Meeting Internazionale sulla Sicurezza e la Segnaletica Stradale International and National Projects and Plans related to Road Safety Luca Persia University of Rome Sapienza Perugia, Sala della Vaccara - Friday, May 11th, 2012
Summary Situation in the World Situation in Europe Examples of Good Practices Italian National Road Safety Plan 2011-2020 The case of Perugia Municipality
Road Deaths per 100.000 people in 2007 About 1,3 million people die each year on the world's roads Global status report on road safety
Deaths by road user category in selected countries (2009)
UN Strategy March 2010, UN proclaimed 2011 2020 the Decade of Action for road safety Target: to stabilize and then reduce the forecast level of road traffic fatalities around the world by 2020 5 Pillars :
A focus on Europe (1) Road Deaths per Million Inhabitants 2009 In 2009, 35.000 people died in traffic accidents
A focus on Europe (2) Pedestrian fatalities per Million Inhabitants 2009 Cyclists and pedestrians represent 27% of road deaths (47% in urban areas)
Strategic Plans in Europe 2001: White Paper on European transport policy for 2010: time to decide 2003: 3 rd Road Safety Action Programme (2003-2010) 2010: Policy Orientations on road safety 2011-2020 2011: White Paper. Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area
Results from 2001-2010 Fatalities trend in Europe 1990-2010 Fatalities reduction in 2001-2010 about -44%
European Targets for the future By 2020: Halving the overall number of road deaths By 2050: Reduction of fatalities to close to zero As soon as sufficient progress has been made in this area, the Commission will propose to add a common "injuries reduction target" to the European road safety policy orientations up to 2020.
Actions in EU: Data Road safety data are essential for the development of well founded road safety strategies Different data needed: crash statistics, exposure data, safety performance indicators and data from in depth crash analysis Actions: a lot of research (SAFETYNET, DACOTA), CARE database, European Road Safety Observatory (ERSO)
SafetyNet project (1) SafetyNet is an Integrated Project started in 2004 and completed in 2008 with the goal of developing the framework for the European Road Safety Observatory. Main results from the project follow: Development of standard protocols for exposure data; Guidelines for gathering Safety Performance Indicators;
SafetyNet project (2) Recommendations for transparent and independent road accident investigation A Fatal Accident Database comprising 1300 cases with fully developed protocols and analysis An In-Depth Accident Causation Database comprising 1000 cases with fully developed protocols, a new accident causation classification system (DREAM 3.0) and an overview analysis of the data
In depth data Several EU projects have gathered sets of more detailed data, so-called "in-depth data" In depth crash studies aim to get more detailed information about the causes and the outcome of crashes than is available from police records The EU SafetyNet project developed protocols for an In-Depth Accident Causation Database At present the EU project DACOTA is dealing with the problem of harmonization of data and data collection procedures at EU level
Crash statistics: CARE database The Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe (CARE) database contains detailed data on accidents resulting in death or injury CARE comprises detailed data on individual accidents as collected by the Member States allowing maximum flexibility and potential with regard to analysing the information Presently 25 Member states are feeding CARE
European Road Safety Observatory - ERSO ERSO is a system that provides harmonised accidents and other safety data to support evidence based decision making for European and National level road and vehicle safety policymakers. The data and knowledge can be accessed through a website (www.erso.eu) ERSO has been first developed within the SafetyNet project Since then, the content of ERSO has been integrated into the "Europa" Commission Road Safety website.
EU Actions for safer roads Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management It deals with the establishment and implementation of specific procedures related to: Planning, Design, Management and Maintenance stages of the road network by the Member States
EU Actions for safer roads: PLANNING At the initial planning stage, before the infrastructure project is approved, a Road safety Impact Assessment (RIA) should be carried out RIA will help strategic decision-making about the safety implications of new roads or major changes of operation of existing roads, especially on the adjacent network
EU Actions for safer roads: DESIGN Road Safety Audits shall provide for an independent control and recommendations for technical verification of the design of either a new road or a rehabilitation of a road Road safety audits shall form an integral part of the design process of the infrastructure project at the stage of draft design, detailed design, pre-opening and early operation.
EU Actions for safer roads: NETWORK Safety Management Network safety management is a method for identifying, analysing and classifying parts of the existing road network according to their potential for safety development and accident cost savings Member States shall ensure that the network safety ranking is carried out at least every three years
EU Actions for safer roads: MAINTENANCE Road Safety Inspection are an ordinary periodical verification of the characteristics and defects that require maintenance work for reasons of safety Safety inspections as part of regular road maintenance will allow detecting and reducing in a preventive way risks of accidents through cost-efficient measures
Some Italian examples of Good Practices (GP) Enforcement on speed: Section control an Italian GP Enforcement on drinking and driving
Road accidents trend in Italy 350.000 300.000 Injuries Fatalities 7.000 6.000 250.000 5.000 200.000 Accidents 4.000 150.000 3.000 100.000 2.000 50.000 1.000 0 0
Section Control ( Tutor system ) on motorways (1) Average speed is calculated through time spent to cover the distance between two portals on a road section. Tutor is a system that permits to register average speed of vehicles on a specific motorway road section
Section Control ( Tutor ) on motorways (2) Tutor is implemented on over 2.600 km: 39% of motorways network of Autostrade per l Italia Main estimated effects on affected road sections: 15% reduction average speed Fatality rate: -51% Road accident rate: -19% Fuel consumption reduction: 10,300 tonnes/y CO 2 reduction: 32,500 tonnes/y Road sections with tutor Source: www.autostrade.it
Controlled drivers % of Offenders 1.800.000 Drinking and Driving Enforcement In Italy the number of drinking and driving controls doubled from 2007 7,0% 1.600.000 6,0% 6,0% 1.400.000 1.200.000 5,0% 1.000.000 3,4% 4,0% 800.000 2,9% 2,5% 3,0% 600.000 2,0% 400.000 200.000 1,0% 0 0,0% 2007 2008 2009 2010 Percentage of offenders Controlled drivers
Italian National Road Safety Plan 2011-2020 Updating of previous National Road Safety Plan for decade 2011-2020 Supporting action to the Ministry of Transport Definition of: Specific targets for enhancing road safety Strategies to cope with main risk factors (e.g. vulnerable road users, etc.) Measures to be implemented to reach identified targets
Romania Greece Poland Bulgaria Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Cipro Belgium Czech Republic Slovenia Hungary Portugal Austria Estonia ITALIY Slovakia EU France Spain Denmark Ireland Finland Germany Malta Netherlands Sweden United Kingdom Deaths per million of inhabitas 41 39 39 38 109 129 120 118 112 110 95 89 88 86 84 82 79 76 73 71 71 70 66 59 55 54 52 51 51 62 66 61 81 84 85 172 145 124 159 140 145 130 140 121 163 119 146 125 114 112 134 136 107 130 236 202 250 National Road Safety Plan 2011-2020 - Target 200 150 100 50 0 National target: from 71 to 38 deaths per million inhabitants (best performing countries)
Speed Visibility Alchol and drugs Absent or not use of protective equipment Environmental factors Mass and shape of vehicles Lack of experience Functional limitation of driving skills Fatigue, stress Risk factors Strategy definition High risk road users Motorcyclists X X X X X Cyclists X X X X X Pedestrians X X X X X X Trucks X X X Age 15-17 X X Age >65 X X X Outside urban X X area Work related X 29 X
Measures - Example L obiettivo prioritario di questo gruppo di interventi è ridurre il rischio di incidente e di infortunio per le seguenti categorie di utenti: pedoni e ciclisti. Aree di Intervento: urbano Misure previste dal PNSS 2011-2020: Realizzazione di zone 30, con la realizzazione di interventi di traffic calming quali ad es.: attraversamenti pedonali rialzati e avanzamento dei marciapiedi in corrispondenza degli attraversamenti, dossi, restringimenti della carreggiata; Indicatori: o Chilometri di strada con interventi di traffic calming; Costi: In 50 comuni nel 2009 sono stati osservati 343 decessi di pedoni o ciclisti, il 36% del totale degli utenti vulnerabili deceduti. Nel decennio 2011-2020, il PNSS prevede la realizzazione di infrastrutture di traffic calming su un area urbana complessiva di almeno 50 kmq (l ipotesi è di agire sui 50 comuni ove si sono verificati il maggior numero di decessi di pedoni e ciclisti). Con l introduzione di zone 30 e interventi di calmierazione delle velocità si riduce il rischio di incidente in particolare per l utenza vulnerabile. Sulla base di uno studio olandese1 i costi medi per questo tipo di intervento si aggirano attorno a 22.000 al chilometro. Considerando una densità media di strade pari a 16 km/kmq2, il costo di implementazione stimato è pari a 17.600.000,00. Italian Road Safety Plan 2011-2020 30
The case of Perugia Municipality The municipality of Perugia in collaboration with Sapienza University of Rome started in 2006 a project named PIU Sicurezza (meaning more safety ) co-financed by the Italian Road Safety Plan. The main aim of the project was the constitution of a Road Safety Monitoring Center equipped with a Decision Support System in order to provide the municipality with a tool to monitor and analyze road accidents, to localize road safety issues on the road network, to identify effective countermeasures.
Main Actions of PIU Sicurezza Improvement of known hazardous locations through: e.g. roundabouts, raised pedestrian crossings, road markings enhancement Enhancement of local Public Transport s safety (i.e. bus stops) Establishment of a Road Safety Monitoring Center Development of a Decision Support System (DSS) to assist designers in safety planning Educational campaign to citizens
Road Safety Decision Support System User Server Database www 100 80 Accident data management 60 40 20 0 Abcdef Bcdefg Cdefgh Defghi Est Ovest Nord Sud XXX WebGIS Road safety monitoring Road safety planning
Meeting Internazionale sulla Sicurezza e la Segnaletica Stradale THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Luca Persia luca.persia@uniroma1.it University of Rome Sapienza Perugia, Sala della Vaccara - Friday, May 11th, 2012