Matts-Åke Belin

Swedish

Transport

Administration matts-ake.belin@trafikverket.se

Nollvisionen - en

systematisk

folkhälsopolicy

med konkreta

resultat? NFHK2011, Finland on 25th

of August

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Topics for my presentation

• Some background- road traffic injuries trends and road

safety policy development in Sweden

• Vision Zero

• Some examples how Vision Zero as a new policy affects

our daily road safety business

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VISION ZERO

• October 1997 the Swedish Parliament passed a new bill on Road Traffic Safety

• long-term goal no one should be killed or seriously injured as the result of an accident within the road transport system

• the design and functioning of the road transport system must be adapted to the requirements resulting from this ruling.

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Different policies and strategies

Traditional approach Vision Zero approach

Accidents Injuries

Individual road user behavior The system is not designed according to human capability and human tolerance against external violence – in other words what the human body can stand.

Road user has primary responsibility

System designer has primary responsibility

Change individual road user behavior

Change the environment (road environment, vehicles, social environment)

Risk reduction

Eliminate fatalities and serious injuries

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Probability of Pedestrian Fatality by Impact Speed

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Speed limits based on injury related criteria – rural

area

or

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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

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2+1-road 180 450 680 950 1130 1300 1510 1770 1950 2120

ATC 10 230 270 590 950 950 1900 2440 2700 2950

Number of km at year end

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Road user

behaviour

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Cycle helmet

Speeds

Alcohol

Seat belts

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Information phase

Rules and

control phase

Technical phase

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New intermediate target

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New technologies with high potential

• Impaired driving (alcohol / fatigue)

• Seat belt reminders (~50% unbelted in fatal

accidents)

• Speed limit recognition and driver support

(Speed Alert /ISA)

• Autonomous emergency braking

• Lane departure warning/assistance

• ESC (already there!)

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• Vision Zero has moved our interest from the individual

road users to those who design the road transport

system.

• Those who design the road transport system are public

and private organizations.

• The questions are therefore what shape a organization

and its norms and behaviors and how is it possible to

influence these norms and behaviors in an effective

way?

Focus on implementation- and innovation

processes

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Thank you!

matts-ake.belin@trafikverket.se