traffic safety
Vehicular harm prevention
Traffic safety encompasses the measures, practices, and awareness aimed at preventing accidents and injuries on roads.
It includes everything from infrastructure design—crosswalks, guardrails, traffic signals—to individual behaviors like wearing seatbelts and obeying speed limits.
The city launched a traffic safety campaign after several pedestrian deaths.
Traffic safety education often targets new drivers and schoolchildren.
- airbagsCrash-activated vehicle cushions
- crash test dummyImpact simulation figure
- pedestrian crossingsDesignated road-crossing zones
- defensive drivingProactive safe vehicle operation
- texting and drivingUsing phone while steering
traction control · vehicle recalls · road signs · blind spot · roundabouts · speed limits · guardrails · fender bender · lane markings · seat belts · school zone · bike lanes · speed bumps · yellow light · crosswalk · look both ways · DUI checkpoints · crossing guard
- safetyhazard, airbag, alert, danger, seatbelt
- Safety organizationsOSHA, Red Cross, NHTSA, FDA, CDC
- traffic lawsspeed limit, speed limits, stop sign, road rules, red lights
- transportation issuescongestion, gridlock, train delays, flight delays, delays
- urban hazardspotholes, crime, accidents, sinkholes, gas leaks
- transport policyhighway funding, congestion pricing, fuel taxes, infrastructure funding, highway tolls
traffic safetyroad hazards
Dangers on pavement
traffic accidents · traffic fatalities · road hazard · collision risk · traffic collisions
traffic safetyreckless driving
Unsafe vehicle operation
dangerous driving · drunk driving · distracted driving · impaired driving · reckless endangerment