Factors influencing whether safety management systems are living after extensive reforms: An analysis of four Norwegian county authorities
Norwegian county authorities’ management of road safety has undergone major changes since 2020, when a structural reform was implemented. County authorities merged into fewer administrative units, and took over the responsibility for administering the county roads. Because of this, county authoritie...
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| author | Tor-Olav Nævestad Vibeke Milch Jenny Blom Rune Elvik Markus Bugge Håkon Endresen Normann Erland Skogli Lars Even Egner |
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| description | Norwegian county authorities’ management of road safety has undergone major changes since 2020, when a structural reform was implemented. County authorities merged into fewer administrative units, and took over the responsibility for administering the county roads. Because of this, county authorities had to establish new systems for managing road safety. The aims of the study are to examine: 1) Whether four county authorities have implemented living systems for road safety management, three years after the 2020 regional reform, and 2) Factors influencing whether safety management systems are living, including the impact of extensive reforms. The study is based on qualitative research interviews (n = 42) and an online survey (n = 392). The extent to which the county authorities have managed to implement living safety management systems and maintain their key road safety roles differs substantially. Multivariate analyses show that the most important factors influencing whether county authorities have been able to implement living systems are the safety cultures in the county authorities, and the extent to which respondents believe that the reorganizations related to the structural reform have required a lot of time and energy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d8a7dd8ce9934fbc8f2ce1cc39414c6f2025-08-20T01:57:58ZengElsevierTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives2590-19822024-11-012810124110.1016/j.trip.2024.101241Factors influencing whether safety management systems are living after extensive reforms: An analysis of four Norwegian county authoritiesTor-Olav Nævestad0Vibeke Milch1Jenny Blom2Rune Elvik3Markus Bugge4Håkon Endresen Normann5Erland Skogli6Lars Even Egner7Institute of Transport Economics, Norway; Corresponding author.Institute of Transport Economics, NorwayInstitute of Transport Economics, NorwayInstitute of Transport Economics, NorwayNordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Norway; University of Oslo, NorwayNordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, NorwayMenon Business Economics, NorwayInstitute of Transport Economics, NorwayNorwegian county authorities’ management of road safety has undergone major changes since 2020, when a structural reform was implemented. County authorities merged into fewer administrative units, and took over the responsibility for administering the county roads. Because of this, county authorities had to establish new systems for managing road safety. The aims of the study are to examine: 1) Whether four county authorities have implemented living systems for road safety management, three years after the 2020 regional reform, and 2) Factors influencing whether safety management systems are living, including the impact of extensive reforms. The study is based on qualitative research interviews (n = 42) and an online survey (n = 392). The extent to which the county authorities have managed to implement living safety management systems and maintain their key road safety roles differs substantially. Multivariate analyses show that the most important factors influencing whether county authorities have been able to implement living systems are the safety cultures in the county authorities, and the extent to which respondents believe that the reorganizations related to the structural reform have required a lot of time and energy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198224002276Safety management systemSafety cultureCounty authorities |
| spellingShingle | Tor-Olav Nævestad Vibeke Milch Jenny Blom Rune Elvik Markus Bugge Håkon Endresen Normann Erland Skogli Lars Even Egner Factors influencing whether safety management systems are living after extensive reforms: An analysis of four Norwegian county authorities Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives Safety management system Safety culture County authorities |
| title | Factors influencing whether safety management systems are living after extensive reforms: An analysis of four Norwegian county authorities |
| title_full | Factors influencing whether safety management systems are living after extensive reforms: An analysis of four Norwegian county authorities |
| title_fullStr | Factors influencing whether safety management systems are living after extensive reforms: An analysis of four Norwegian county authorities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors influencing whether safety management systems are living after extensive reforms: An analysis of four Norwegian county authorities |
| title_short | Factors influencing whether safety management systems are living after extensive reforms: An analysis of four Norwegian county authorities |
| title_sort | factors influencing whether safety management systems are living after extensive reforms an analysis of four norwegian county authorities |
| topic | Safety management system Safety culture County authorities |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198224002276 |
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