Area-wide traffic calming improves safety - but will it work in low- and middle-income countries?

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 03:01 in Health & Medicine

Area-wide traffic calming schemes that discourage through-traffic from using residential roads are effective at reducing traffic-related injuries in high-income countries and may even reduce deaths. However, more research needs to be carried out to see whether these interventions will work in low- and middle-income countries, according to a Cochrane Systematic Review of the available evidence...

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