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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


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


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


Situation by Country 2005

Directorate general for Energy and Transport EReg –Amsterdam 10.-11-may 2007

Domains of EU actions


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


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



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!)



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



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


Road infrastructure safety management Remedial measures

Protected light columns


Safe and effective safety barriers transition



Safety zone before unprotected rock



Infrastructure Safety?


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 …


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


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


’’Blind spot mirror’’


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


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


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


Road Safety Observatory Storage of information and analyses: www.erso.eu


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


Initial and periodic training of truck & coach drivers

Digital tachograph

Working / resting time

Behaviour

Professional driving: Directives adopted


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


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


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


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


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.


Charter The European Road Safety Charter


• 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’


WEBSITE:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/roadsafety/index_en.htm

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