The necessity to evaluate road safety improvements

The necessity to evaluate road safety improvements

The necessity to evaluate road safety improvements Evaluation of road safety improvements Study of the road traffic situation in Toulouse The small roundabouts Muret main street Conclusion

Evaluation of road safety improvements Why evaluating? To give a feedback to the financers on the improvements made To be able to optimise the action and to repeat it elsewhere To improve the action and to have a possibility to immediately correct in case it does not have the expected impacts To improve the national but also local road safety knowledge, as to say adapted to the local situation

Evaluation of road safety improvements What to evaluate? The construction of a roundabout A priority policy A small roundabout To follow the effects of the construction from 6 months to 3 years The attentiveness of the police to produce truthful accidents reports, An instruction of local administration officers A communication campaign A bicycle promotion policy A safety promotion policy,

Evaluation of road safety improvements How? After having defined the objectives, one has to define the criteria and measurable indicators to qualify and quantify the results in relation to each objective Each objective should be accompanied by at least one indicator

Situation study of the streets of Toulouse (5 years) Principal roads (inter-)neighbourhood roads Destination roads Streets of the (hyper) centre

Situation study of the streets of Toulouse (5 years) Nr. of accidents % of total accidents Total length in km % of the total length Nr. of accidents per Km Principal streets 3110 60 176 17 17.66 (inter) neighbourhood 943 18 156 16 6.02 streets Streets of (hyper) 473 9 52 5 9.05 centre Small destination 699 13 626 62 1.12 streets Total 5225 100 1011 100 5.17 Urban highway 1178-99.906-11.79 60% of the accidents take place at 17 % of the network (principal roads) 62% of the network (small destination streets) generate 13% of the accidents

Situation study of the streets of Toulouse (5 years) Constructed roundabouts Other roundabouts

Situation study of the streets of Toulouse (5 years) A road hierarchy permits a prioritisation of the actions

small roundabouts 98 small roundabouts 142 «classical roundabouts»

small roundabouts 1st evaluation November 2001 (45 Small roundabouts) A significant reduction of 72.3% of accidents with physical damage before/ after realisation of 72,3 % Before the construction 72 registered accidents on a total of 2621 months After the construction 14 registered accidents on a total of 1838 months 2nd evaluation June 2006 (98 Small roundabouts) A significant reduction of 77.1% of accidents with physical damage before/ after realisation of 77,1 % Before the construction 114 registered accidents on a total of 9149 months After the construction 16 registered accidents on a total of 5619 months

small roundabouts Ramelet Moundi / Bordeblanche 1 st evaluation November 2001 Date of the realisation the 19 / 04 / 94 Number of accidents before construction 12 (registered on 88 months since 1987) Seriousness of the accidents 1 dead Number of actions after the construction 6 (registered on 90 months) Situation Ramelet Moundi / Bordeblanche (Nov. 2001)

small roundabouts Ramelet Moundi / Bordeblanche 1 st evaluation November 2001 Assessments of the procedures and observations

small roundabouts Ramelet Moundi / Bordeblanche Analysis Proposal for a re-reconstruction small non-centred roundabout No separation in the entrance of the Bordeblanche possible to go in a strait line Ramelet Moundi without slowing down

small roundabouts Ramelet Moundi / Bordeblanche 2 ème evaluation June 2006 Date of the realisation the 01 / 04 / 04 Number of accidents before construction 6 (registered on 119 months since 1994) Seriousness of the accidents 1 dead Number of actions after the construction 0 (registered on 21 months) Situation Ramelet Moundi / Bordeblanche

small roundabouts communication Golden shawls of road safety

Muret Main street Section Croix de Pierre Rte de Seysses Physical accidents from 1996 to 2000 (5 years) 4 dead, 5 heavily injured, 57 lightly injured

Muret Main street Section Croix de Pierre Rte de Seysses Objectives of the reconstruction Improve the security of all road users Re-qualification of the road space

Muret main street Roundabout Muret-Seysses Seysses-Espagne before after

Muret main street Croix de Pierre Before After Metal poles to avoid illegal parking

Muret main street Before the construction (107 months) 94 accidents 5 Dead, 9 HI and 96 LI After the construction (29 months) 12 accidents 0 Dead, 0 HI et 13 LI Reduction of the accidents - 52,9 % Very SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF THE SERIOUSNESS 5 Dead and 9 HI Before 0 After

Conclusion The implementation, realisation, following and evaluation of a road safety policy in Toulouse permit a significant reduction of the physical accidents in the urban area.