Road Safety: Risk Management Perspective
Publication: ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering
Volume 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Risk is ubiquitous and is associated with a very wide range of human activities. This has resulted in the development of an internationally agreed set of principles and guidelines for risk management in general. This paper describes the methods and processes that have been developed for general risk management, along with some of the knowledge upon which those methods and processes are based. It is argued that road safety could be improved by employing those methods and processes.
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Volume 6 • Issue 1 • March 2020
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Received: Sep 19, 2018
Accepted: May 3, 2019
Published online: Oct 24, 2019
Published in print: Mar 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Mar 24, 2020
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