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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
Dr. Günter Breyer CEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 2006
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“
Dr. Günter Breyer CEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 2006
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
Dr. Günter Breyer CEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 2006
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
Dr. Günter Breyer CEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 2006
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
Dr. Günter Breyer CEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 2006
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
Dr. Günter Breyer CEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 2006
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
Dr. Günter Breyer CEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 2006
Average reduction of fatalities 2001-2004: –14% Differences in development (2001-2004)
Mid-Term Review 3/3
Results 2
Dr. Günter Breyer CEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 2006
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)
Dr. Günter Breyer CEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 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
Dr. Günter Breyer CEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 2006
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 Breyer CEDR TG Road Safety, Vienna April 27, 2006
Dr. Günter [email protected]. +43 1 711 00 5281
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