eprintid: 10124041 rev_number: 17 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/12/40/41 datestamp: 2021-03-16 16:56:54 lastmod: 2021-09-23 22:23:36 status_changed: 2021-03-16 16:56:54 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Allsop, R title: Advancing safe system: The need for realistic goals ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F44 note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. abstract: Safe System is an approach to road safety management that can be advocated as being the current state of the art; it draws comprehensively upon experience of recent decades in road safety management in many countries. Inspired by Vision Zero, the Safe System Sourcebook purports to eliminate death and life-changing injury from use of the roads. This paper questions whether the elimination of death and life changing injuries is at odds with reality. It calls for an adapted vision with realistically ambitious goals: one of zero preventable deaths and life-changing injuries. Realistic goals are important for road safety in the realm of day-to-day political reality. Emphasis on realistic goals rather than remote prospects should not only help to advance Safe System but also help to align progress towards it with the promotion of active travel and the creation of places for living and walking in our cities. date: 2018-07-24 date_type: published publisher: CRC Press official_url: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351173360 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1853198 isbn_13: 9781351173360 lyricists_name: Allsop, Richard lyricists_id: REALL34 actors_name: Allsop, Richard actors_id: REALL34 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Town and Infrastructure Planning for Safety and Urban Quality - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Living and Walking in Cities, LWC 2017 pagerange: 43-46 event_title: XXIII International Conference on Living and Walking in Cities (LWC 2017) book_title: Proceedings of the XXIII International Conference on Living and Walking in Cities (LWC 2017). Town and Infrastructure Planning for Safety and Urban Quality citation: Allsop, R; (2018) Advancing safe system: The need for realistic goals. In: Proceedings of the XXIII International Conference on Living and Walking in Cities (LWC 2017). Town and Infrastructure Planning for Safety and Urban Quality. (pp. pp. 43-46). CRC Press Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10124041/3/Allsop_Advancing%20safe%20system-%20The%20need%20for%20realistic%20goals_AAM.pdf