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Road Safety as a key issue for Urban Roads across the EU Luana Bidasca Project Officer European Transport Safety Council
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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
