Some issues for a safety policy for roads : lecture presented to the International Forum on the Infrastructure's Aspects of Road Safety, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Madrid, 2-4 October 1996

Discusses safety aspects of road traffic by advocating the setting of safety standards for road design. The following topics are treated: methods of diagnostics for road safety ; global aspects of infrastructure and design ; sustainable safe road network ; European approaches ; best practice reports ; categorisation of roads.