The Tylösand Declaration
Is Road Safety a "Human Right"? The 2007 Tylösand Declaration and the Future of Traffic Culture
Do we perceive traffic accidents as "inevitable misfortunes," or as a consequence of systemic failures? The Tylösand Declaration, adopted in Sweden in 2007, provided a radical answer to this question and laid the foundation for the modern road safety philosophy, Vision Zero.
This declaration proclaimed five fundamental principles to the world, advocating that roads should be designed for "human life," not just for vehicles.
Date: September 11–13, 2007
Venue: Signed in Tylösand, Halmstad – Sweden
Key Signatories & Parties:
Swedish Road Administration (Vägverket)
Claes Tingvall (Director of Road Safety / Architect of Vision Zero)
FEVR (European Federation of Road Traffic Victims)
The Tylösand Declaration of citizen's right to road traffic safety
- Everyone has the right to use roads and streets without threats to life or health.
- Everyone has the right to safe and sustainable mobility: safety and sustainability in road transport should complement each other
- Everyone has the right to use the road transport system without unintentionally imposing any threats to life or health on others.
- Everyone has the right to information about safety problems and the level of safety of any component, product, action or service within the road transport system.
- Everyone has the right to expect systematic and continuous improvement in safety: any stakeholder within the road transport system has the obligation to undertake corrective actions following the detection of any safety hazard that can be reduced or removed.
https://unece.org/DAM/trans/roadsafe/unda/Sweden_Tylosand_Declaration