13 october 2010 contribution to road safety by infrastructure joris al, general-director centre for...
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13 October 2010
Contribution to Road Safety by infrastructure
Joris Al, General-Director Centre for Transport and Navigation, Ministry of Transport and Public Waterways. The Netherlands; andPresident of
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Fatalities on the roads in Europe …
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Number of fatalities in the Netherlands 1950-2009
Number of fatalities in The Netherlands 1950 - 2009
0500
100015002000
25003000
35004000
1954
1957
1960
1963
1966
1969
1972
1975
1978
1981
1984
1987
1990
1993
1996
1999
2002
2005
2008
Year
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Number of falaties related to National Targets
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
Year
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2009: 720
1972: 3500
2010:750
2020:500
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Measures for road safety in the Netherlands from 1950 onwards
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Measures for road safety in the Netherlands from 1950 onwards
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Measures: Motorways
High standards
Integrated safety approach
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Managed Motorways: the 2 Basic Concepts
HSR lane
Plus lane
+++ +IMIM++
Hard shoulder (safety zone) only available outside peak
hours
Re-division of the roadway Hard shoulder always
available
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Dynamic Trafficmanagement
5 Traffic control centres
Section Control and motorway controlling system
Traffic information
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Measures: sustainable safety program
Underlying philosophy:
Prevention of serious accidents
When accident happens, seriousness as little as possible
Forgiving roadsides?
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Measures Sustainable Safety Program
• 1997: Agreement Start up Program Sustainable Safety:– Minister of Transport Public Works,– Municipalities– Provinces– District water boards
• Implementation of a number measures– Road classification– Extension of 30 km zones 70% of roads inside built-
up areas– Extension of 60 km zones 57% of roads outside
built-up areas– Extension number of Roundabouts – Mopeds on the carriageway– Road markings
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Effectiveness of investments in infrastructure
SWOV (The balance struck; 2009 ) comes to the following conclusions about The sustainable Safety Program in the The Netherlands 1998- 2007:
In the period 1998 – 2007 the number traffic fatalities and fatality rate showed a larger decrease than in the preceding period
The measures (also incl. enforcement, vehicle and information campaigns) that were implemented most probably contributed to these positive development
In 2007 they resulted in a decline of 300 – 400 traffic fatalities which amounts to
more than 30% (approximately 50% for infrastructure measures)
The measure were also socially cost effective; the benefits exceeds the cost by a factor of four
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GSM
MSD
Public Safety Answering Point
Dat
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Service ProviderCar-industry
Internet
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E-Call in The Netherlands
E-call
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ITS of the future
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Forever Open Roads
The Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories (FEHRL) has set itself the challenge to develop a truly inspiring vision for how roads will be built and maintained in the 21st century.
The Forever Open Road will tackle global challenges such as climate change, carbon reduction, energy saving, as well as the increasing need for journey time reliability in response to rising demand
At the same time, it will help meet European goals to provide transport infrastructure that is:
• Safe and secure• Cleaner, quieter and more energy efficient• Highly competitive and sustainable• Provide enhanced mobility• Based on optimised, efficient seamless
systems
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PILOT4SAFETY – Pilot project for common EU Curriculum for road safety experts: training and application on Secondary Roads
DG MOVE projectStart date:1 June 2010 Duration: 24 monthsBudget: € 1.3M
BackgroundDirective 2008/96/CE on road infrastructure safety management applies only to TEN-T road network
while
the highest number of fatalities occurs on the so-called "secondary roads“ (2 lanes paved roads outside urban areas)
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To overcome this shortcoming, Partners PILOT4SAFETY is focusing on FEHRL - Coordinator developing curricula and tools ASTRAL Laziofor the auditing and inspections CDV Brnoof secondary roads in a group Generalitat de Catalunya of EU regions. Prefecture of Thessaloniki Randers Municipality http://pilot4safety.fehrl.org
BRRC
The overall objective is to have a number of regions applying the same approaches of Directive 2008/96/CE to secondary roads with a consequent reduction in the number of road fatalities. 16 13 October 2010
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Conclusions
• Infrastructure measures have long term positive effect on road safety
• The sustainable safety program in The Netherlands has saved 300 – 400 extra lives (50 % for the implemented infrastructure measures)
• The cost of infrastructure measures are substantial but also cost effective. The avail cost ratio runs up till 4
• To reach the ambitious road safety targets it’s still effective to invest in road infrastructure
• The mean time we should also invest in further development of in-vehicle and roadside technology and in traffic management measures.
•
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Conclusions
• Infrastructure measures have long term positive effect on road safety
• The sustainable safety program in The Netherlands has saved 300 – 400 extra lives (50 % for the implemented infrastructure measures)
• The cost of infrastructure measures are substantial but also cost effective. The avail cost ratio runs up till 4
• To reach the ambitious road safety targets it’s still effective to invest in road infrastructure
• The mean time we should also invest in further development of in-vehicle and roadside technology and in traffic management measures.
• Knowledge transfer is on current and emerging technologies and practises is essential