Road Safety as a key issue for Urban Roads across the EU

Luana Bidasca

Project Officer

European Transport SafetyCouncil

OUR MEMBERS

OUR WORK

Ranking EU countries’ road

safety performance

Work related road safety – Driving To and

For Work

Safe cycling

Speed management through in vehicle

technologies

The EU actors

EU Legislation

Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans and Road Safety

25,700

EU28 (2013)

Recorded killed as a consequence of road

collisions

Recorded by police as seriously injured following

traffic collisions

EU28 (2014)

21%

8%

18%

53%

EXTERNAL COST OF ROAD ACCIDENTS

2% of GDP

Increase by 40% by 2050

25,000killed since 2004

Approx.

73,300

People who walk or cycle are not getting a

fair share of improvements in road safety

ANNUAL % CHANGE IN PEDESTRIAN DEATHS BETWEEN 2003-2013

1. LATVIA

2. SLOVAKIA

3. LITHUANIA

4. ESTONIA

5. HUNGARY

25. ROMANIA

26. SWEDEN

27. FRANCE

28. SWITZERLAND

29. BELGIUM

ANNUAL % CHANGE IN CYCLIST DEATHS BETWEEN 2003-2013

1. LITHUANIA

2. SLOVAKIA

3. LATVIA

4. HUNGARY

5. POLAND

23. UK

24. AUSTRIA

25. SLOVENIA

26. ROMANIA

27. NORWAY

PEDESTRIAN DEATHS PER MILLION INHABITANTS

1. NETHERLANDS

2. NORWAY

3. SWEDEN

4. DENMARK

5. FINLAND

26. SERBIA

27. LATVIA

28. POLAND

29. LITHUANIA

30. ROMANIA

“The risk of being killed in traffic as a pedestrian

differs greatly among European countries.”

CYCLIST DEATHS PER MILLION INHABITANTS

1. SPAIN

2. GREECE

3. IRELAND

4. ITALY

5. CYPRUS

25. HUNGARY

26. POLAND

27. NETHERLANDS

28. LITHUANIA

29. SERBIA

MOST PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS KILLED ON URBAN ROADS

69%56%

27%

44%

4%

68% OF PEDESTRIANS KILLED IN

COLLISIONS WITH A CAR

68%

4%22%

2%

24% 15%

52%

52% OF CYCLISTS KILLED IN

COLLISIONS WITH A CAR

� Modal hierarchy based on

safety, vulnerability and

sustainability

� Urban planning should

prioritise pedestrians,

cyclists and public

transport� 30 km/h zones in areas with lots of

cyclists and pedestrians

WHAT CAN MEMBER STATES DO?

How can Europe boost safety for cyclists and

walkers?

� Upgrade pedestrian protection tests for new motor vehicles and

extend to protect cyclists

� Intelligent Speed Assistance and Automated Emergency Braking for

new motor vehicles

� 30km/h zones

Fit #SafetyAsStandard

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Final Recommendations

• Safe Infrastructure Environments

• Speed Management

• Transport Safety in Planning

Thank you for your attention!

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@LuanaBid

Luana.Bidasca@etsc.eu