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European Road Safety Day What makes a road a safe road

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European Road Safety Day What makes a road a safe road

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    1. European Road Safety Day What makes a road a safe road ?

    2. 2 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Outline

    3. 3 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Introduction Sustainable Road Safety means systemic approach

    4. 4 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Seven Criteria for Road Safety (1/8) Linked to the infrastructure

    5. 5 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Seven Criteria for Road Safety (2/8) Visibility Do the road users have enough time (= distance), without obstruction, to see an event, a traffic sign, a junction ?

    6. 6 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Seven Criteria for Road Safety (3/8) Legibility Do the information sent by the infrastructure are enough clear and unambiguous to be understood by road users ?

    7. 7 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Seven Criteria for Road Safety (4/8) Vehicle Dynamics Do the road characteristics (crossfall, grip, surface) avoid vehicle dynamics problems (skidding…) ?

    8. 8 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Seven Criteria for Road Safety (5/8) Road shoulders Can an user, running off the road, takes back control of its vehicle, using road shoulders ?

    9. 9 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Seven Criteria for Road Safety (6/8) Obstacles Are roadside obstacles deleted, or moved, or isolated in order to reduce the consequences of run-off-road accidents ?

    10. 10 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Seven Criteria for Road Safety (7/8) Road coherence Are all the road elements (speed limitation, traffic signs, road marking, cross section) coherent with the function of the road ?

    11. 11 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Seven Criteria for Road Safety (8/8) Traffic management Do the road design allows all categories of users to walk, drive or ride safely ?

    12. 12 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Global procedures (1/7) Two complementary methodologies: - Preventive methodologies (Road Safety Impact Assessment, Road Safety Inspections, Road Safety Audits) - Reactive methodologies (Network Safety Management) Methodologies developed and improved with international exchanges (PIACR, CEDR, Bilateral cooperations) Included in the spirit of the EU Directive 2008/96/EC

    13. 13 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Global procedures (2/7) The European Directive on Road Infrastructure Safety Management - should be transposed on National Law before 19 December 2010 - technical guidelines should be published before 19 December 2011 - This Directive, for France, will be transposed for the National Road Network (> 20 000 km)

    14. 14 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Global procedures (3/7): RSIA

    15. 15 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Global procedures (4/7): RSA

    16. 16 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Global procedures (5/7)

    17. 17 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Global procedures (6/7): RSI

    18. 18 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Global procedures (7/7): NSM

    19. 19 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Conclusion What makes a road a sustainable safe road ? - A systemic approach (on the infrastructure / the driver / the vehicle) - Complemantary methodologies (preventive / reactive) - A structured reasoning (stake analysis / diagnosis / action plan / evaluation) - An action based on the understanding of accidents, adapted to the local context - An optimisation of public money (benefit/cost ratio) - A mix of a self-explanatory road (easy to understand) and a forgiving road (which gives users a chance to avoid an accident or to reduce the gravity of an accident)

    20. 20 Titre et sous-titreWhat makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Thank you for your attention ! Publications in English are downloadable for free at http://www.setra.equipement.gouv.fr/-In-English.html Contact : setra@developpement-durable.gouv.fr

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