Building the Road Safety Profession in the Public Sector Special Report 289 (2007) / Chapter Skim
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Nevertheless, the consequences of motor vehicle crashes continue to be a major public health problem and the leading cause of death among children and young adults. Continued growth in motor vehicle travel means that larger and larger improvements in crash rates are needed to produce any reduction in the total number of people killed and injured in crashes each year.
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Core safety knowledge and skills are often obtained on the job, if they are obtained at all. Few universities offer a systems-level road safety curriculum, and there are few places where public agencies can recruit trained safety professionals.
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A number of factors cited in the report suggest that the demand for such a skilled workforce is growing -- for example, to apply new safety-related tools and technologies and to meet legislative mandates for data-driven safety programs. The demand for safety professionals threatens to outpace the ability of public agencies to attract interested and talented workers to the field and to educate and train them to perform effectively.
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. Other state and local government agencies may be well represented by their national associations, such as the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the American Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, the National Association of Regional Councils, the National Association of County Engineers, the American Public Works Association, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.
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• Promote road safety management as a distinct profession and a desir able career path. • Persuade public agencies, industry, and universities of the value of forming road safety education and training partnerships, which can help foster demand for road safety training and education and expose road safety professionals to the methods and results of science-based safety research.
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Road safety education and training opportunities are highly fragmented, seldom in the form of a comprehensive program covering the many competencies required by road safety professionals. While many universities have strong safety research programs, fewer have instructional programs tied to this research.
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Accordingly, the alliance should explore the need for and ways to provide training and education through existing programs or through the establishment of new programs dedicated to the road safety profession. CONCLUDING OBSERVATION The demand for improvements in road safety is growing but becoming increasingly difficult to meet.
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