Sustainable Safety

“Sustainable Safety” is a road safety concept which has been developed and adopted in the Netherlands. In sustainably safe road traffic, the entire traffic and transport system is adapted human limitations. The aimed is to preventing crashes and to limit the consequences of crashes. The infrastructure prevents road use involving large differences in direction, speed, and mass and directs the road user towards safe behaviour. Vehicles are constructed to simplify the driving task and offer protection in the event of a crash. Road users are educated and informed properly and their behaviour is tested regularly. The essence of the Sustainably Safe (SS) approach is: prevention is better than cure [54].