ABSTRACT
Practice shows that countries with quantitative targets in road safety improve more than countries without such targets. In spite of this, targets must be realistic and scientifically based. The paradigm shift of zero fatalities and zero serious injuries i.e. vision zero is an ethical platform and not a quantified target. A political target of a 50% reduction in serious injuries is realistic in theory. The analysis of the Hungarian time series shows clearly that the number of fatalities decreased dramatically and not the number of all injuries. And since people saved from fatalities may then become the ones seriously injured, the target may not be realistic. It is possible to set a quantitative target only after the careful analysis of the collision time series.
The presentation concludes with a short overview about the Hungarian road safety from which is drawn some important conclusions regarding the safety of unprotected road users.
