Transcript Strategic Plan for the Road Safety of Motorcycles and

Strategic Plan for the Road Safety of
Motorcycles and Mopeds
Status as of end 2009
General Traffic Directorate (DGT), Madrid, January 2010
Why a specific Plan for Motorbikes was drawn up?
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It was (and still is) an important mode of transport and its usage is rising:
 More than 4 million vehicles (14,5% of the total number of vehicles)
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Contribution to the overall figures was (and still is) much higher than its
relative importance:
 8% of vehicles involved in accidents
 25 of each 100 victims
 1 of each 6 deaths in traffic accidents
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It was (and is not any more) the only way of transport whose number of
deaths and severely wounded was rising
Methodological approach: 1) Achieving a Shared Vision
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DGT sets-up and leads a working group devoted to draw-up
and implement a Road Safety Plan for Motorcycles and
Mopeds.
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The Plan bases on the Shared Vision of its 12 stakeholders.
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The joint work comprised obtaining:
1. A common understanding of the problem
2. A clear definition of priorities and
3. A consensus with respect to the solutions
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It is worth noticing that not every working group member
agreed with all the countermeasures proposed by the plan:
consensus does not mean full-agreement!
Methodological approach: 2) Developing a long list of
countermeasures
 The solution tree was structured
into 4 areas:
 Preparing motor bikers for
safe driving
 Minimization of highsiniestrality scenarios
 Avoiding risky practices
 Adopting alleviating measures
 These 4 fields of action are in turn
subdivided into12 programs that
frame the 36 measures proposed
in the Plan.
 The measures must be "filled-in"
with specific actions. The plan
provides with 24 actions to be
implemented during the first year.
Objectives
The 4-year duration Plan set two objectives and was launched in January
2008, thus it has now been running for almost two years.
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Objective 1: to reverse the upward trend in the total number (fatalities +
severely injured) bikers (motorcyclist + moped-drivers)
Objective 2: the relative number of death (only fatalities) motorcyclist (only
motorcyclist) starts a sustained-along-time downward trend
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7000
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6000
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5000
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4000
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3000
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2000
Motocicletas + Ciclomotores
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Motocicletas/100.000 parque
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1000
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0
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2003
2004
Fuente: DGT. National Road Safety Observatory
2005
2006
2007
2008
Muertos en Motocicletas por
100.000 vehículos del parque
Muertos + Heridos Graves en Motocicletas +
Ciclomotores
Motocicletas + Ciclomotores -Muertos+Heridos Graves-Carretera+Zona Urbana
Roads: Deaths and Severely Injured as of end-2008 (30 days data)
Deaths and Severely Injured - Roads
2500
2000
Motocicletas - Muertos
1500
Motocicletas - Heridos Graves
1000
Ciclomotores - Muertos
Ciclomotores - Heridos Graves
500
0
2003
2004
2005
Fuente: DGT. National Road Safety Observatory
2006
2007
2008
Urban areas: Deaths and Severely Injured as of end-2008 (30 days data)
Deaths and Severely Injured - Urban Areas
2500
2000
Motocicletas - Muertos
1500
Motocicletas - Heridos Graves
1000
Ciclomotores - Muertos
Ciclomotores - Heridos Graves
500
0
2003
2004
2005
Fuente: DGT. National Road Safety Observatory
2006
2007
2008
Roads: Deaths as of end-November 2009 (only motorcyclists) - (24
hours data)
Motorcyclists Deaths - Roads
Fuente: DGT. National Road Safety Observatory
The Plan follow-up system
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The plan follow-up system consists of three elements:
1. Objective-related indicators: report on the degree of achievement of the
plan's objectives
2. Statistic follow-up system: some 30 different tables and charts that are
daily, monthly and yearly produced
3. Activity-related follow-up system: that monitors the implementation of
actions by means of a small database and the solutions tree
Activity-related follow-up system
Activity-related follow-up system
The initial 24 urgent actions contained in the plan have been complemented
by 31 additional actions
 Status:
 Source:
 Planned
 PTW Road Safety Plan
 Under implementation
 New action
 Ended
PTW Road Safety
Plan
New action
Planned
1
2
3
Under
implementation
4
13
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Ended
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35
24
31
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Status/Source
Total
Total
Selected recent actions
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Special multi-agent campaign for the enforcement and promotion of the use of
helmet in Southern Spain
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Major event on road-safety in Urban Areas
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Mass-media communication campaign in 2008 and 2009
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Guardrails replacement and protection
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New Driving Law according to the new European Directive
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Research plan on P2W safety
Special multi-agent campaign for the enforcement and promotion of the
use of helmet in Southern Spain
Objectives:
Helmet use rate gets
close to 100%.
No additional biker
dies as a
consequence of not
wearing a helmet.
Key aspects:
 Local and national traffic police officers lock the bikes of
offenders until they come back wearing a helmet (no
additional law drafting was required).
 DGT as leading institution; from 15 May to 31 July 2009.
 Users' and victims' associations active supporters.
 Supported by mass-media communication campaign
including the campaign kick-off by the Ministry of Interior
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Special multiagent
campaign for
the
enforcement
and promotion
of the use of
helmet in
Southern Spain
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Major event on road-safety
in Urban Areas
Objectives:
Identify and
disseminate road
safety best practice
in urban areas.
Increase road safety
awareness of local
officials (more than
8.000 municipalities
in Spain).
Key aspects:
 Event sponsored by DGT's National Road Safety
Observatory.
 Very welcome by local authorities: number of attendees +
technical contributions from municipalities.
 One out of nine themes devoted to PTW.
 A survey to identify priority measures for PTW in urbanareas was conducted and its results are now available.
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Mass-media communication campaign in 2008 and 2009
Objectives:
Inform the public opinion about an
emerging social drama.
Every driver adapts its driving
behaviour to the new situation.
Key aspects:
 Themes: risk driving and need for bikers and drivers to sharing the road.
 Multichannel: radio, press, Internet (www.dgt.es) and TV.
 Slogan 1: “If we think in bikes, everything will go on wheels. Cars are not anymore alone,
bikes are here to stay”.
 Slogan 2: ” Last year 528 bikers died in traffic accidents. That is real, and you can change
reality”.
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Guardrails replacement and protection
Objective:
Minimize the severity of
bikers' injuries.
Key aspects:
 Specific regulation for adapting guardrails since 2004.
 Two complimentary actions:
 Ministry of public works: plan to protect 1.600 Km.
 DGT: €30 mill budget to co-finance the protection of guardrails in secondary roads.
 A special several-month technical study has been undertaken to adapt the general
regulation to those guardrails installed in secondary roads.
 Terms of reference for public works tenders in these secondary roads already available.
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New Driving Law according to the new European Directive
Minimum
age
Other
licenses
requirem
ents
AM
15/18
(occupant
)
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A1
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Physical
and
pshyco
test
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Theory
Common
(if does not
hold other
license)
Specific.
Driving tests
in circuit
A
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A2 ≥ 2
years
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Other
requirements
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A1 ≥ 2 years
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(only
A2
Driving test
in real traffic
if not A1
holder)
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(1) The Ministry of Interior may substitute this test for another system.
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Training to be
regulated by
Ministry of
Interior
Research plan on P2W safety
Key aspects:
 Working group staffed by 21 members (usual members + research centres).
 Four research areas identified and overall target scope for each of them agreed by the
WG:
 Study on bikers' profiles
 Mobility and exposure to risk
 In-depth studies of bikers' accidents
 Methodology to evaluate countermeasures
 The WG members are likely to take active part in the implementation of the agreed
research.
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Research plan on P2W safety
WE ARE HERE
Identify and
describe target
research areas
Technical
Specification (by
a non-WGmember
Terms of
Reference
Reflects the
WG vision on
the needs for
research
Public tender
Implementation
Propuesta
Propuesta
Propuesta
Proposal
Contract
WG follows-up
and reviews
formal reports
Final
report
Informes de
Informes de
seguimiento
Follow-up
seguimiento
reports
www.motocicletasyseguridadvial.com
www.dgt.es
[email protected]
National Road Safety Observatory
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