SAFETY OF TRANSEUROPEAN NETWORK ROADS IN THE REPUBLIC
SAFETY OF TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORK ROADS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA Beograd, 15 October 2014
1. INTRODUCTION 2
� The United Nations (UN) in 2010 declared the "Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011 -2020„, with main goal: Reduce the number of victims on the roads by 50% by 2020. � EU adapted its Road Safety Programme (2011 -2020) � The Croatian Government in April 2011, adopted a new „National programme of road traffic safety of the Republic of Croatia 20112020. ” 3
2. BASIC INDICATORS OF ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY 4
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3. ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY MANAGEMENT � „The Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management”. � „Law on roads” from 2013. requires implementation of the Directive on TEN-T roads. � The Directive is applied through „Regulation on activities to improve TEN-T roads safety”. 6
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Road safety main stakeholders: � Ministry of maritime affairs, transport and infrastructure (MPPI) � Ministry of interior (MUP) � Traffic inspection � Croatian association of drivers and vehicle owners (HAK) � Faculty of transport and traffic sciences (FPZ) � Road management authorities (HC, HAC, ARZ, etc…) Present situation: � National programme of road traffic safety � Black spot management � Euro. RAP 8
Road category Traffic accidents Total % Killed % Injured % Highway 1. 708 5, 0 30 9, 1 328 3, 0 State road (settlement) 1. 722 5, 1 37 11, 3 672 6, 2 State road (non-settlement) 3. 051 9, 0 70 21, 3 1. 155 10, 6 County road (settlement) 1. 293 3, 8 18 5, 5 536 4, 9 County road (non-settlement) 1. 007 3, 0 24 7, 3 473 4, 3 Local road (settlement) 270 0, 8 5 1, 5 110 1, 0 Local road (non-settlement) 316 0, 9 10 3, 0 126 1, 2 Roads inside settlement 24. 654 72, 5 134 40, 9 7. 497 68, 8 Total for all roads 34. 021 100, 0 328 100, 0 10. 897 100, 0 Traffic accidents by road categories in 2013. ; Source: Ministry of Interior 9
Causes Driver errors Pedestrian errors Other causes Total Killed % 349 12 7 368 94, 8 3, 3 1, 9 100, 0 Casaulties Seriously % Injured 2. 676 94, 5 113 4, 0 42 1, 5 2. 831 100, 0 Lightly injured 12. 026 265 152 12. 443 % 96, 6 2, 1 1, 2 100, 0 Traffic accident casaulties caused by errors and other causes in 2013. ; Source: Ministry of Interior Participant age Uknown Up to 6 years From 7 -13 years From 14 -17 years From 18 -24 years From 25 -34 years From 35 -44 years From 45 -54 years From 55 -64 years Above 65 years Total Killed Total 0 5 3 12 58 63 47 55 50 75 368 % 0 1, 4 0, 8 3, 3 15, 8 17, 1 12, 8 14, 9 13, 6 20, 4 100, 0 Seriously 1 31 111 124 426 476 377 452 402 431 2. 831 Injured % Lightly 0, 0 1 1, 1 306 3, 9 588 4, 4 562 15, 0 2. 284 16, 8 2. 761 13, 3 2. 024 16, 0 1. 777 14, 2 1. 241 15, 2 899 100, 0 12. 443 % 0, 0 2, 5 4, 7 4, 5 18, 4 22, 2 16, 3 14, 3 10, 0 7, 2 100, 0 Traffic accidents casaulties by participant age in 2013. ; Source: Ministry of Interior 10
Black spot management of state roads: � Implementation process since 1998 � Up to 250 black spots have been reconstructed and improved � Around 35 mil. EUR invested Before After % Traffic accidents 6560 1595 75, 6 Killed 138 15 89, 1 Seriously injured 585 152 74 Lightly injured 2055 557 72, 8 Traffic accidents for 3 year period before and after black spot reconstruction 11
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4. PLANNED ACTIVITIES Ø Create Regulation on Auditors (10/2014), Ø Adoption of guidelines for RSIA, RSA, NSM and RSI (12/2014), Ø Certification of educational programs for the auditor training (12/2014), Ø Create Auditor Manual (01/2015), Ø Preparation of road traffic accident data and conduction of TEN-T roads audit (02/2015). 13
5. CONCLUSION Ø Better cooperation between main stakeholders Ø Road traffic accident database improvement Ø Increase of road safety based on modern technologies Ø The Directive implementation on whole road network 14
�Thank you for your attention Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, Directorate of Transport Infrastructure Prisavlje 14, Zagreb, Croatia drazen. antolovic@mppi. hr 15
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