The road network in Singapore has shown safety records improving over the years, albeitwith increases in both vehicle and human population. The number of road fatalities hasdecreased by 47% from 327 per annum in the 1980s to 173 per annum in the 2000s. Theroad fatality rate has progressively been reduced to 1.9 fatalities per 10,000 vehicles and3.7 fatalities per 100,000 human populations.An effective policy formulation and institutional road safety framework has contributedtowards this improvement. This paper outlines how the Land Transport Authority (LTA) ofSingapore has achieved in developing this road safety framework through systematicengineering strategies.Road safety professionals are always looking for new initiatives to make the roads saferand more sustainable. While there is no one single direction that leads to best practices inroad safety engineering, our efforts through three key strategies have enabled thedevelopment of a sustainable framework to improve road safety in Singapore.This framework includes the strategy to initiate and plan accident prevention measures,the study of crash data and the execution of accident reduction measures and themanagement and collaboration with major stakeholders in road safety.
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