WHITE PAPER
ON TRAFFIC SAFETY IN JAPAN 2014
Abridged Edition

To the Japanese page

Table of contents (PDF:136KB)

I Outline of Present Situation

Title 1 Land Transport (PDF:724KB)

Part 1 Road Transport

Chapter 1 Road Traffic Accident Trends

1. Long-Term Change of Road Traffic Accidents
2. Road Traffic Accident Conditions during 2013

Chapter 2 Overview of Current Road Traffic Safety Measures

1. Improvement of Road Traffic Environment
2. Dissemination and Reinforcement of Traffic Safety
3. Ensuring Safe Driving
4. Ensuring Vehicle Safety Measures
5. Development of Rescue and Emergency Medical Systems

Part 2 Railway Transport

Chapter 1 Railway Traffic Accident Trends

1. Operational Accidents over Recent Years

Chapter 2 Overview of Current Railway Traffic Safety Measures

1. Improvement of Railway Environment
2. Dissemination of Knowledge about the Safety of Rail Traffic
3. Ensuring the Safe Operation of Railways

Title 2 Maritime Transport (PDF:270KB)

Chapter 1 Maritime Accident Trends

1. Maritime Accidents and Rescues during 2013
2. Major Constituents of Maritime Accidents and Rescues during 2013, Including Pleasure Boats

Chapter 2 Current Maritime Traffic Safety Measures

1. Improvement of Maritime Traffic Environment
2. Dissemination of Knowledge Regarding Maritime Transport Safety
3. Ensuring Safe Operation of Boats and Ships
4. Augmentation of Safety Measures for Small Vessels, etc.

Title 3 Air Transport (PDF:218KB)

Chapter 1 Air Traffic Accident Trends

1. Air Traffic Accidents in Recent Years
2. Incidents Related to Air Traffic Safety during 2013

Chapter 2 Overview of Current Air Traffic Safety Measures

1. Conversion to Comprehensive Safety Management
2. Development of Air Traffic Environment
3. Ensuring Safe Operation of Aircraft
4. Ensuring Aircraft Safety

II Outline of the Plan

Part 1 Measures Regarding the Safety of Land Transport (PDF:327KB)

Chapter 1 Measures Regarding Road Transport Safety

1. Improvement of Road Traffic Environment
2. Dissemination and Reinforcement of Traffic Safety
3. Ensuring Safe Driving
4. Ensuring Vehicle Safety
5. Improvement of Rescue and Emergency Medical System

Chapter 2 Measures Regarding Railway Transport Safety

1. Improvement of Railway Environment
2. Ensuring the Safe Operation of Railways

Part 2 Measures Regarding Maritime Transport Safety (PDF:224KB)

1. Improvement of Maritime Traffic Environment
2. Ensuring Safe Operation of Vessels
3. Improvement of Safety Measures for Small Vessels

Part 3 Measures Regarding Air Transport Safety (PDF:160KB)

1. Conversion to a Comprehensive Safety Management
2. Ensuring Safe Operation of Aircraft
3. Ensuring Aircraft Safety

Topics

• Development of Laws on Measures Concerning Drivers
  - Partial Amendment of Road Traffic Act and Enactment of the Law on the Punishment of Causing Casualties to People by Riding on a Bicycle - (PDF:585KB)
• In Respect of the “Round-table Conference on Crackdowns and Speed Regulation Contributing to the Prevention of Traffic Accidents” and the Proposal (PDF:402KB)
• Securing Traffic Safety in School Roads (PDF:540KB)
• Situation of Enlightenment Activities on Traffic Safety in Disaster-affected Areas of the Great East Japan Earthquake (PDF:856KB)
• Traffic Safety Measures for the Elderly (PDF:506KB)
• Holding of the Symposium on the “Support of Children Who Lost Their Families in Traffic Accidents” (PDF:780KB)
• Efforts to Secure Traffic Safety Making Use of Highly Sophisticated Information Communication Technology (PDF:1,200KB)
• Development and Promotion of Platform Screen Doors at Railway Stations (PDF:607KB)
• The Third Traffic Vision
  - Initiatives for the Safety of Vessel Traffic - (PDF:750KB)
• In Respect of the Response to the Battery Trouble with the Boeing 787 (PDF:397KB)