Dr. Günter BreyerCEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 2006 Road Safety during the Austrian EU...

Dr. Günter Breyer CEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 2006

Road Safety during the Austrian EU Presidency

Dr. Günter Breyer

Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation, and Technology

Road Directorate


Slogan

Slogan for all road safety activities during the Austrian EU presidency in the first half of

2006:

„Crossing Borders in Road Safety – Creating a Trans-European Road Safety

Culture“


High Level Expert Meeting „Infrastructure

Safety“, 24–25 January 2006, Vienna

Informal Meeting of Ministers of Transport,

2-3 March 2006, Bregenz

PIARC and CEDR „Road Safety“ Meetings,

24-28 April 2006, Vienna

Austrian events

Road safety is the main issue of the transport

ministry during the Austrian presidency


Main focus:

– Instruments and cost-benefit aspects of infrastructure safety

management - Best practice exchange

– EC working paper on infrastructure safety management

Participants:

– More than 100 experts from 30 countries, EC representatives

Results:

– Overview over state-of-the-art of infrastructure safety

management in 31 European countries (results of a

questionnaire)

– Feedback to the EC regarding the paper on infrastructure safety

management

High Level Expert Meeting


Main focus: – Mid-Term Review of the European Road Safety Action Programme

– The three pillars of road safety • Infrastructure (results of the High Level Expert Meeting)

• Vehicle (eSafety technology presentation at a drivers‘ training facility), and

• Road user (national awareness campaigns and joint European campaign)

Participants: – Ministers of Transport from 34 countries, EC vice-president Barrot

Results:– Agreement on a joint European road safety awareness campaign (subject

will be either alcohol or fatigue)

– Expression of the need to exchange road safety awareness campaign ideas and material and to share the copyrights on spots etc.

Informal Meeting of Ministers


Goal: halving road fatalities by 2010 (White Paper 2001) from 50 000 to 25 000 fatalities in the EU-25 by the year 2010

Road Safety Action Programme (2003) defines road safety as a “shared responsibility” and sets more than 60 measures to reach the target, most non-legislative

Mid-Term Review of the RSAP published in February 2006

Mid-Term Review 1/3

Background


Intermediate results until 2005: –17.5%, 41 600 fatalities Estimated results for 2010: 32 500 fatalities

-50% target can not be achieved without speeding up Young people between 18 and 25 are the high-risk group

(10% of population but 21% of fatalities in 2003) Motorcyclists fatalities on the rise:

+5.6% between 2000 and 2003 (while -12% overall) if this trends continues every 3rd fatality will be a motorcyclist in 2010 (every 6th today)

Mid-Term Review 2/3

Results 1


Average reduction of fatalities 2001-2004: –14% Differences in development (2001-2004)

Mid-Term Review 3/3

Results 2


Infrastructure Safety Management

Planned EC paper on infrastructure safety

management

An unofficial working paper from summer 2005 was

followed by an animated discussion in Member States

Discussion of various infrastructure safety

management instruments at the High Level Expert

Meeting on “Infrastructure Safety” in January

Public Consultation “Safer roads through infrastructure

management” (deadline 19 May 2006)


Vehicle Safety

eSafety Presentation and testing of e-Safety technologies at a

drivers‘ training facility during meeting of transport ministers in March

In-Vehicle and Vehicle-Infrastructure related intelligent safety technologies

Truck Safety

Public Consultation “Safer Trucks through Blind Spot

Mirrors” (deadline 19 May 2006)

Driving Education

Experiencing critical driving situation in driving camps


Road Users

Awareness building campaigns Presentation of national awareness campaigns and their

evaluation at the transport ministers’ meeting Agreement on a joint European road safety poster

campaign along the higher road network (either on alcohol or fatigue)

Creation of a European road safety day (starting in 2007)

Best practice exchange shall be fostered Successful European awareness campaigns such as BOB

and EUCHIRES will be continued


Dr. Günter [email protected]. +43 1 711 00 5281

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