Developing a conceptual model for sustainable management of traffic safety. Part 1: methodology

In this article, the concept, ingredients and levels of sustainable traffic safety management are proposed. The paper presents a thorough review of the literature showing a number of frameworks/approaches that were suggested to conduct traffic safety work in a systematic, integrated manner. The core of the paper lies in developing a conceptual model aimed at achieving sustainable management of traffic safety. The proposed process encompasses all the phases, functions and activities that ought to be pursued within a sustainable management process of traffic safety. The paper presents, in a structured manner, these phases, functions and activities. It concludes by discussing the advantages and main limitation of the proposed model. In this context, a comparison of the proposed model versus the ones reviewed in the literature is also presented.