Jörg Beckmann, Executive Director, ETSC

eTSCSome smart road safety activities at ETSC

ETSC’s Best in Europe Conference 2006eSafety that matters

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ISA, Alcolocs and Seat Belt Reminders...

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Deconstructing ISA Myths

• Simple, robust and reliable • Speed maps are no problem• EU differences are not an

impediment • Accident reductions outweigh

costs • Drivers remain drivers• Drivers are in favour of ISA• No real liability concerns• The market wants regulation• Part of systemic approach• Good for the environment

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ETSC’s Enforcement Programme

“The one-stop shop on traffic law enforcement” www.etsc.be/enforcement

1. Enforcement Monitors2. Enforcement Compendia3. Manufacturing & Enforcement4. Press Work5. Conference 6. Website

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ETSC’s Enforcement Hitlist

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The SEC Belt: the good & the less good

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The Mid-term Review of the 3rd RSAP

Where is the Infrastructure Safety Directive?

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41.600 – What’s in a figure?

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Taking responsibility

Per Billion Vehicle Kilometres:

• 17,3 road accidents with casualties • 5,9 fatalities• 6,2 serious injuries

“The Gateway to Europe”Athens-Patras (National Road Korinthos)

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ETSC’s new Reviews in 2006 and 2007

• “Road accident data in the enlarged European Union: Learning from each other”

• “A methodological appraoch to the evaluation of road safety polices”

• “Safety implication of a motorcycling European society”

• “Socio-cultural and politico-economical dimensions of transport injuries in Europe”

• “Road risk as a result of increasing car-fleet polarisation and incompatibility”

• “Barriers and pathways for road safety policy intergation across Europe”

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• Higher valuation of road safety• Improving the urban/rural traffic environment • Improving visibility • Improving vehicles• A higher use of seat belts, child restraints and

airbags • A higher use of helmets • Fewer speed limit violations • More effective rescue services and medical care• …

Knowledge for Leadership – The Road Safety PIN ProgrammeRanking road safety performance across the EU

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4 Central Units of the Road Safety College

Location Brussels European Country

WorldWideWeb

Brussels

Objectives BuildingExpertise

Eliminating a“High Risk

Site”

ImprovingPerformance

PromotingBest Practice

Tools Lectures and SeminarsOnline Training Course

Campaign Handbook

Training CampCampaigning

SupportAnnual Conferenc

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Data BankQuarterly

UpdatesRoad Safety

Blog, Chatroom

Permanent Exhibition

Training Facilities

Road Safety Library

The Road Safety College

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THE CAMP

THE COURSE

THE COLLECTION

and other partners ...

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Thank you!The Board of Directors inclduding the Chairman Prof. Herman De

Croo, the three founding members Prof. Manfred Bandmann (DVR), Prof. Murray Mackay (PACTS) and Prof. Pieter

von Vollenhoven (The Dutch Safety Investigation Board), Prof. Richard Allsop (University College London) plus three Members of

the European Parliament: Paolo Costa (I), Ewa Hedkvist Petersen (S) and Dieter Koch (D)

Austrian Road Safety Board (KfV) (A) Automobile and Travelclub Germany (ARCD) (D) Belgian Road Safety Institute

(IBSR/BIVV) (B) Birmingham Accident Research Centre, University of Birmingham (UK) Centro Studi Città Amica

(CeSCAm), University of Brescia (I) Chalmers University of Technology (S) Comité Européen des Assurances (CEA) (Int)

Commission Internationale des Examens de Conduite Automobile (CIECA) (Int) Confederation of Organisations in

Road Transport Enforcement (CORTE) (Int) Czech Transport Research Centre (CDV) (CZ) German Transport Safety Council

(DVR) (D) Dutch Safety Investigation Board (NL) European Federation of Road Accident Victims (FEVR) (Int) Fédération

Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) (Int) Finnish Vehicle Administration Centre (AKE) (Fin)Folksam Research (S) Fundación Instituto Tecnológico para la Seguridad del

Automóvil (FITSA) (E) Motor Transport Institute (ITS) (PL) Nordic Traffic Safety Council (Int) Parliamentary Advisory Council for

Transport Safety (PACTS) (UK) Prévention Routière (F) Road and Safety (PL) Swedish National Society for Road Safety (NTF)

(S) Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (bfu) (CH) Traffic Safety Committee, Federation of Finnish Insurance Companies

(VALT) (Fin) University of Lund (S) Vehicle Safety Research Centre, University of Loughborough (UK)

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Thank you as well ...

ETSC’s Sponsorship Concortium

Siemens/VDO

European Commission