Abstract
In most safety critical domains, safety has been improved through the application of contemporary human error models and management methods. But the common strategic approach to improve road safety has so far mainly been built on the view that individual road-users utterly are responsible when crashes occur and countermeasures have consequently been aimed at changing the behaviour of the road-user. This approach is however slowly shifting and there is a growing understanding that the strategies must be based on human factors principles. In this paper the human factors principles of the Safe System approach are outlined and important implications for the design and regulation of the road transport system will be presented. It is concluded that the Safe System approach share vital foundations with the human factors concept. But it is argued that the Safe System approach takes the human factors approach further by regarding the capability of the human body to withstand external influences with a potential to induce bodily harm.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics |
| Subtitle of host publication | Applications and Services - 10th International Conference, EPCE 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Proceedings |
| Pages | 19-28 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Volume | 8020 LNAI |
| Edition | PART 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (EPCE) 2013 - Las Vegas, United States of America Duration: 21 Jul 2013 → 26 Jul 2013 Conference number: 10th https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-39360-0 (Proceedings Part I) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-39354-9 (Proceedings Part II) |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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| Number | PART 2 |
| Volume | 8020 LNAI |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (EPCE) 2013 |
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| Abbreviated title | EPCE 2013 |
| Country/Territory | United States of America |
| City | Las Vegas |
| Period | 21/07/13 → 26/07/13 |
| Other | LNCS, volume 8019 and LNCS, volume 8020 PART I - LNCS, volume 8019 Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics. Understanding Human Cognition 10th International Conference, EPCE 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 21-26, 2013, Proceedings, Part I PART II - LNCS, volume 8020 Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics. Applications and Services 10th International Conference, EPCE 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 21-26, 2013, Proceedings, Part II |
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Keywords
- Human Factors
- road safety
- road users
- Safe System approach
- safety
- system safety
- Vision Zero