SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY ON THE EXAMPLE OF RACIBORZ COUNTY

Abstract

Even in the ancient times, the need to ensure the safety of human life and the willingness and the possibility of free movement of people with thsimultaneous development of means of transport, was noticed by people responsible for the safety of other people.There, where danger was noted, the rules for moving along the routes were gradually
introduced. These rules were applied to pedestrians and riders, and later they were adapted to the development of communication technology and they also concerned people using mechanical and non-mechanical vehicles. The sustainable development
of technologies related to the road traffic, combined with the rule of adapting the regulations defining the principles of moving on the roads and at the same time ensuring safety for all road users, continues to this day. The constant need to improve the road
infrastructure or the need and possibility of free movement is reflected in the revisions of road traffic regulations, which not only ensure our safety at the present time, but also impose obligations on us. The need to make revision of the regulations, resulting
from continuous safety analyses, shows which traffic-related areas should be focused on. Among others, such areas are infrastructure, safety related services and supervision over road traffic, the need to introduce innovative safety systems and preventive
measures. With reference to the aforementioned areas, an analysis of road safety was carried out on the basis of the road incidents and their participants. The aforementioned safety analysis was carried out on the basis of the statistical data on road incidents
that occurred in Raciborz County in the years 2015-2019, where the number of road incidents is presented, divided by legal qualifications, groups of road users, testimonies of road users in connection with the violation of road traffic regulations, the
results of road incidents, with indication which “areas” should be focused on in order to improve road safety.