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XII-th INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE «ROAD TRANSPORT – PROBLEMS, WAYS OF THEIR SOLUTION AND

XII-th INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE «ROAD TRANSPORT – PROBLEMS, WAYS OF THEIR SOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS» Successfull solutions for road safety (Hungarian exprerience) Presented by: mr. Zsolt Csaba HORVATH Master, assistant professor

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XII-th INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE «ROAD TRANSPORT – PROBLEMS, WAYS OF THEIR SOLUTION AND

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  1. XII-th INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE «ROAD TRANSPORT – PROBLEMS, WAYS OF THEIR SOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS» Successfull solutions for road safety (Hungarian exprerience) Presented by:mr. Zsolt Csaba HORVATH Master, assistant professor Budapest University of Technology and Economy Yalta, 14-17/09/2011

  2. Extent and nature of casualty problem in EU 2001 Over 40,000 people killed 3.3 million people injured Costs exceeded €180 billion (i.e. twice the annual budget of the EC; 2% of EU GDP) mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  3. Extent and nature of casualty problem in EU (cont.) 1st of May 2004 10 accession countries joined the EU Total population increased to over 450 million people Estimated number of road crashes is expected to increase by 25% to over 50,000 each year mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  4. Extent and nature of casualty problem in EU (cont.) EC Adopted a target of reducing fatalities by 50% Identified several areas where it could make a direct contribution within the constraints of subsidiarity Road Safety Action Program (RSAP) Reaffirmed the target Provided further detail about actions it planned to introduce mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  5. The ultimate goal: No road deaths OECD, 2008 mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com How to get there? Introduce and implement safe system approach in a long-term Adopt a level of ambition to eliminate road fatalities and serious injuries in the longer term - with steady progress through interim (good practice) strategies and targets in the short to medium term

  6. Why and what to set goals for? Eksler, 2009 Wegman et al., 2004 mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com Setting goals in road safety alone leads to improvements by creating a structure for their realization, monitoring… The overall goal needs to be accompanied by partial objectives so as to allow for evaluation, accountability

  7. EU target White Paper (2001) "European transport policy for 2010 : time to decide“ 3rd Road Safety Action Programme (2003) Sharing responsibility mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com In 2002, the EU set an ambitious target to halve the number of road victims between 2001 and 2010 Shared target supposing different contribution from Member States Limited accountability measures and tools availability

  8. Shared responsibility (3rd RSAP) Make safer vehicles Improve road users behavior Improve road infrastructure mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com Weakness comes from the lack of accountability – responsibility is not sufficiently attributed to concrete actors.

  9. EU target mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com 1st EU target triggered further road safety improvement particularly in Western Europe

  10. EU progress towards targets 54,400 53,400 50,400 47,400 45,400 43,100 42,600 39,000 27,200 mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com Currently, a delay at least of 6 years for the EU as a whole.

  11. Contribution of Member States (1) mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com ETSC, 2009 Five countries at sight of the target France and Luxembourg are almost there

  12. Contribution of Member States (2) mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com Most EU countries have a general road safety target Many of them a very detailed strategy with sub-targets No accountability mechanisms exists and the EU has no legal instrument to put a pressure on underperforming countries. Only approach available is “blame and shame” used by NGOs, associations, media ETSC has been monitoring contribution of MSs and their performance in various areas of road safety

  13. Policy orientations on road safety 2011-2020 3 Pillars: A common European road safety area Shared responsibility (EU, national, local…) An integrated approach with other policies (health, environment, employment, etc.) mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  14. “A shared responsibility” • Action by ALL stakeholders is needed • Public Authorities: EU + Central • Governments + Local Authorities… • Private Companies: Car industry + • Transport companies + Road operators • « Corporate responsibility » • Users: everybody ! • The EU acts wherever it provides an added value mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  15. Integrated approach EDUCATION USER ENFORCEMENT ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE VEHICLE IMPLEMENTATION INSTRUMENTS COMPONENTS mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  16. Main strategic items • Improve education and training of road users • Increase compliance with road traffic rules • Safer road infrastructure • Safer vehicles • Promote the use of modern technology to improve road safety • Improve emergency and post-care services • Improve safety of vulnerable road users. mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  17. Case of France (1) French Road Safety Observatory estimated that 75% of the massive reduction in road deaths in early 2000’s was due to reduced speeds. mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com • Targets introduced bottom-up • Political will from the highest level - to bring credibility to the enforcement system • “Zero Tolerance” of speeding offences • Introduction of a fully automated speed management system

  18. Case of France (2) • A new target set in 2008: no more than 3,000 deaths in 2012 • Through speed management, drink-driving counter-measures, red-light passing and safe-distance keeping checks mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  19. Case of Portugal (1) 142 63 42 27 18 13 56 49 45 mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com • Top-down approach in target setting • In 2003, the 1st National Road Safety Plan adopted with the objective of -50% of road deaths by 2009 • More than 100 concrete measures involving revision of Highway Code, Extensive high risk site removal schemes • Sub-targets: 90%+ seat belt wearing rate on front seats, 60%+ on rear seats

  20. Case of Portugal (2) mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com • Made good use of EU funds to improve road network • New National Road Safety Strategy includes new quantitative targets for the period 2008-2015 • New subtarget on injuries

  21. Case of Hungary (1) mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com Main targets: - Reduce a road and fatal accidents with 30 %-os till 2010 - Reduce a road and fatal accidents with 50 %-os till 2015

  22. Case of Hungary,modules mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com • New powerfull orgazation for coordination (NTA) • New National Road Safety Strategy i • Objective resposibility • „zero tolerance” • „new tarffic penalty point system” • New list for speed limit • Higher penalty for using a mobile phones • More legal support to pedestrains and children

  23. Case of Hungary,documented speed records(2009, 2010) mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  24. Case of Hungary,equipments and tools (1) mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com • Establish a new, powerfull and well-equipped central transport authority (NTA) for a coordination of: • Made good use of EU funds to improve road network (and its safety) • New National Road Safety Strategy implemented based on using a central database • New legal action: „Objective resposibility” and „zero tolerance” • Plus: „new tarffic penalty point system” • New speed limit for each type of vehicle • Higher penalty: for using a mobile phones • New traffic rules implemented: based on „More legal support to pedetrains and children” -

  25. Case of Hungary,equipments and tools (2) mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com • Made good use of EU funds to improve road network • New National Road Safety Strategy implemented • Objective resposibility • „zero tolerance” • „new tarffic penalty point system” • New and adectave speed limit • Higher penalty for using a mobile phones • More support to pedetrains and children

  26. Case of Hungary,Objective responsiblity mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com Based on law nr.: I./1988y New system for sharing of responsibility Key issue I.: dedicated main responsibility to owner or operator of the vehicle Key issue II.: the identify a driver „not so” important since: 02.05.2008. New legal action: Direct penalty to owner/operator Covering (eg.): speed limit, railroad crossing, using a highway emergency line, by-pass traffic lamp indication ,

  27. Case of Hungary,results (1) mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com Decreased trumatic road accident with 9,4 % compare to 2009 Fatal accident decreased with 11,8 compare to 2009 Drunken driving decreased with 21,5 % compare to 2009 Yearly more than 12000 driving licence cancelled Compare with y2010. and y2001. a fatalities decreased with 39%

  28. Case of Hungary,results (2)Accidents due to drunken driving2001 – 2009. mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  29. Case of Hungary,results (3)Fatalities in road accidents2001 – 2009. mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  30. Case of Hungary,results (4)cumulated1957-2009 mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  31. Case of Hungary, next steps mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com • Continious increasing a road side controll (eg: DG, technical inspection, covered and uncovered speed limit check) • Develoving and updating a technical background, focusing a intensive utilization of central database • Direct communication with participants of traffic • Sharing an experience with another authorities and partners

  32. Lessons from other countries mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com • Czech Republic: Over-ambitious target with the absence of a credible enforcement system failed to bring effects • Belgium: Separatelly setting targets for 3 federal regions helped to drive actions at relevant level of governance and led to significant improvements • Scandinavian countries: Sub-targets were established with the help of economic criteria and closely monitored • Germany: No national target, but comprehensive approach at local administrative level bringing fruits in long-term • Netherlands, UK: Targets in terms of number of Police controls

  33. European perspectives mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com • Road Safety Action Plan 2011-2020 under preparation • Most likely -40% road fatality reduction target and separate target for road injuries • Most likely separate targets for particular road-user groups • Benchmarking and data driven policy-making on the rise • More accountability and professionalism...

  34. Special thanks to the following websites: Commission transport website (road, care, driving licence):http://europa.eu.int/comm/transport/index_en.htmlhttp://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety http://europa.eu.int/comm/transport/road/index_en.htmhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/transport/care/index_en.htmhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/transport/home/drivinglicence/ index_en.htm www.baleset-megelozes.euwww.etsc.euwww.kti.huwww.bme.huwww.sze.huwww.police.huwww.uhasselt.bewww.kozigbirsag.police.hu Used sources: published papers of ETSC, OECD, EU, EC (2000-2011) mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

  35. Thank you for your attention! mailto: horvath_zsolt@yahoo.com

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