The article presents an analysis of the state of road traffic safety (RTS) in the Radom region against the background of the Masovian Voivodeship and all of Poland for the last ten years. The values of selected indicators describing the state of road traffic safety for the indicated areas were determined and compared with road traffic safety indicators for the analyzed period.The development of motorization and the increasing mobility of society cause an increase in traffic intensity and the accumulation of resulting threats, mainly as a result of road accidents. The persistently high number of road accidents and their victims is currently becoming one of the most important social problems.
Therefore, preventing road accidents and their consequences is one of the serious tasks for local government authorities and public administration. In this regard, actions are necessary so that increasing road traffic ceases to cause such a great threat to the health and life of residents as it does now.
The problem of road traffic safety has a local, regional, national, and transnational dimension. Widely published statistical data and numerous statements and publications show a high level of road traffic danger in Poland, in Masovia, and in the Radom region. The high number of accidents and their victims and the resulting threats to road users mean that these issues worry and absorb the attention of society because they have an increasingly serious impact on public safety and order. Road accidents and their consequences, which a few years ago were insignificant to many people, are now perceived (even by small communities) as a harmful element of our life. As a result, social expectations for decisive action to change this situation are growing rapidly. (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine
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