Vision Zero and Safe System fundamentals
The overarching objective of the course is to provide a thorough understanding of the fundamental principles behind building a Safe System in road traffic—a system in which severe injuries and fatalities are virtually eliminated. While the path to implementing a Safe System may vary depending on the current situation and local context, these core principles will consistently guide safety practitioners toward asking the right questions, and making right and informed decisions.
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This course presents traffic safety as a broad and multifaceted subject, requiring collaboration among various components and stakeholders to achieve tangible results. Rather than focusing on narrow technical issues, participants will gain a holistic perspective on what needs to be implemented—and why—in order to save real lives in real traffic environments.
Course syllabus
The course will mix lectures with practical elements, mostly covering the following:
Framing the challenge
- Traffic safety situation today—for various contexts, accident types, and road user groups
- Evolution of traffic safety theory and practice
- Safe System and Vision Zero—state-of-the-art approach to traffic safety management
- How to measure traffic safety
- Traffic safety data—police, healthcare, in-depth investigation, insurance, indirect indicators and methods
- Why accidents happen? Contributing factors, causality chains, prevention strategies
- Biomechanics of injuries and injury prevention
- Suicides in road traffic
Solutions and implementtion areas
- Traffic safety measures: principles, classification, evaluations
- Traffic safety management
- Safe speeds
- Safe infrastructure
- Safe vehicles
- Safe road users
- Post-crash care
Perspectives on traffic safety
- Traffic safety as a part of sustainable development
- Meeting preconditions of various groups
- Safe active mobility
- Economic aspects of traffic safety
- Social aspects of traffic safety
- Safety in low-income contexts
Target group
The course is designed for professionals and academics having some basic knowledge in road traffic, but not necessarily specializing in traffic safety. It is suitable for those new to the subject, but also for seasoned professionals who want to learn more about the Swedish experience in traffic injury and fatality prevention.
The course suits well for participants with various professional backgrounds—engineering, law enforcement, public health, urban planning, mobility, sociology, economics, etc.
Course teachers
Aliaksei Laureshyn is an associate professor in traffic safety at Lund University, Sweden.
Hanna Wennberg is a part-time lecturer at Lund University, Sweden. She has extensive practical experience working at the Swedish Transport Administration and in consultancy.
Guest lecturer: Dr. Sonja Forward is a psychologist and a research leader at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI).
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Price
27000kr
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Start date
May 4, 2026
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Number of course days
5
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Participation fee: SEK 27 000 (≈ EUR 2 500) VAT exclusive. (VAT exempted under applicable regulations)-
The fee covers tuition, course materials, coffee breaks, lunches, social event (dinner), and course certificate.Contact info: contact@lund-tsa.se