Contemporary methods of road safety risk management

Abstract

The problem of road safety is an important factor in traffic safety, recognized as one of the main goals in the process of improving traffic safety. Improving both the capacity and safety of roads requires, along with large financial investments, planning and developing new tools in order to ensure prevention of traffic accidents and mitigation of their consequences. Establishing a road safety system is based on detailed knowledge of the current safety of the road, as well as on implementing adequate countermeasures that would eliminate existing safety risks. For this, traffic safety tools used for assessing safety are very important, especially in the road design stage, as well during assessment of traffic safety on the existing road.