Background Information

1. CEDR and Road SafetyGoals, Priority issues and working programme of the TG “Road Safety” and its Task GroupsDI Dr. techn. Günter BreyerAustrian Federal Ministry of TransportRoad Directorate

2. Ad Hoc Group “Road Safety” is the youngest CEDR group, founded in May 2003 by Yvon Loyaerts/B-W • Meeting 1 to 5 • European Road Safety Action Programme • EuroRAP and Risk Rate Mapping • June 2004: chairmanship to Günter Breyer/A • Meeting 6 and 7 • National road safety programmes • Road safety assessment • Road Safety Audit (RSA) Background Information

3. Background Information CEDR GB Meeting in Bergen on May 12, 2005: approval of Strategic Plan  Technical Group “Road Safety”

4. Gen. Objectives of TG Road Safety • Play an important role in concretising the European RS policy • Work as mediators to create national road safety cultures • Create a network of excellence in the field of RS • Define and disseminate best practices in the field of road safety • Create a link between policies and implementation • Encourage and support a harmonized implementation of efficient measures and the respective legal bases • Define cooperation within CEDR and with external organisations

5. TG Road Safety in the Strategic Plan Central road safety tasks and time schedule TD Operation – Road Safety Time Schedule Task Description WG 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 To take advantage of intelligent vehicles and infrastructure O2 TG RS technologies to improve road safety (e - Safety) To imp rove road design concepts O3 TG RS in relation to road safety To monitor and support EU O4 TG RS activities on road safety To show how to make cost O7 TG RS effective road safety investments

6. Structure of TG Road Safety Technical Group TG „Road Safety“ active or corresponding members from each CEDR country Task Group Task Group Task Gro up Task Group „O2“ „O3“ „O4“ „O7“ 2 members 6 - 8 members 3 members 4 members Members of four task groups will be determined today

7. Principles of TG Road Safety • TG “Road Safety” has working or corresponding members from all CEDR countries • Task groups report to TG “Road Safety” • Tasks of TG “Road Safety” • umbrella for the single road safety activities • functions as an “institutional memory” • coordinates output • helps avoiding work redundancies of task groups • informs CEDR member on road safety activities • collects, exchanges and disseminates relevant information to CEDR members

8. Task Group O2 “To take advantage of intelligent vehicles and infrastructure technologies to improve road safety (e-Safety)“ • Goals: • inform CEDR members of developments in the filed of eSafety • meet commitment to the commission to provide CEDR member information to the eSafety forum • Priority issues: • activities of the eSafety forum • research activities in the field of eSafety • Strategy: • participate in the safety forum • disseminate and discuss information in TG “road Safety” • disseminate relevant information to CEDR members • express CEDR’s views and interests

9. Task Group O2 • Timetable and Milestones: • 200531/10/05: Kick-off meeting • 20062 task group meetings • 20072 task group meetings • Output: • progress report • dissemination of relevant information from the safety forumactivities of the eSafety forum • Human Resources: • Task O2 will be performed by a task group of 2 people meeting approx. 2 times a year • most of the work will be done and coordinated via e-mail and webpage

10. Task Group O3 “To improve road design concepts in relation to road safety“ • Goals: • improve road safety by making information on road design concepts readily available • facilitate access to this information for CEDR member countries • influence the development of new road design concepts • Priority issues: • RIA, RSA, RSI, NSM/BSM, Risk Analysis • Self explaining road / forgiving roadsides • Roadside telematics • Strategy: • access experience on road safety experience and practice within the CEDR countries • discuss the Infrastructure Directive of the European Commission • develop a framework within which to define road design concepts • evaluate what already exists and what has been done • seek collective views on future needs • identify and facilitate ways to develop those needs

11. Task Group O3 • Timetable and Milestones: • 200531/10/05: Kick-off meeting • 20062 to 3 task group meetings • 20072 to 3 task group meetings • Output: • fact sheets on each subjects including a common strategy (for presentation to the EB and/or GB), e.g. fact sheets on EuroRAP • catalogue of road design concepts • workshop on road design concepts for practitioners • Human Resources: • Task O3 should be performed by a working group of approx. 6 to 8 people meeting two to three times a year

12. Task Group O4 “To monitor and support EU activities on road safety“ • Goals: • monitor and interpret the EU’s road safety activities • inform CEDR members of their significance and impact • support EU officials in their road safety work • position CEDR as a reliable partner for the commission • Priority issues: • EU Road Safety Action Programme and comments to the programme • Mid Term Review of the Action Programme + EU Road Safety Report • White paper and revisions • current EU legal and research activities in the field of road safety • Strategy: • monitor priority issues and consider the implications for CEDR members • meet and liase with EU officials • disseminate important draft papers or concepts to CEDR members • get valuable feedback for the Commission • produce summary reports for discussion at TD Operation, EB, or GB meetings • disseminate and discuss information in TG “Road Safety”

13. Task Group O4 • Timetable and Milestones: • 200531/10/05: Kick-off meeting • 2006max. 2 task group meetings • 2007 max. 2 task group meetings • Output: • short reports on EU’s road safety activities • dissemination of important EU documents at an early stage • Human Resources: • Task O4 will be performed by a task group of 3 people meeting max. 2 times a year • most of the work will be done and coordinated via e-mail and webpage

14. Task Group O7 “To show how to make cost effective road safety investments“ • Goals: • understand, identify, and disseminate best practice to achieve cost-effective road safety investments • Priority issues: • opinion poll among CEDR members on cost-effective road safety investments • current EU research activities in the field of cost-effective road safety investments • Strategy: • find out how money is spent on road safety and how such costs are determined by means of a questionnaire • follow EU research activities in the field of cost-effectiveness • review PIARC’s road safety manual and its applications • identify best-practice • disseminate and discuss information in TG “Road Safety”

15. Task Group O7 • Timetable and Milestones: • 200531/10/05: Kick-off meeting • 2006max. 2 task group meetings • 2007 max. 2 task group meetings • Output: • evaluation report with results of questionnaire • best-practice report on cost-effective road safety investments • Human Resources: • Task O7 will be performed by a task group of 4 people drafting and evaluating the questionnaire meeting max. 2 times a year • most of the work will be done and coordinated via e-mail and webpage

16. There is just one more thing to say: Let’s get going !* *There is an awful lot to do… ;o)