Vulnerable road users: Cross-cultural perspectives on performance and attitudes
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Protecting Vulnerable Road Users from Injury
In its latest global assessment of road safety, the World Health Organization (WHO) reminded us that half of the 1.2 million fatalities occurring each year on the world’s roads concern vulnerable road users (VRUs), with children and elderly being overrepresented among victims [1]. ‘‘Vulnerable road user’’ is a term applied to those most at risk in traffic, i.e. those unprotected by an outside s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: IATSS Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0386-1112
DOI: 10.1016/j.iatssr.2020.08.006