Transportation safety partly depends on the quality of infrastructure, so it is crucial to integrate safety at every stage in the planning, design, development and operating of facilities that are used by traffic. An EU directive is currently being drawn up on this subject. The objectives pursued in this area are: for new projects and road development, to ensure that the latest safety specifications are incorporated at the planning and implementation stages. There is a method (known as CSPR, controlling safety for road projects) that is being deployed across the French national network, and which covers 3 stages: a quality approach at the design stage, inspection and safety audit before opening facilities for use and monitoring, with safety reports carried out at the end of 6 months and 3 years; for existing roads, improving safety, firstly, at the most dangerous points thanks to targeted programmes (such as SURE, users’ safety on existing roads, for national roads), based on detailed safety audits, and, secondly, by eliminating simple one-off shortfalls detected by regular safety inspections (ISRI programme for national roads, at experimental stage). This should be followed by road safety impact studies.All these different initiatives deal specifically with the urban environment, at least in the case of existing roads crossing through urban areas, and, more broadly, with a quality approach to safety for road projects and redevelopment. Local authorities already implement similar practices, largely inspired by the quality initiatives used in other sectors (building and aeronautics, etc.).