European Road Safety Day What makes a road

European Road Safety Day What makes a road a safe road ? Brussels / 13 october 2010 Rodolphe CHASSANDE-MOTTIN Service d’études sur les transports, les routes et leurs aménagements www. setra. developpement-durable. gouv. fr

Outline Pages Introduction 3 Seven criteria for Road Safety 4 Global procedures 12 Conclusion 19 2 Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 2

Introduction Sustainable Road Safety means systemic approach HUMAN Ergonomics Biological rules Comfort VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE Physics laws 3 Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 3

Seven Criteria for Road Safety (1/8) Linked to the infrastructure HUMAN VEHICLE Visibility Road legibility Road coherence Traffic management INFRASTRUCTURE Vehicle dynamics Road shoulders Roadside obstacles 4 Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 4

Seven Criteria for Road Safety (2/8) Visibility Do the road users have enough time (= distance), without obstruction, to see an event, a traffic sign, a junction ? Junction in a curve Bend after a hilltop 5 Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 5

Seven Criteria for Road Safety (3/8) Legibility Do the information sent by the infrastructure are enough clear and unambiguous to be understood by road users ? For this curve, trust the road, not the sign ! Which sign do you see and understand in 1 second ? 6 Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 6

Seven Criteria for Road Safety (4/8) Vehicle Dynamics Do the road characteristics (crossfall, grip, surface) avoid vehicle dynamics problems (skidding…) ? Bad surface grip due to bleeding Surface with long waves 7 Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 7

Seven Criteria for Road Safety (5/8) Road shoulders Can an user, running off the road, takes back control of its vehicle, using road shoulders ? High difference > 6 cm between the road and the verge Loose gravels = Loss of grip on the road shoulder 8 Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 8

9 Seven Criteria for Road Safety (6/8) Obstacles Are roadside obstacles deleted, or moved, or isolated in order to reduce the consequences of run-off-road accidents ? Natural obstacles (trees) and artificial ones (pipe head) Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 When road equipments become obstacles 9

1 0 Seven Criteria for Road Safety (7/8) Road coherence Are all the road elements (speed limitation, traffic signs, road marking, cross section) coherent with the function of the road ? High speed limit with cycle path, parking area and build-up area. Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Rural environment, no transition area but a city sign => speed limit is 50 km/h 10 10

1 1 Seven Criteria for Road Safety (8/8) Traffic management Do the road design allows all categories of users to walk, drive or ride safely ? Footway near a college Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Cars are parked on the footway pedestrians must walk on the carriageway 11 11

1 2 Global procedures (1/7) Two complementary methodologies: - Preventive methodologies (Road Safety Impact Assessment, Road Audits) Safety Inspections, Road Safety - Reactive methodologies (Network Safety Management) Methodologies developed and improved with international exchanges (PIACR, CEDR, Bilateral cooperations) Included in the spirit of the EU Directive 2008/96/EC Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 12 12

1 3 Global procedures (2/7) The European Directive on Road Infrastructure Safety Management - should be transposed on National Law before 19 December 2010 - technical guidelines should be published before 19 December 2011 - This Directive, for France, will be transposed for the National Road Network (> 20 000 km) Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 13 13

1 4 Global procedures (3/7): RSIA Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 14 14

1 5 Global procedures (4/7): RSA Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 15 15

1 6 Global procedures (5/7) Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 16 16

1 7 Global procedures (6/7): RSI Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 17 17

1 8 Global procedures (7/7): NSM Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 18 18

1 9 Conclusion What makes a road a sustainable safe road ? - A systemic approach (on the infrastructure / the driver / the vehicle) - Complemantary methodologies (preventive / reactive) - A structured reasoning (stake analysis / diagnosis / action plan / evaluation) - An action based on the understanding of accidents, adapted to the local context - An optimisation of public money (benefit/cost ratio) - A mix of a self-explanatory road (easy to understand) and a forgiving road (which gives users a chance to avoid an accident or to reduce the gravity of an accident) Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 19 19

2 0 Thank you for your attention ! Publications in English are downloadable for free at http: //www. setra. equipement. gouv. fr/-In-English. html Contact : setra@developpement-durable. gouv. fr Obstacles Railway crossings Landscape and legibility Titre et sous-titre. What makes a road a safe road ? Date de l'exposéBrussels – 13 october 2010 Stake analysis Road Safety Inspections 20 20