thumb|[[Sidewalks, curbs and traffic signals in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States]]
alt=A nighttime view from inside a car showing the driver on the left, steering wheel on the right side, and city street lights ahead in France.|left|thumb|A right-hand driving car on the right-hand side of the road in France at night
thumb|[[Speed limits in different areas; here unusually with only a "recommended" limit (Richtgeschwindigkeit) of 130 km/h on the Autobahn in Germany]]
thumb|DRIP [[Variable Message Sign|variable message sign guiding traffic on the Dutch A13 motorway]]
thumb|Vehicles experiencing a [[Breakdown (vehicle)|breakdown or an emergency can stop in the emergency lane; these lanes may themselves present risks to traffic.]]
thumb|Sacrifices to the Modern [[Moloch, a 1923 cartoon published in St. Louis Star, criticizing the apparent acceptance by society of increasing automobile-related fatalities]]
thumb|A US poster from the 1940s
Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures, such as traffic calming, to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured. Typical road users include pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, passengers of vehicles, and passengers of on-road public transport, mainly buses and trams.
Best practices in modern road safety strategy: