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Table 27: Road safety development phases and typical characteristics
Development
Phases
Establishment Growth Consolidation
Road safety
management
 No/limited political
will
 Limited interaction
between stakeholders
 Lack of coordination,
no integrated
approach
 Limited funding
 Weak legal framework
 Limited supporting
research
 No local research
 Road safety growing
concern with political
support.
 Limited funding
 Treatment segregated
 Limited coordination
 Limited local research
 Limited monitoring
evaluation
 Fair legislative
framework
 Well-developed
political support
 Fair to high degree of
integrated
coordination
 Fair to adequate
funding
 Supporting legislative
regulatory framework
 Intergraded action
programme
 Targeted research
Safer roads and
mobility
 Underdeveloped road
network
 Limited sized network
 Poor road conditions
 Lack of road
standards
 Limited capacity in
road management
 Limited attention for
vulnerable road users
 Developing road
network
 Varying design
standards
 Fair road
maintenance
 Limited attention for
vulnerable road users
 Developing public
transportation
facilities
 Developed road
network
 Good public transport
facilities
 Integrated planning
and development
 Multimodal systems
 Good quality facilities
Safer vehicles  Low car ownership
and low vehicle
mileage
 Limited vehicle
standards
 High age of vehicles
 Limited roadworthy
tests
 Weak public
transportation
 Growing car
ownership
 High age of vehicles
 Developing public
transportation
 Stabilised car
ownership
 Low age of vehicles
 International vehicle
standards applied
 Standard
requirements for new
and existing vehicles
 Good public
transportation