The Challenges of Vision Zero Implementation in Iran: A Qualitative Study
Background: Road traffic crashes’ (RTCs) multidimensional nature has piqued the interest of officials all around the world for many years. Vision Zero is one of the most innovative approaches to road safety. Vision Zero is a government initiative aimed at reducing RTC-related deaths and serious inju...
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| author | Hamid Safarpour Hamid Safarpour Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh Hamid Soori Zohreh Ghomian Kamran Bagheri-Lankarani Reza Mohammadi |
| author_facet | Hamid Safarpour Hamid Safarpour Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh Hamid Soori Zohreh Ghomian Kamran Bagheri-Lankarani Reza Mohammadi |
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| description | Background: Road traffic crashes’ (RTCs) multidimensional nature has piqued the interest of officials all around the world for many years. Vision Zero is one of the most innovative approaches to road safety. Vision Zero is a government initiative aimed at reducing RTC-related deaths and serious injuries. To effectively apply this approach in Iran, it is required to first identify the obstacles to execution. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the obstacles to Vision Zero implementation in Iran.Methods: The qualitative content analysis method was used in this investigation. The participants were chosen using purposive, snowball, and maximum variety sampling methods. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews. Graneheim and Lundman’s method was used to analyze data using the content analysis method.Results: There were 16 interviews with 14 participants in this study. The data were organized into four main categories and 13 sub-categories to determine the obstacles to implementing Vision Zero. Managerial and administrative obstacles, as well as supportive, cultural, and social, and transportation design and development challenges, were the main categories.Conclusion: In Iran, implementing Vision Zero necessitates the establishment of a lead agency that considers administrative and managerial, supportive and logistic, socio-cultural, transportation design and development, and infrastructure components. In addition, Vision Zero implementation and road safety improvement would require political commitment and support from the government and society. Vision Zero implementation and road safety management must take into account the ethics and value of human life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-760bcde93d6541bd8294dce894f845c62022-12-22T02:30:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Future Transportation2673-52102022-07-01310.3389/ffutr.2022.884930884930The Challenges of Vision Zero Implementation in Iran: A Qualitative StudyHamid Safarpour0Hamid Safarpour1Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh2Hamid Soori3Zohreh Ghomian4Kamran Bagheri-Lankarani5Reza Mohammadi6Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IranDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IranWorkplace Health Promotion Research Center (WHPRC), Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranSafety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranHealth Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Division of Family Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, SwedenBackground: Road traffic crashes’ (RTCs) multidimensional nature has piqued the interest of officials all around the world for many years. Vision Zero is one of the most innovative approaches to road safety. Vision Zero is a government initiative aimed at reducing RTC-related deaths and serious injuries. To effectively apply this approach in Iran, it is required to first identify the obstacles to execution. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the obstacles to Vision Zero implementation in Iran.Methods: The qualitative content analysis method was used in this investigation. The participants were chosen using purposive, snowball, and maximum variety sampling methods. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews. Graneheim and Lundman’s method was used to analyze data using the content analysis method.Results: There were 16 interviews with 14 participants in this study. The data were organized into four main categories and 13 sub-categories to determine the obstacles to implementing Vision Zero. Managerial and administrative obstacles, as well as supportive, cultural, and social, and transportation design and development challenges, were the main categories.Conclusion: In Iran, implementing Vision Zero necessitates the establishment of a lead agency that considers administrative and managerial, supportive and logistic, socio-cultural, transportation design and development, and infrastructure components. In addition, Vision Zero implementation and road safety improvement would require political commitment and support from the government and society. Vision Zero implementation and road safety management must take into account the ethics and value of human life.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffutr.2022.884930/fullVision Zeroroad traffic crash (RTC)road traffic injury (RTI)safety promotioninjury prevention |
| spellingShingle | Hamid Safarpour Hamid Safarpour Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh Hamid Soori Zohreh Ghomian Kamran Bagheri-Lankarani Reza Mohammadi The Challenges of Vision Zero Implementation in Iran: A Qualitative Study Frontiers in Future Transportation Vision Zero road traffic crash (RTC) road traffic injury (RTI) safety promotion injury prevention |
| title | The Challenges of Vision Zero Implementation in Iran: A Qualitative Study |
| title_full | The Challenges of Vision Zero Implementation in Iran: A Qualitative Study |
| title_fullStr | The Challenges of Vision Zero Implementation in Iran: A Qualitative Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Challenges of Vision Zero Implementation in Iran: A Qualitative Study |
| title_short | The Challenges of Vision Zero Implementation in Iran: A Qualitative Study |
| title_sort | challenges of vision zero implementation in iran a qualitative study |
| topic | Vision Zero road traffic crash (RTC) road traffic injury (RTI) safety promotion injury prevention |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffutr.2022.884930/full |
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