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European Thematic Network ROSEBUD

ROSEBUD. European Thematic Network ROSEBUD. - Demonstration Course -. Efficiency Assessment Tools (EAT). Why EAT? Safety budget is limited Rational approach required. Objectives: Identifying benefits, costs and impacts Establishing a beneficial safety outcome Comparing alternatives

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European Thematic Network ROSEBUD

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  1. ROSEBUD European Thematic Network ROSEBUD - Demonstration Course -

  2. Efficiency Assessment Tools (EAT) Why EAT? • Safety budget is limited • Rational approach required • Objectives: • Identifying benefits, costs and impacts • Establishing a beneficial safety outcome • Comparing alternatives • Assisting in prioritizing of projects - Demonstration Course -

  3. Fatalities: Target and actual development EU target: halve the number offatalities until 2010 45000 42344 Fatalities in Europe*) preliminary, BE 2002 41900 40770 39852 38638 40000 35891*) 35000 30000 25000 42344 20000 40580 38815 37051 35287 50 % reduction 33522 31758 15000 29994 28229 26465 24701 22936 21172 10000 5000 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Road safety in Europe (EU 15) - Demonstration Course -

  4. Road safety measures Road Safety Measures Accident User related Vehicle related Infrastructure Emergency Prevention and r e lated measures measures measures Performance services Monitoring Training and Road design Active Safety Alert Planning education Passive Road Rescue Financing Traffic Law S a fety constru c tion Enforcement Incentives Telematics Maintenance Controlling eSafety - Demonstration Course -

  5. Efficiency assessment • The aim of the assessment is to identify the most efficient measures. • This will enable the society to allocate the resources to the most beneficial use. - Demonstration Course -

  6. Efficiency assessment can help • Efficiency assessment = a systematic assessment of the improvement in road safety that can be realised by means of various road safety measures • Two main forms of efficiency assessment: • Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) • Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) - Demonstration Course -

  7. Main elements of efficiency assessment • A list of road safety measures • An estimate of the effects of these measures on accidents or injuries • An estimate of the costs of the measures • For cost-benefit analysis, monetary valuation of impacts is needed - Demonstration Course -

  8. Number of accidents prevented Costs of implementation Cost Effectiveness Analysis Cost Effectiveness = • Necessary data • Implementation costs • Estimate of the number of accidents prevented - Demonstration Course -

  9. Cost-effectiveness analysis • Pros: • A simple technique which focuses on safety effects • Does not require monetary valuation of safety • Cons: • Can only be used for ranking measures • Does not consider tradeoffs against other policy objectives • It is not possible to consider different accidents consequences (severe and slight injuries, property damages) - Demonstration Course -

  10. present value benefits present value implementation costs Cost Benefit Analysis Particularly useful if • multiple policy objectives exist • policy objectives are conflicting • objectives refer to goods without market prices (safety, environment, mobility) Cost benefit ratio= of all of - Demonstration Course -

  11. CBA: Necessary data • Costs of implementation • Estimate of the number of accidents prevented • Other quantified effects (environmental, traveltime, vehicle operation etc.) - Demonstration Course -

  12. CBA: Necessary data Changes of • accident costs • environmental costs (noise, air pollution) • mobility costs (time consumption) • travel costs (vehicle operating) • Monetary values (benefits) - Demonstration Course -

  13. Cost-benefit analysis • Pros: • Considers all relevant policy impacts • Enables a direct comparison of costs and benefits • Cons: • Monetary valuation e.g. of human life and quality is controversial and difficult, but inevitable • Not all effects can be assessed (e.g. distributional effects) - Demonstration Course -

  14. CBA: basic rules of the game • Consumer sovereignty is respected • Maximum efficiency (Pareto-optimality) in resource allocation is sought • The existing distribution of income is taken as given - Demonstration Course -

  15. EAT in the decision making process Possible scheme of a systematic evaluation of road safety activities - Demonstration Course -

  16. Assessment carried out by the UN-Headquarters Danube Site overview Kaisermühlen Tunnel Section Control - Demonstration Course -

  17. System description Kaisermühlen Tunnel Section Control - Demonstration Course -

  18. Costs/Benefits Costs of the measure • Investment costs • Annual costs of operation and maintenance Kaisermühlen Tunnel Economic benefits • Reduction of accident costs (numbers, severity of injury) Section Control • Reduction of road traffic emissions - Demonstration Course -

  19. Effects on accidents Kaisermühlen Tunnel Section Control • Reduction in total numbers of casualty accidents and severity of injury • since August2002: no fatal accident or serious injury recorded - Demonstration Course -

  20. Components of the CBA Benefits Costs Road traffic emissions 79,108 Saving of accident costs 1,025,903 Installation and maintenance costs 204,272 Total 1,105,011 204,272 Costs and Benefits Kaisermühlen Tunnel Section Control - Demonstration Course -

  21. Cost-Benefit Ratio (CBR) Kaisermühlen Tunnel ROSEBUD (WP1): CBR > 3 are ranked „excellent“ Section Control - Demonstration Course -

  22. Recent analyses of road safety policy • There is a large potential for improving road safety • Only a part of this potential will be realised if current policies are continued • If priorities for road safety measures were based on cost-benefit analyses, large gains in safety could be realised - Demonstration Course -

  23. Efficiency analysis in context • Not all inefficient policy priorities can be eliminated by doing efficiency analysis • A systematic use of efficiency analysis can, however, help achieving targets more efficiently - Demonstration Course -

  24. Do policy makers value efficiency analysis? • Yes, cost-effectiveness analysis is regarded as useful • Opinions differ more with respect to cost-benefit analysis • The techniques are continuously being improved – making them more relevant for policy makers - Demonstration Course -

  25. Final remarks • Efficiency analysis should be part of any road safety programme • In many countries efficiency analyses are not used to their full potential • More efficient policy priorities will improve road safety • Having the European reduction target in mind, the benefits of reducing road accident fatalities by at least 50% exceed the costs • Efficiency assessment can help bringing better results in road safety policy - Demonstration Course -

  26. Final ROSEBUD - products • Framework • Handbook • Professional Guidelines • Demonstration Course - Demonstration Course -

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