Systems for traffic safety management, safety culture and safety facilitation behaviour — Status for four Norwegian county municipalities in 2023

The study examines whether four county authorities have implemented living systems for traffic safety management, three years after the regional reform and factors influencing this, including safety culture. We also study factors influencing facilitation behavior among employees working with traffic safety in the county authority, i.e. how they focus on setting the premises for road safety in their county. The results show considerable variation with regard to whether the county authorities have implemented living systems for traffic safety management. This is particularly influenced by safety culture in the county authorities and the extent to which the respondents perceive that reorganization related to the regional reform has required a lot of time and energy. Respondents' facilitation behavior is primarily influenced by the safety culture in their own organisation. The study shows that safety culture is fundamental in the county authorities’ work with traffic safety, and that the safety culture varies among the studied county authorities.