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  • Road safety engineering
  • Public health policy
  • Transportation safety

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  • Road safety strategies have evolved significantly over the past 25 years.
  • Sweden's "Vision Zero" approach emphasizes minimizing road fatalities and serious injuries.
  • The Integrated Road Safety System in Poland provides a framework for strategic programming.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline and analyze Poland's road safety strategic programming principles.
  • To examine the development of road safety strategies over the last 25 years.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of preventative measures based on "Vision Zero".

Main Methods:

  • Review of Poland's road safety strategic programming.
  • Analysis of preventative measures inspired by "Vision Zero" principles.
  • Evaluation of program effectiveness.

Main Results:

  • Successful road safety improvements globally are linked to strategies acknowledging human error.
  • Roads, vehicles, and safety programs must be designed considering the human body's impact tolerance.
  • Poland's experience with "Vision Zero"-based programming is summarized and assessed.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides insights into Poland's implementation of "Vision Zero" principles.
  • Effectiveness of preventative road safety programs in Poland is evaluated.
  • The findings contribute to understanding successful road safety strategies.