Monitoring Centre for Road Safety and Accident Prevention in Krakow 13 September 2011

1. Monitoring Centre for Road Safety and Accident Prevention in Krakow 13 September 2011 Brussels, Belgium Lukasz Franek, Krakow University of Technology

2. CiViTAS CARAVEL 2005 - 2009 CiViTAS Workshops l13 September 2011 lBrussels lLukasz Franek

3. Safety activities within the CiViTAS CARAVEL Project Two measures in Krakow: 8.11 Security action plan for PT in Krakow 11.16 Monitoring Centre for Road Safety and Accident Prevention in Krakow Event lDate l Location l Speaker

4. SituationbeforetheCiViTAS • Paper documents filled by the Police Officer’s at accident’s place • Police and Road Administration accident database updated manually • Cooperation not formalized • Annual reports CiViTAS Workshops l13 September 2011 lBrussels lLukasz Franek

5. Improvement of data collection and database functionality- Measure 11.16 Leader  Krakow Municipality (UMK) System concept  Krakow University of Technology (PK) • Objectives: • Formalization of the cooperation between system actors, • Data register technology improvement, • Accident risk analysis improvement, • Increase scope of registered data CiViTAS Workshops l13 September 2011 lBrussels lLukasz Franek

6. Data sources for Monitoring Centre – (concept) City Police Department Public Transport Operator (MPK) Insurance companies Krakow Road and Transport Administration Monitoring Centre for Road Safety and Accident Prevention (traffic volume, implemented tools of the safety improvement, weather conditions) National Health Found City Fire Department Municipality Database Department CiViTAS Workshops l13 September 2011 lBrussels lLukasz Franek

7. Improvement of data collection and database functionality– (concept) Electronic data transfer Police data registered with PDA CiViTAS Workshops l13 September 2011 lBrussels lLukasz Franek

8. Improvement of data collection and database functionality New data registered - Very important for PT new features proposed: • under accident localization > to add “dedicated bus or tram lane”, • under accident type > to add “knock down of the pedestrian as a potential passenger on PT stop” • under vehicle type > to divide “city bus, regional bus and minibus” CiViTAS Workshops l13 September 2011 lBrussels lLukasz Franek

9. Achievements • A special software (Żbik) to collect data was prepared by a proffesional company • 1/4 of Road Police units was equipped with a netbook containing the software • Data was collected electronically and send to Police Department’s and Road Administration CiViTAS Workshops l13 September 2011 lBrussels lLukasz Franek

10. Achievements • Several workshops with knowledge exchange between CARAVEL Cities • - similar measure in Genoa • Best practices – Stuttgart CiViTAS Workshops l13 September 2011 lBrussels lLukasz Franek

11. Lessons learnt It’s not possible to change national institution – Police Department – „from the bottom” Reorganization of the transport management system in the city Lack of political support Safety is often not treated seriosuly Lack of common methodology on accident data analyzing - SAFETYNET CiViTAS Workshops l13 September 2011 lBrussels lLukasz Franek

12. Dissemination – outcomes ZEUS concept - Test implementation of the transport safety management integration in urban area, basing on the traffic management CiViTAS Workshops l13 September 2011 lBrussels lLukasz Franek *if present on urban area

13. Thank you Lukasz Franek lfranek@pk.edu.pl CiViTASWorkshopsl13 September 2011 lBrusselslLukaszFranek