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A major Government objective is to improve road safety. Therefore, the Ministry of Transport and Communications presented the transport policy document, National Transport Plan 2002-2011 to the Norwegian Parliament. Safety is an important responsibility for anyone involved in transport, whatever mode. The greatest challenge, however, lies in reducing person injuries. More than 300 people loose their lives in road accidents every year in Norway, and more than 12,000 people are severely injured.

Developments related to many of the technical devices are often promoted by the car industry. Thus, it is important for the authorities to try to influence developments in this industry in the direction of greater road safety. Within the framework of cooperation in the EU and EEA, numerous rules and instructions are being laid down concerning vehicle technology. The Ministry of Transport and Communications regards it as important for Norway to play an active part in the process of developing such rules so as to keep attention focussed on the safety aspect.

- Ministry of Transport And Communications http://odin.dep.no/sd/engelsk/bn.html

- Norwegian Public Roads Administration is responsible for the planning, construction, maintenance and administration of the road network. http://www.vegvesen.no/ (Only Norwegian)

- http://www.sintef.no/. SINTEF has one of the largest research groups within the field of transport in Norway, working with person and freight transport, and research areas dealing with both the local, national and the international level. Examples of research areas are development and design of infrastructure for all transport modes, maintenance of such infrastructure, transport planning, traffic management, safety, logistics and the intelligent transport systems of the future (ITS).

- http://www.toi.no/?language=EN. The Institute of Transport Economics (Transportøkonomisk Institutt, TØI) is a national institution for transport research and development.