Item: Vision Zero: Applying Road Safety to Avalanche Safety
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Title: Vision Zero: Applying Road Safety to Avalanche Safety
Proceedings: Proceedings, 2012 International Snow Science Workshop, Anchorage, Alaska
Authors:
- Dale Atkins
- Magnus Granhed
Date: 2012
Abstract: In 1997 the Swedish Parliament mandated that road fatalities and serious accidents be reduced to zero by 2020. To achieve this extraordinary directive requires a radical and new approach to road safety. Called “Vision Zero†this innovative approach to road safety is a paradigm shift that views the loss of human life and health as unacceptable. Since the late 1990s Vision Zero has reduced Sweden’s road fatalities by nearly 50%, and Sweden now has one of the lowest per capita traffic fatalities rate in the world, close to a quarter that of the United States. To achieve such impressive results has required a profound shift in traditional thinking about accidents, human behavior, individual responsibilities, economic costs, enforcement and education. Basically, Vision Zero requires the road transport system to be designed to prevent serious accidents from occurring. This paper introduces how the Vision Zero concept could be applied to avalanche safety to inspire the next generation’s philosophy of avalanche safety.
Object ID: issw-2012-016-022.pdf
Language of Article: English
Presenter(s): unknown
Keywords: avalanche, accidents, fatalities, road safety, vision zero, sweden, united states
Page Number(s): 16-22
Subjects: safety highway safety avalanche safety
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