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@Dammit
I get the impression that people are mixing up what would be probably counted as passive safety (if talking about motorised transport) with active safety -a bit of a stretch, but I'm counting cycle training as an active safety measure.
[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_safety[/ame]
Things like seat-belts (i.e. helmets) are passive, whilst things like strong brakes, reactive steering, good suspension (i.e. things that can help you avoid an accident) are active.
The article I linked to above mentions risk compensation- ABS brakes are a great example of a safety measure that did not bring about the reduction in accidents that was assumed because people got used to being able to brake much later.