Sidsel Sandelien began by pinpointing the location of the accidents in aerial photos, focusing on the fact that it was not only the road user who was "to blame" for the accidents. Speed-reducing measures and safer intersections were important.
In 1995, the "zero vision" came from Sweden - the ambitious goal of zero road fatalities. This gave new energy to the road safety work and was followed up in Norway from 1999. Many said it was impossible, but after more than 50 years, the results show that systematic road safety work is useful:
While in the 1970s it was common to lose over 100 children in road traffic accidents, in 2019 no children died. In total, the number of traffic deaths has fallen from the peak of 560 in 1970 to less than 100 today. Still not zero – but the vision is still alive and sets the standard for safety thinking for everyone who plans and manages road traffic, and all of us who travel in it.
Samkult - Transport, culture and technology
Transport, culture and technology is a sub-project on the Local History Wiki, where Samkult, a project group under Tekna's Subject Group for History of Technology, regularly publishes articles. Samkult stands for transport, culture and technology.
The project group's broad professional composition and long work experience have made it possible for the group to analyse transport, culture and technology both separately, in their interconnection and how social development is affected by transport and how social development affects transport.
Sidsel Sandelien was one of Norway's first civil engineers, graduating from NTH (NTNU) in 1968. She has held various key positions in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, including as Director of Environment and Technology in the Norwegian Road Directorate, State Road Manager in Oslo and Regional Road Manager for Eastern Norway from 2002 to 2012.
- Light refreshments in the museum's café from 4 pm for those who have pre-registered.
Program
Facilitator: Sidsel Sandelien