Article ID: CBB106162751

Whose Business Is Road Safety?: From a Fragmented to an Integrated Approach in France and Europe (1972–1998) (December 2019)

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Most research into road safety in Europe has focused chiefly on public action, without closely examining the role of car manufacturers or their coordination with public initiatives. This article explores how manufacturers transitioned from a fragmented conception of road safety in the 1970s—with vehicles being the responsibility of manufacturers, and prevention and roads that of institutions—to an increasingly integrated approach in the twenty-first century. The study uses industry archives to present manufacturer strategies from 1972 onward, which at first exclusively focused on vehicle safety standards. After 1986, the European Year of Road Safety, manufacturers’ official discourse increasingly stressed user education, as opposed to technical improvements to the product. Th is article will use the French case, as well as a more European approach to the automobile lobby in Brussels, to chart the gradual emergence of an integrated approach to safety combining the vehicle, infrastructure, and user behavior.

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Authors & Contributors
Elena Psyllou
Terama, Emma
Norman W. Garrick
Slavishak, Edward
Duc, Gérard
Esselborn, Stefan
Concepts
Land transportation
Safety
Accidents
Automobile safety
Transportation
Automobiles
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
United States
Europe
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Germany
France
European Union
Institutions
U.S., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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