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EU capitals ranked on road safety progress

ETSC Press Conference 8 October 2008. EU capitals ranked on road safety progress. En route to safer mobility in EU capitals. New PIN country ranking Road Safety PIN Flash 11. Priority-based safety work. Monitoring EU transport safety policy.

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EU capitals ranked on road safety progress

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  1. ETSC Press Conference 8 October 2008 EU capitals ranked on road safety progress

  2. En route to safer mobility in EU capitals New PIN country ranking Road Safety PIN Flash 11

  3. Priority-based safety work Monitoring EU transport safety policy Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) - Ranking EU countries‘ performances Speed Programme Preventing Drink Driving in the EU – Safe & Sober Drink Driving Policy Network Campaigning for the treatment of high risk infrastructure – R2R

  4. PIN works through … • a well-placed expert Panel Memberin each Member State, as well as Switzerland, Norway and Israel • a Steering Groupwith members from research organisations, the EC, the PIN sponsors and the ETSC leadership • a project team of 2+1 in the ETSC secretariat

  5. PIN is delivering … • Flashes – profile-raising quarterly overviews of specific road safety topics • Reports – wider-ranging annual reviews of aspects of road safety performance • International events – to launch the annual PIN Report and make an annual Award • National events – a PIN Talk to encourage that country’s road safety effort

  6. EU ambition EU target to cut by 50% yearly road deaths between 2001 and 2010 Countries have similar national targets

  7. Best reductions 2001 - 2007 France - 43% Luxembourg- 38% Portugal - 42%

  8. Road Safety in cities • Over 60% of the EU population lives in urban areas • 40 million people live in the 27 capital cities (= 8% of the EU population) • EU Green Paper on Urban Mobility • European Road Safety Day in Paris 13 October „Road Safety in our cities“ • Capitals: showcases for other cities

  9. EU-27 capitals safer than 10 years ago EU (-4.1%) Average annual % change in deaths per inhabitants over 1997 to 2007

  10. Are the winners are... And the winners are Average annual % change in deaths per inhabitants over 1997 to 2007

  11. Also good progress Average annual % change in deaths per inhabitants over 1997 to 2007

  12. Too little progress Average annual % change in deaths per inhabitants over 1997 to 2007

  13. Faster progress since 2001 EU (-5.3%) Average annual % change in deaths per inhabitants over 2001 to 2007 Lisbon -13% Oslo -12% Stockholm-11%

  14. Some capitals taking the lead EU (0.7) In Sofia, Dublin and Oslo, road mortality decreased by more than 6% per year faster than in the rest of the country

  15. And some not In Amsterdam, Helsinki, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, London and Brussels, developments in road mortality have not followed the same pace as in the rest of the country.

  16. A great disparity of risks Valletta: no road death since 2000 Ljubjana: 13 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants

  17. Strong actions needed To protect vulnerable road users One victim out of 2 is either a pedestrian or a cyclist in capitals Distribution of road deaths by road users in the 27 EU capitals (Average of the years 2004-2006)

  18. Some of ETSC recommendations • Consider all road users, esp. VRUs • Work in partnership • Relate road safety objectives to other policy objectives for the city • Work with the police to ensure proper enforcement Adopt a Road Safety Strategy

  19. ETSC recommendations (II) • Improve the quality of public transport • Develop safer infrastructure, especially for pedestrians • Promote 30 km/h zones in residential area Secure political backing and funding for road safety

  20. Speakers John Devenport Tranport for London (TfL) Michael ByrneDublin City Council

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