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Traffic Safety Research
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» Nordic NO.2 2008

Global Traffic Safety
Traffic accidents kill 1.2 million people every year, while an additional 50 million are injured. 86 per cent of these accidents occur in developing countries, where the cost of traffic accidents equals all bilateral aid. Traffic in the developing world is becoming a disaster.

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Drugs and Medicines in Traffic
Drugs and medicines occur on our roads. But today very little is known of the extent and the risks involved. The EU project DRUID has become involved in this problem by studying the prevalence of various substances and their effects, and their relationship with risk.

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News

2008-04-21
See the VTI Heavy Vehicle Simulator
at TRA 2008.

2007-12-15
New Director General at VTI
Jonas Bjelfvenstam succeeds Urban Karlström.

2007-09-19
Road safety conference in Thailand, November 14-16
VTI is inviting you to the an nternational conference on road safety in Bangkok in November. The programme is now available.