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8 th MEETING OF THE COMCEC TRANSPORT

AND COMMUNICATIONS WORKING GROUP

27 October 2016 Ankara

GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS

TRAFFIC SAFETY IN TURKEY

PREPARED BY MUSTAFA IŞIK

ROAD AUTHORITY

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, MARITIME AND COMMUNICATIONS

GENERAL DRECTORATE OF TURKISH HIGHWAYS

• General Overview • Road Network • Traffic Safety Boards • Partners in Road Safety • Road Safety Policies • Current Legislation • Transport and Safety Statistics • Traffic Safety Works

GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS Outline

GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS General Overview

2003 2016 Change %

Population 70.692.009 78.741.053 11

Passenger Cars 4.700.343 10.957.694 133

Total Registered Vehicles

8.903.843 20.559.243 130

Vehicle Ownership (x 1000 people)

126 261 107

Dual Carriageways (KGM)

6101 km 24.751 km 306

Traffic Accidents Fatalities per million population (at site only)

56 48 -15

Road Network in Turkey

DG Highways

(KGM)

Motorways

State Roads

Provincial Roads

Municipalities

Urban Roads

Governors

Special Provincial Administrations

Metrapolitian Municipalities

Village Roads

Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs

Forest Roads

Ministry of Culture and

Tourism

Touristic Roads

The road network excluding urban roads is about 385.000 km in length

Responsible Authorities


DG Highways (KGM) Road Network

Ratio of divided highway network has been increased from 10% to 37% of total road network in last 13 years.

Road Network in Turkey GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS

• Road Traffic Safety Council under the presidency of

Deputy Director General of Turkish National Police (four meeting/year),

• High Council for Road Safety under the presidency of Prime Minister (one meeting/year),

• Council of Coordination for Decade of Action (2011-2020) under the presidency of Minister of Interior (two meeting/year),

• Province and town traffic commisions under the presidency of governor and district governor (meet when required),

Traffic Boards in Turkey GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS

There are four acting councils regarding road safety

Partners in Road Safety

• Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications

• Ministry of Interior Affairs • Ministry of National Education • Ministry of Health • Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology • Ministry of Justice • Ministry of Environment and Urbanization • Ministry of Family and Social Policies • Ministry of Finance • Ministry of Development • Municipalities • Governorates • Turkish Standards Institute • Etc.


• Regulation and Coordination of transportation sector

• Vehicle inspection • Regulating and monitoring of transport of

dangerous goods by road • Weight control of vehicles

Main Duties of Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications

GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS Partners in Road Safety

• To take measures necessary for traffic safety by making arrangements and markings on the road network of DG Highways,

• To determine the standards of marking on all highways,

• To analyse traffic accidents data on highways, and to take the necessary preventive measures

Duties of General Directorate of Highways


• Law enforcement (traffic control and monitoring) • Registration of the vehicles and issuing driving licenses, • Taking necessary actions after accident to secure a safe

area for other road users, as well as reporting accidents,

• Reporting statistics about vehicle registrations, driving licenses and accidents,

Duties of Ministry of Interior Affairs


Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020)

Road Safety Policies

Turkish Road Safety Action Plan was developed under the coordination of the Turkish National Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and in cooperation with the relevant institutions and agencies for the purpose of preventing road traffic crashes, minimizing road traffic fatalities and injuries and mitigating impacts.

(Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020) in progress)



In the Action Plan, ultimate goal is to contribute the recommendation of United Nations to reduce by half the total number of casualties on our roads by 2020.

Main Topics • Education (7 ) • Enforcement (18) • Infrastructure (12) • Health (2) • Campaigns (4)


Totally 43 activities

Road Safety Policies GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS


As an actor in road safety, DG Highways claims responsibility for the following actions within the scope of Decade of Action:

• To increase the length of the divided roads from 37% to 46% within the road network of DG Highways

• To remove black spots on the road network of DG Highways

• To improve level crossings

• To conduct road safety audit and road safety inspection on all roads which has over 5000 AADT

• To provide harmonization with international road conventions

• To comply with EU Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management

• To establish 18 Traffic Management Centres in scope of Extending Intelligent Transportation Systems in Road Network


Road Safety Policies GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS

Some of the road safety target of Turkey’s Strategic Vision 2023

According to the Transportation and Communication Strategy of Turkey (Vision 2023) prepared by Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications:

1. To have divided highway network for 36.500 km (%52) (includes motorway) under the scope of Emergency Action Plan.

2. Removal of black spots on roads

3. To apply safer road design countermeasures that promote forgiving roads.

4. To generalize Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) which minimize accident risks and improve service level on the roads to ensure efficient utilization of existing road infrastructure.

GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS Road Safety Policies

• Highways Traffic Law

• Road Transport Law

• Highways Traffic Regulation

• Roadside Facilities Regulation

• Traffic Signs Regulation

• Level Crossings Regulation

GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS Current Legislation

Laws and Regulations


VEHICLE TYPE URBAN RURAL

MOTORWAYS Two-way Highways

Divided Highways

Automobiles (M1), (M1G), 50 90 110 120

Minibus (M2), 50 80 90 100

Bus (M2-M3), 50 80 90 100

Small Truck (N1), N1G) 50 80 85 95

Truck (N2-N3), Trailer (N2-N3)

50 80 85 90

Motorcycle (L3) 50 80 90 100

Motorcycle (L4, L5, L7) 50 70 80 80

Motorbike (L1, L2, L6) Bycle 30 45 45 No entry

Vehicles carrying dangerous goods and vehicles with special good transport permit or special permit (unless otherwise specified in their permits)

30 50 50 60

Rubber-wheel tractor 20 30 40 No entry

Vehicles pulling broken-down vehicles 20 20 30 40

Construction Machinery 20 20 20 Permit required

Speed limits in Turkey

Car 10.589.337

53%

Light Truck 3.255.299

16%

Motorcycle 2.938.364

15%

Truck 804.319

4%

Minibus 449.213

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Bus 217.056

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Other 1.740.884

9%

Source: EUROSTAT& TURKSTAT

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Transport Statistics

Motorisation & Stock Of Registered Vehicles


Source: Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communications

89,8%

3,9% 0,0% 6,3%

Freight Transport

Highway (1)

Railway(2)

Air(3)

Sea (4)

89,2%

1,1% 9,1% 0,6%

Passenger Transport

Highway (1)

Railway(2)

Air(3)

Sea (4)

(1) Freight/passenger transport on the road network of DG Highways. (2) Freight/passenger transport by Turkish State Railway (TCDD). Suburban lines are not included. (3) Domestic air freight/passenger transport. The amount of freight loaded-unloaded (excluding baggage and mail). (4) Cabotage transport. Figures of tonne-miles/passenger miles values converted to kilometers.

Domestic Passenger & Freight Transport

GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS Transport Statistics

Traffic Volume Map of State Roads (2015)

Transport Statistics

National Turkish Police and Gendarme - collect and compile

Turkish Statistics Institute (www.tuik.gov.tr) - keeps computerized database

Road Safety Statistics

Road Accident Database


• Until 2015, statistics of the number of persons killed in road accident included the deaths occured only at accident site.

• In order to make the road accidents data harmonious to the international standards, statistics on the people who died within 30 days at the health facility after the accident due to accident related impacts are included in the statistics of year 2015 and submitted to users as the first time.

GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS Road Safety Statistics

Hospitalized injuries in Road Accidents

Source: TURKSTAT

Number of

accidents

involving

death or

injury

Number of

accidents

involving

material

loss only

Registered

vehicles

Number of

people with

driver licence

Total

number of

accidents

Number of people killed Number of

people

injured Year Total At accident

scene

Accident follow-

up(1)

2006 12 227 393 17 586 179 728 755 96 128 632 627 4 633 4 633 - 169 080

2007 13 022 945 18 422 958 825 561 106 994 718 567 5 007 5 007 - 189 057

2008 13 765 395 19 377 790 950 120 104 212 845 908 4 236 4 236 - 184 468

2009 14 316 700 20 460 739 1 053 346 111 121 942 225 4 324 4 324 - 201 380

2010 15 095 603 21 548 381 1 106 201 116 804 989 397 4 045 4 045 - 211 496

2011 16 089 528 22 798 282 1 228 928 131 845 1 097 083 3 835 3 835 - 238 074

2012 17 033 413 23 760 346 1 296 634 153 552 1 143 082 3 750 3 750 - 268 079

2013 17 939 447 24 778 712 1 207 354 161 306 1 046 048 3 685 3 685 - 274 829

2014 18 828 721 25 972 519 1 199 010 168 512 1 030 498 3 524 3 524 - 285 059

2015 19 994 472 27 489 150 1 313 359 183 011 1 130 348 7 530 3 831 3 699 304 421

TurkStat, Road Traffic Accident Statistics, 2015

(1) Includes the deaths within 30 days after the traffic accidents at the health facility due to accident related impacts.

- Denotes magnitude null.


National statistical trends in road accidents

Number of registered vehicles, driver licences, accidents, people killed

and injured (2006 – 2015)

60% decrease in the number of people killed at accident site in terms of vehicle - km in last 13 years.

Human Factor 98,5%

Driver; 89,3%

Pedestrian; 8,8%

Passanger; 0,4%

Vehicle; 0,6%

Road; 0,9%

Accident Factors-2015

Road Safety Statistics

Source: TURKSTAT

Driver faults were the primary factor causing traffic accidents with 89,3%

Traffic Accident Analysis

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DG Turkish Highways conducts detailed accident analysis; • to determine circumtances and causes of the accident, • to examine details of the damage caused to humans, • to identfy risk factors and black spots, • to determine the objectives and strategies for future, • monitoring the result of the measures taken and evaluating

their performances.


Geographical Information System (GIS)- Based Analysis of Road Accidents


KAZA KMZ DOSYALARI/Devlet Yolları_2014.kmz

Analysis of road accidents involving death and injury on junctions


To decrease the number of run-off and head on collisions

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To reduce the number of fatalities caused by run-off and head on collisions by 40-50 %

Centerline Rumble Strips Shoulder Rumble Strips

Rumble Strips To warn the sleepy, fatigued or careless drivers who are about

to going out their lane by noise and vibration

GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HIGHWAYS Road Safety Activities

To eliminate accident black spots and road sections with high accidents risks, road safety audit has been conducted for the geometrical elements of planned road projects since 2004. The projects which are deemed appropriate for road safety are also controlled in terms of traffic safety equipment (vertical signs, horizantal markings, guardrails).

BEFORE

Road Safety Audit

AFTER


• Curve improvement • Rearrengement of Junction Layout • Construction of climbing lane • Underpass and overpass for pedestrians • Signalization • Guardrail etc.

Improvement of Black Spots


Road Work Zone

In order to reduce the number of road accidents which occur on road construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation sites, especially on the road sections in which dual carriageway merge into two-way roads and traffic flow converts into two-way, it is aimed to improve traffic safety on these sites by means of a more efficient marking and physical arrangements.

6-E

Ölçek: 1/20

4 ADET

The Goal; ‘’0’’ fatality on road work zones

4 km to the end of road work


ITS Applications in TURKEY


Intelligent transport systems will be built on the main arterial roads and expanded.

Structure of Traffic Management Systems Centers;

• A Traffic Management Systems Center for each Highways Division (17 Units)

• A Main Traffic Management Systems Center in Ankara

• Integrated System


Traffic Management Systems Centers (for ITS)

Road Safety Activities

Preparation Technical Documents for ITS

ITS Architecture

Implementation Plan

Technical Specifications

45 technical specifications were prepared such as:

Variable Message Signs

Vehicle Detectors

Meteorological detectors

Traffic Management Systems Center

Signalization Systems

Cameras

Fiber optical cable

….
