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Road safetysituation and
policies in Finland
PIARC Technical Commitee C.1
The Sixth Meeting in Birmingham
1.11.2010
Jaakko Klang,
Assist: Kati Niukkanen
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Jaakko Klang� my job is Traffic safety engineer
� I am responsible for two provinces on road safety issues (690 000 inhabitants)
� my employer is Centre for EconomicDevelopment, Transport and the Environment
� C.1 WG4 – Improvements in Safe working on Roads, my job is to draw up a checklist for road work
� Road technical member of accidentinvestigation comisson
� my father died in a traffic accident when I was 14 years old
� 3 daughters, B-license instruction permit
� hobbys: transporting children to their hobbies, fitness sport and repair old house
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FinlandFacts about Finland
� 77% is forest and 10% lakes and inland waterways.
� Built-up land is only 4%
� parliamentary republic
� 5.3 million inhabitants
� 600 automobiles/1000 inhabitants
� under female command
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Centres for EconomicDevelopment, Transport and the Environment is responsible for the public roads in Finland
Road network and traffic� Total road network 454 000 km: 78
000 km highways, 26 000 km are streets and 350 000 km private roads
� 700 km are motorways
� pedestrian and bicycle routes 5 000 km
� 65% are paved, rest gravel
� busiest 10% of network carries 65% of traffic
� Road network carries 95% passenger traffic and 65% goods traffic
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1. Introduction
The road transport system
must be designed
so that nobody should die
or be seriously injured
on the roads.
2. Road safety as part of transport policy
Transport and Communications comprise three focal areas:
� securing the smooth flow of traffic and the efficient functioning of transport services
� promoting road safety
� reducing environmental impacts.
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Killed in road traffic accidents and some safety measures 1970 Killed in road traffic accidents and some safety measures 1970 --
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200
400
600
800
1000
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1400
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Compulsory seat belt installation -front seats (1971)
Source: Statistics Finland & Central Organization for traffic safety in Finland – situation 31.4.2008
Differentiated
speed limits on
main roads
5250 km;
DRL (1973)
Limits for drunk
driving at 0,5
and 1,5 per
mille (1977)
Comp. use of seat
belts in front
seats (1975)
Use of safety
helmet mandatory
for motorcyclists
(1977)
Non-use of seat belts
liable for punishment
Safety helmets mand.
for mopedists (1982)
Mandatory use of
seat belts in back
seats and vans
(1987)
II Parliamentary Committee (1991)
Amended rules for
pedestrians, bicyclists and
mopedists;
Daytime running lights (DRL)
also in urban areas (1997)
Speed limits for winter
time (1991)
Hands-free law (2003)
I Parliamentary Committee (1973)
Compulsory seat belt installation -back seats (1981)
Upper drunk-driving limit
lowered to 1,2 (1994)
General speed
limit 80 km/h
(1974)
General urban
speed limit 50 km/h
and first phase of
winter time speed
limits (1987)
Mandatory use of winter tires (1978)
3. Road safety situation and
targetsThe road safety improvement targets are:
1. Continuous reduction of the number of fatalities
and serious injuries in road traffic.
2. No more than 200 (3,7 death/100 000
inhabitants) road traffic fatalities per year by
2015.
3. No more than 100 (1,7 death/100 000
inhabitants) road traffic fatalities per year by
2025.
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3.1 Road safety situation in relation to the targets
2009: 279 = 5,3 d/100 000 i
Target 2010: < 250 = 4,7 d/100 000 i
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3.2 Traffic fatalities and injuries
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3.3 Finland’s road safety in international comparisons
6,5
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3.4 Traffic behaviour
0,0
5,0
10,0
15,0
20,0
25,0
30,0
35,0
40,0
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180
200
Number of
accidents
Driver's age
Accidents
Risk
Accidents / 100 000
driving licensesAccidentAccident riskrisk / / driver’sdriver’s ageage
4. The operating environment
and its challenges
�Traffic growth trends
�Economic development
�New technology
�Demographic changes
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5. Means for improving safety
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5.1 Head-on collisions on main roads
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5.2 Pedestrian and cyclist accidents in built-up areas
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5.3 Accidents involving the influence of drink or drugs
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5.4 Accidents involving professional drivers
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5.5 Excessive driving speeds
1. Pedestrian or
cyclist
2. Side collision
3. Frontal or hard
object collision
1 2 3Fatality risk
Collision speed
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5.6 Alleviating the consequences of traffic accidents
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5.7 Other problems and measures