Transcript Road Safety and Sustainability

ETSC’s Best in Europe Conference 2006
eSafety that matters
eTSC
Some smart road safety activities at ETSC
Jörg Beckmann, Executive Director, ETSC
ISA, Alcolocs and Seat Belt Reminders...
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Deconstructing ISA Myths
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Simple, robust and reliable
Speed maps are no problem
EU differences are not an impediment
Accident reductions outweigh costs
Drivers remain drivers
Drivers are in favour of ISA
No real liability concerns
The market wants regulation
Part of systemic approach
Good for the environment
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ETSC’s Enforcement Programme
“The one-stop shop on traffic law enforcement”
www.etsc.be/enforcement
1. Enforcement Monitors
2. Enforcement Compendia
3. Manufacturing & Enforcement
4. Press Work
5. Conference
6. Website
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ETSC’s Enforcement Hitlist
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The Mid-term Review of the 3rd RSAP
Where is the Infrastructure Safety Directive?
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41.600 – What’s in a figure?
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Taking responsibility
“The Gateway to Europe”
Athens-Patras (National Road Korinthos)
Per Billion Vehicle Kilometres:
• 17,3 road accidents with casualties
• 5,9 fatalities
• 6,2 serious injuries
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ETSC’s new Reviews in 2006 and 2007
• “Road accident data in the enlarged European Union: Learning from each other”
• “A methodological appraoch to the evaluation of road safety polices”
• “Safety implication of a motorcycling European society”
• “Socio-cultural and politico-economical dimensions of transport injuries in
Europe”
• “Road risk as a result of increasing car-fleet polarisation and incompatibility”
• “Barriers and pathways for road safety policy intergation across Europe”
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Knowledge for Leadership –
The Road Safety PIN Programme
Ranking road safety performance across the EU
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Higher valuation of road safety
Improving the urban/rural traffic environment
Improving visibility
Improving vehicles
A higher use of seat belts, child restraints and airbags
A higher use of helmets
Fewer speed limit violations
More effective rescue services and medical care
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The Road Safety College
4 Central Units of the
Road Safety College
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Location
Brussels
European Country
WorldWideWeb
Brussels
Objectives
Building
Expertise
Eliminating a
“High Risk Site”
Improving
Performance
Promoting
Best Practice
Tools
Lectures and Seminars
Online Training Course
Campaign Handbook
Training Camp
Campaigning Support
Annual Conference
Data Bank
Quarterly Updates
Road Safety Blog,
Chatroom
Permanent Exhibition
Training Facilities
Road Safety Library
and other partners ...
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Thank you!
The Board of Directors inclduding the Chairman Prof. Herman De Croo, the three founding members Prof.
Manfred Bandmann (DVR), Prof. Murray Mackay (PACTS) and Prof. Pieter von Vollenhoven (The
Dutch Safety Investigation Board), Prof. Richard Allsop (University College London) plus three Members of the
European Parliament: Paolo Costa (I), Ewa Hedkvist Petersen (S) and Dieter Koch (D)
Austrian Road Safety Board (KfV) (A) Automobile and Travelclub Germany (ARCD) (D) Belgian Road
Safety Institute (IBSR/BIVV) (B) Birmingham Accident Research Centre, University of Birmingham (UK)
Centro Studi Città Amica (CeSCAm), University of Brescia (I) Chalmers University of Technology (S)
Comité Européen des Assurances (CEA) (Int) Commission Internationale des Examens de Conduite
Automobile (CIECA) (Int) Confederation of Organisations in Road Transport Enforcement (CORTE) (Int)
Czech Transport Research Centre (CDV) (CZ) German Transport Safety Council (DVR) (D) Dutch Safety
Investigation Board (NL) European Federation of Road Accident Victims (FEVR) (Int) Fédération
Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) (Int) Finnish Vehicle Administration Centre (AKE) (Fin)Folksam
Research (S) Fundación Instituto Tecnológico para la Seguridad del Automóvil (FITSA) (E) Motor Transport
Institute (ITS) (PL) Nordic Traffic Safety Council (Int) Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety
(PACTS) (UK) Prévention Routière (F) Road and Safety (PL) Swedish National Society for Road Safety
(NTF) (S) Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (bfu) (CH) Traffic Safety Committee, Federation of
Finnish Insurance Companies (VALT) (Fin) University of Lund (S) Vehicle Safety Research Centre,
University of Loughborough (UK)
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Thank you as well ...
European Commission
ETSC’s Sponsorship Concortium
Siemens/VDO
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