Road safety policy depends on a broad and collective effort from several sectors to prevent and reduce road collisions. Municipalities are important actors in the work on road safety, as employers, owners of roads, day-care centers and schools, and as actors responsible for the quality of transportation services. In order to succeed, all municipal agencies must be involved in the work and each agency manager must take their share of the responsibility. The policy must be ingrained within the political and administrative management team.
The Norwegian Council for Road Safety (Trygg Trafikk) has prepared a list of criteria for a Traffic Safe Municipality. Kindergartens and schools make up an important part of the concept. Through this system, kindergartens and schools need to have a traffic safety policy, including traffic safety and mobility education.
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Traffic Safe Municipality started in 2016, and 110 out of 370 municipalities are certified as of October 2019. For more information, visit: www.trafikksikkerkommune.no