
crash costs, road deaths...
- Modes of transport
pedestrians, bicyclist, cars... - High-risk behaviour
alcohol, drugs, telephone, fatigue... - High-risk groups
children, youngsters, elderly... - Measures
education, enforcement, technology... - Data and analysis
sources, analyzing...
News
SWOVNewsletter January 2012
The SWOV Newsletter of January 2012 is available online. The newsletter does not only present an article about the SWOV in-depth research into run-off-road crashes, it also discusses the attention SWOV received in the media and presents the latest acquisitions of the SWOV library.
To the Newsletter
31/01/2012
Research Activities 47: safer cycling
The final edition of Research Activities, about road safety for cyclists, is now available online. This edition will be the last issue of Research Activities. The articles you were accustomed to find in Research Activities are now added to the SWOV Newsletter, to disseminate information even faster.
23/12/2011
SWOV Newsletter December: Sustainable Mobility and road safety
SWOV has investigated if and how road safety profits from Sustainable Mobility measures and what extra road safety benefits may be achieved. You can read more about this research in an article in the SWOV Newsletter of December. Furthermore, the newsletter contains an article about the hazard perception of young novice drivers, updated fact sheets, media appearences of SWOV, the latest library acquisitions, updated data tables and the final issue of Research Activities.
23/12/2011
SWOV Newsletter November: the relation between traffic offences and crashes
There is a relation between the number of traffic offences that is committed in the Netherlands and the crash involvement. This is one of the findings in a SWOV study into the relation between traffic offences and crashes that has recently been completed. The SWOV Newsletter of November provides more information about this study. Furthermore, the newsletter contains more information on policy instruments for managing EU road safety targets, SWOV appearences in the Dutch media, the latest acquisitions of the SWOV library and the new SWOV Twitteraccount.
22/11/2011
Short course enables novice drivers to anticipate traffic hazards
A short training course in a traffic simulator lasting approximately an hour enhances the way that young drivers recognize and respond to hazardous traffic situations. This is the main finding from research conducted by Willem Vlakveld of SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research. He will be awarded a PhD on 30 November by the University Medical Center Groningen. The research shows that young novice drivers do not perform well in hazard anticipation: they do not recognize hazards, do not see the risks and accept too many risks. Much of this poor hazard anticipation can be put down to a lack of driving experience, which according to Vlakveld can be rectified with a simple training course. He is therefore arguing a case for hazard anticipation to be added to the standard course of driving lessons.
To the press release (from the University Medical Center Groningen)
21/11/2011