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Directorate general for Energy and Transport EReg –Amsterdam 10.-11-may 2007
Road Safety in Europe
Alexander von Campenhausen,DG TREN, Road Safety Unit
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The European Road Safety Action Programme (2003-2010)
HALVING THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS BY 2010
A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
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Global progress: Lives saved since 2001
0
3.700
7.138
10.300
13.300
16.000
18.500
20.800
23.000
25.000
0 600
3.700
7.000
9.100
12.000
0
5.000
10.000
15.000
20.000
25.000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
2010 objective : 25.000 lives to saveLives saved
Not so bad, progress is faster, but still not enough
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Progress by Country:contrasted results
49%49%
42%35%
31%
22%19%
14%13%
10%9%
9%8%
7%0%
-2%-3%
-4%-8%
23%24%
27%28%
26%26%26%
25%
-10% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Portugal
Luxembourg
France
España
Belgique/België
Latvija
Danmark
Suomi/Finland
Deutschland
Österreich
Sverige
Nederland
EU
Česká republika
Italia
Ελλάδα (Elláda)
Malta
Ireland
Polska
Slovensko
United Kingdom
Slovenija
Bulgarie
Magyarország
Eesti
Κύπρος (Kypros)/Kibris
Lietuva
Roumanie
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Situation by Country 2005
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Domains of EU actions
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Domain of actions
• Road Infrastructure safety• Tunnels – Directive applicable since May 2006– good progress in
implementation• EU-Directive Road Safety Infrastructure Management – discussion ongoing
in the Council
• Vehicle safety:• EU-Directive on blind spot mirrors for existing trucks – possible adoption
by the EP in first reading, in April 2007• Daytime running lights: public consultation until 17/11/2006
• Data and “Road Safety Observatory” – two major challenges • Widen access to data base• Ensure economic viability over time
• Enforcement• preparation of a directive on better enforcement• Driving licences
• Road Safety Charter
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Road Infrastructure safety
Tunnel directive 2004/54/EC
The Directive has been transposed by the majority of the MS
In most MS, the minimum requirements will be applied also on tunnels beyond the scope of the Directive
To date only few assessments of compliance with the timetable for gradual application have been received
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Road Infrastructure safety
Infrastructure: Today’s main problems
Decreasing budgets for road infrastructures vs. more
attention to the level of safety of roads
Inability of “old” roads to absorb the increasing traffic
“High risk road sections” (even on modern roads!)
Various levels of responsibility within each Member
State (inefficient organisation)
Heterogeneous signs, signals, road markings, road
side features (even in a single Country!)
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Road Infrastructure safety
Management: Objectives
To ensure that safety is integrated in all phases of planning, design and operation of road infrastructure
To bring about a common high level of safety of roads in all EU Member States
To use the limited funds for more efficient construction and maintenance of roads
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Road Infrastructure safety
A coherent package of measures
Regulatory actions necessary on: Safety Impact Assessment (new roads - pre-design
phase) Safety Audits (new roads - design, construction &
early operational phases) Network Safety Management - management of “High-
risk road sections” (existing roads)
Safety Inspections (existing roads) Package of measures recommended by the
High Level Group on Road Safety
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Road infrastructure safety management Remedial measures
Protected light columns
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Safe and effective safety barriers transition
Road infrastructure safety management Remedial measures
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Safety zone before unprotected rock
Road infrastructure safety management Remedial measures
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Infrastructure Safety?
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Infrastructure Safety?
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Vehicle safety
Directives adopted
Front protection of vulnerable users Generalisation of the use of seat belts
(incl. in coaches) & of child restraint systems
’’blind spot’’ mirror (new trucks)
[ ]✓ ’’CARS 21’’ - dialog with the automotive industry (a ‘road map’, no directives)
And then …
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Vehicle safety Blind spot mirror
Lack of rear vision → 400+ fatalities / year Directive adopted in 2003
in force as of 2006 (new models) / 2007 (new vehicles) no ’’full effect’’ before ≈2022 (no provision for existing
trucks)
Another proposal for retrofitting of existing N2 & N3 trucks (i.e. 3.5+ tons, registered since 1998) Expected lives saved (cumulative 2008-2020): 1200 Cost per truck ≈ 150€ Cost benefit ratio: 1 / 3.5
Legislative proposal now in discussion
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Drivers eyes
Direct eye sight Class IV
new
Class V new
Class II
Class IV old
xTruck
Class V old
Vehicle safety Blind spot mirror: improving the driver‘s rear vision
Additional vision
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’’Blind spot mirror’’
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Vehicle safety Daytime Running Lights (DRL)
(Detailed impact study published on the web) Use of DRL now mandatory in 14 EU Member
States – with different requirements General use of DRL could save 1200 to 2000
fatalities / year in the EU Impact on fuel consumption & CO 2 emissions:
+1.5% (dipped head lamps) +0.3% (dedicated DRL)
Strong opposition of some groups against binding EU measures
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Vehicle safety Vehicle equipment: is it worth issuing a legislation on
electronic stability control?
Country Rate of equipment of new vehicles
Europe (2002, 2003, 2004) 24%, 29%, 37%
Italy 24%
United Kingdom 29%
Spain 32%
France 39%
Germany 67%
A European awareness campaign on the use of electronic devices starting in 2007
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Data
CARE: the EU road accident data base
What is CARE? CARE is the compilation of national accident data
provided by EU Member States A well established routine with ’’EU15’’ since 1991 Many reports published on the ’’Europa / DG TREN /
road safety’’ web site
Development in progress: Extend CARE to the “new” Member States + NO & CH Estimate underreporting and non-fatal totals
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Road Safety Observatory Storage of information and analyses: www.erso.eu
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Road Safety Observatory Further steps
Objective Better integration of indicators More detailed analysis Better knowledge of accident causation, circumstances and
consequencesOutcome Better understanding of problems Better quantification of solutions More rationale policy design and improved decision-making processMethod Completing the available set of indicators wherever necessary A full scale EU granted pilot project before a fair routine is
established
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Initial and periodic training of truck & coach drivers
Digital tachograph
Working / resting time
Behaviour
Professional driving: Directives adopted
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Behaviour
Better Enforcement
To enforce non residents : EU wide system for carrying out cross border enforcement
To improve quality of enforcement actions in Member States
To combine enforcement actions with public information
Follow-up of offences (detection to payment)
Public consultation completed on 19 January 2007
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Priorities : • speeding, • drink driving, • non wearing of seat belts
Step 1: Commission recommendation (2003)
Step 2: Directive, incl. cross border enforcement
(in preparation)
Behaviour Better Enforcement
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Behaviour
Driving Licence (3rd Directive) Legislation adopted on 20 December 2006, in force by 2012
The most visible part of it:
From 110 models… … to a single model
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Behaviour Driving Licence: what’s new?
• Anti fraud measures : credit card size, administrative validity 10 years only (up to 15 years possible), one licence only for each driver, optional microchip
• Harmonization of the periodicity of medical checks for professional drivers (5 years)
• Minimum requirements for the training of examinators
• Better harmonization of categories
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Behaviour
Driving licence Network
•Different designs possible (centralized, decentralized, hybrid)
•Evaluation of EUCARIS II System to start
•Legal basis now adopted (Art. 15 of 3rd DL-directive)
Mutual AssistanceMember States shall assist one another in the implementation of this Directive and shall exchange information on the licences they have issued, exchanged, replaced, renewed or revoked. They shall use the EU driving licence network set up for these purposes, once this network is operational.
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Charter The European Road Safety Charter
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• Extension of the concept of “shared responsibility” into the civil society
• the signatories sign an engagement for a concrete and measurable engagement in their area of influence
• The European Commission stimulates the process and publishes the engagements Logo Price Presentations Report and ‘newsletters’
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WEBSITE:
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/roadsafety/index_en.htm
Thank you for your attention !!