Study on the Traffic Enforcement Activity to Reduce Traffic Accidents

Abstract

In Japan, the number of traffic accidents has been reducing for many years, and it can be assumed that various factors, such as law amendment, road construction, and traffic safety education, have contributed it. However, the decrease tendency of traffic death accidents is becoming smaller these few years. To achieve the target of ‘The 10th Fundamental Traffic Safety Program’ that is to make the number of fatalities within 24 hours below 2,500 people per year, efforts to contribute to further reduction of traffic accidents are necessary. Among the various efforts that may lead to achieve this goal, traffic enforcement is listed as one of the priority measures in ‘The 10th Fundamental Traffic Safety Program.’ Based on these backgrounds, this research has revealed the traffic accident suppression effect by showing traffic enforcement activity to help reduce traffic accidents in our country. As a result, it was found out that showing vigilance activity has the effect of suppressing frequent occurrence of traffic accidents.