MAKING WALKING AND CYCLING ON EUROPE’S ROADS SAFER Volvo Safety Days 8/11/ 2017 day 16t h February

Graziella.jost@etsc.eu www.etsc.eu @etsc_eu

Presented by Katja Kircher (VTI) on behalf of ETSC

ETSC Net w ork

ETSC Funders

Monitoring EU t ransport sa fe ty po licy

Road Safe ty Performance Index (PIN)

SAFE & SOBER DRUG DRIVING

ETSC Act iv i t ies

2014-2016 bad years for road safety

25,670 people died in road traffic in the EU28 in 2016

135,000 seriously injured in road t raf f ic in the EU in 2014

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* Estimation for the European Commission based on seriously injured as MAIS3+

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THE EU TARGET IS AT STAKE

DEATHS PER M ILLION INHABITANTS IN 2016

ETSC 11th PIN Annual Report (2017)

ETSC PIN Flash 24 To w a rd s Sa fe r Tra n sp o r t o f Go o d s a n d Pa sse n g e rs in Eu ro p e

• 4,250 people lost their lives IN collisions involving heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in 2011.

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10 Occupants of HGVs make 12% of the deaths in collisions involving a t ruck. 51% are car occupants 27% are VRUs

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People died in road t ra ffic while cycling or walking in the EU in 2013

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ETSC PIN FLASH 29 (2015) M AKING WALKING AND CYCLING SAFER

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Pedest rians and cyclists account for 29% of all road deaths in the EU

ETSC PIN Flash 29 (2015), Making walking and cycling safer on Europe’s roads

People who walk or cycle are not get t ing a fair share of

improvements in road safety

Reduct ions in road deaths 2002-2012

ETSC PIN Flash 29 (2015), Making walking and cycling safer on Europe’s roads

69% of pedest rians and 56% of cyclists

are killed on urban roads

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Motorway 4%

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Average of the years 2011-2013 for the EU as a whole

ETSC PIN Flash 29 (2015), Making walking and cycling safer on Europe’s roads

94% of pedest rians and 78% of cyclists are killed in collisions with

(a) motorised vehicle(s)

68% 22%

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2% Average of the years 2011-2013 for the EU as a whole

ETSC PIN Flash 29 (2015), Making walking and cycling safer on Europe’s roads

Safety= road users + inf rast ructure + vehicle design

EU VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS

• Figures would have been signif icant ly higher without vehicle safety measures already taken by the EU

• Vehicle safety standards: exclusive competence (Art icle 114 of the EU Treaty)

• Last revision of the EU common vehicle safety rules in 2009 with the General Safety Regulat ion 661/2009 and Pedest rian Protect ion Regulat ion 78/2009

• The European Commission is considering making 24 new vehicle safety measures mandatory, ISA is one of them

VEHICLE SAFETY - ETSC PRIORITIES linked to the main risks

• Overridable assist ing ISA on all new vehicles default ON

• Alcohol interlocks on professional vehicles and a standard interface for all vehicles

• Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) including AEB-PCD

• Event Data Recorders (EDR)

• Improved pedest rian protect ion of fered by cars

• Safer t ruck f ronts and sides

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Saf er vehicles good f or cycl ist s and pedest r ians

• Fit all new vehicles (including turning HGVs) with AEB systems able to detect VRUs

• Fit all new vehicles (including trucks) with overridable assisting ISA

• Direct & enhanced vision for HGVs

• Indicator lights along side of the trucks/trailers

Saf er t rucks good f or pedest r ians and cycl ist s

INTELLIGENT SPEED ASSISTANCE

ETSC movie ‘Fit Safety as Standard’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoZLrZTnUGs&t=26s

INTELLIGENT SPEED ASSISTANCE

+ ISA helps drivers avoid speeding t ickets !

Al l new London busses f it t e d w it h ISA Mayor of London set out a 'Vision Zero' approach: no one to be killed in or by a London bus by 2030. Bus Safe ty Programme: a ll new buses will be have

to be fit t ed with mandatory ISA

• TfL provides the Dig ita l Speed Limit Map

• TfL buy~900 buses /year. The whole flee t o f 9000 buses will be renewed in 10 years.

• Technology for the ISA t ria l was provided by Zeta Automot ive (part o f Arriva group).

Find out more: etsc.eu

http://etsc.eu/towards-safer-transport-of-goods-and-passengers-in-europe-pin-flash-24/