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Yongjun Shen1, Elke Hermans2, Qiong Bao3
1School of Transportation, Southeast University, Sipailou 2, 210096 Nanjing, China; Transportation Research Institute (IMOB), Hasselt University, Wetenschapspark 5 bus 6, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
Accident; Analysis and Prevention
|February 28, 2020
Summary
International road safety benchmarking helps countries improve by learning from best practices. This study developed a new model to assess and rank road safety performance, identifying areas for improvement.
Area of Science:
- Road safety management
- Transportation engineering
- Public policy
Background:
- International benchmarking is encouraged for road safety improvement.
- Challenges exist in establishing frameworks and making policy decisions.
- Identifying leading risk factors is crucial for effective benchmarking.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a comprehensive set of safety performance indicators.
- To propose an interval multiple layer data envelopment analysis (DEA)-based composite indicator (CI) model.
- To benchmark road safety performance for European countries and provide recommendations.
Main Methods:
- Identification of leading road safety risk factors.
- Development of a hierarchically structured set of safety performance indicators.
- Application of an interval multiple layer DEA-based CI model for benchmarking and ranking.
Main Results:
- Distinguished best-performing and underperforming countries in road safety.
- Ranked countries based on a cross-index score.
- Identified country-specific benchmarks and areas of underperformance.
Conclusions:
- The proposed DEA-based CI model effectively benchmarks road safety performance.
- Country-specific insights and regional recommendations for enhancing road safety were formulated.
- The study provides a robust framework for continuous road safety improvement through international learning.
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