Open AccessCommercial vehicles safety management
Author(s) -
Dušan Mladenović,
Djordje Stanisavljevic,
Ivan Ivković,
Dragan Sekulić
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.20544/tts2021.1.1.21.p51
Subject(s) - transport engineering , road traffic safety , vehicle safety , business , commercial vehicle , road traffic , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , engineering , automotive engineering
– Monitoring and analysis of commercial vehicles safety is an important component of traffic safety management. In highly developed countries, despite the increase in the number ofvehicles on the road, the number of fatalities in traffic accidents is decreasing. Successful commercial vehicles management needs to provide better efficiency, increase traffic safety and decreaseenvironmental impact. In this paper, an analysis of the commercial vehicles` road safety in the Republic of Serbia will bepresented with a comparison at the EU level. This paper aims to present the potential impact of the commercial vehicles` active safety systems on improving road safety in the Republic of Serbia. The obtained results will show the potential number of fatalities in commercial vehicles accidents that could be avoided by using some of the commercial vehicles` active safety systems. Keywords – commercial vehicles, traffic safety, safety management.