The material presents the conditions influencing the improvement of safety levels in road and rail transport. Among them, the necessity of improving the state of infrastructure is mentioned, taking into account the solutions applied in the field of road traffic safety and the modernization of the railway network. Actions in the field of raising the awareness of traffic participants and education are also discussed.Due to its weight, significance, and complexity, ensuring safety falls within the catalog of basic needs and tasks of the state. It is a dynamic process subject to constant transformations depending on changing conditions.
This process concerns many areas of the state’s functioning, and one of them is meeting the need for safety at an appropriate level in the area of transport operation. It is therefore necessary to systematically observe, diagnose, and appropriately modify the conditions and instruments used to optimize safety.
Improving safety in transport is intended to lead to a significant reduction in the number of accidents and a limitation of their consequences (injured and killed), as well as to improve the personal safety of transport users. Ensuring safety in transport covers all its branches, however, due to the level of threat, it mainly concerns road transport. It is very important to determine the conditions that decide on the improvement of safety in transport. (…)
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Source: Logistics Magazine
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