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Striving for Road Safety: IRF Global Commitment Kathleen Elsig IRF Geneva

Striving for Road Safety: IRF Global Commitment Kathleen Elsig IRF Geneva ISO google hangout – road safety 14 August 2014. Goal of this presentation.

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Striving for Road Safety: IRF Global Commitment Kathleen Elsig IRF Geneva

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  1. Striving for Road Safety: IRF Global Commitment Kathleen Elsig IRF Geneva ISO google hangout – road safety 14 August 2014

  2. Goal of this presentation To inspire a discussion about a possible future ISO standard in the field of road safety that will be picked up and continued after this google hangout

  3. Target audience Young professionals interested in international standards … and making the world a truly better place to live in … with limited expertise in road safety

  4. Content • A few words about IRF • Road safety as a system • The safe systems approach to road safety • Idea for an ISO standard

  5. The International Road Federation (IRF) • Global not-for-profit organisation (1948) • Stakeholders in road sector (public & private) • Two Offices: Geneva & Washington + India Chapter

  6. Focus Areas Projects & Activities Advocacy

  7. IRF Group of Experts on Road Safety 200 members in 40 countries Mission “To advocate for safe and forgiving road development, maintenance and operation by raising awareness, providing policy guidance, and exchanging knowledge and best practices”.

  8. Focus issues Engineering Measures Road safety management Education Training ITS Enforcement Awareness Advocacy

  9. Training, Education & Capacity Building • Senior Road Executives (SRE) • Fleet Excellence Training Week • Road SafetyAuditors Courses

  10. Initiatives Road Accident Data Recorder Road Safety Campaigns

  11. Events • Road SafetyRegionalConference (India) 9th Edition New Delhi • IRF/SARF RegionalConference (Sept. 2014), Pretoria • IRF & FIA Seminar 17 April, Paris

  12. Striving for Road Safety Globally… … Moving from pure « engineers » and « infrastructure » perspective to a more encompassing view and set of actions.

  13. Road safety What is a safe road? Who is a safe road for?

  14. Preventing road crash death and injury An ISO standard must recognize safety as the output of collaboration among the elements of the road safety system ? ? NCAP ISO 39001

  15. Safe system – an ISO standard for safe roads and road users?

  16. The safe systems approach A SAFE systems approach is • a “philosophy” for managing the road transport system towards the achievement of measureable results • views road crashes and injuries as largely predictable, and therefore preventable, as opposed to fatalistic acceptance of road death as “price of progress”

  17. The safe systems approach In a safe system, prevention efforts • consider the road safety system as a whole (as opposed to an indiviudal sectoral approach) • recognise human vulnerability (to injury) and error (of judgment)

  18. Safe systems infrastructure • Roads and road sides are designed to reduce risks to as low as possible • Speed limits are set according to the safety of the road and road side

  19. Intersection - comparison Safe systems intersection

  20. Infrastructure “standards” - current International (UNECE) Regional (EU infrastructure directive) National (most countries) Many safe systems recommendations • International Transport Forum • Australia • Sweden • Others ….

  21. Maybe its time for an ISO standard on safe road infrastructure?

  22. Thank you www.irfnet.ch kelsig@irfnet.ch

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