SOL eMagazine No. 10 by FGM-AMOR gemein. GmbH

ISSUE No. 10 APRIL 2013

SOL - SAVE OUR LIVES. A COMPREHENSIVE ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY FOR CENTRAL EUROPE

THE SOL eMAGAZINE The SOL eMAGAZINE is produced by the SOL consortium. All articles are written by the SOL partners. The responsibility for all contents and statements made lies with the authors. The eMagazine does not represent the opinion of the European Communities. The project „SOL – Save our Lives“ in the Central Europe Program www.central2013.eu is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Find more about SOL on: www.sol-project.eu

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THE S O L F I N A L C O N F E R E N C E W I L L BE HELD IN BRUS S E L S O N T H E 2 7 T H O F M AY 2013

DEAR READERS Welcome to the tenth issue of the SOL project

Europe faces annually over 34.000 road fatali-

creased in the past years. The project aims at

eMagazine. In this issue, we would like to put your

ties. The number of fatalities in the programme

giving professional qualities, experiences and

attention on our Final Conference that will take

area Central Europe Space (CEUS) is higher

tools to local public administrations to increase

place on 27th of May 2013 in Brussels: all the Pro-

than in other European regions and has in-

the road safety in their competence areas.

ject Partners of SOL – Save Our Lives, are pleased to invite YOU!

All the Project Partners of SOL – Save Our

MOVE. Then a round table will be attended by

Lives, a comprehensive road safety strategy

local politicians who have contributed to the

Moreover we are proud to inform you that the SOL

for Central Europe, are pleased to invite YOU

realisation of the 12 pilot projects in the seven

activities in Austria on awareness raising workshops

to our project final conference, that will take

countries involved.

for risky, young drivers are nominated for the SYN-

place in Brussels/Belgium on the 27th of May

The event will give Road Safety stakeholders

APTIC Awards for Excellence in Seamless Mobility.

2013 (from 2PM to 6PM).

an outstanding opportunity to exchange their

Then we focus on the last statistics on road safety

The final conference will discuss project

best practices and know-how and learn more

data 2012 published by European Commission and

achievements, demonstrating final results on

about Road Safety.

on a research on people who drive for work and

its pilot activities targeted on innovative ac-

The conference will be free of charge and the

their accidents risk .

tions for improving Road Safety in the con-

agenda will be available soon on the website.

You can also learn more about the Second UN Glo-

sidered Pilot Areas in Italy, Austria, Hungary,

For more information, please contact the pro-

bal Road Safety Week to be held 6-12 May 2013

Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Slova-

ject coordinator A.L.O.T at info@alot.it or take

that will be dedicated to pedestrian safety.

kia. The future EU programmes for Road Safe-

the opportunity to use the online registration

ty will also be outlined and discussed with the

form on the project website:

Enjoy reading

representatives of the Road Safety Unit of DG

www.sol-project.eu.

Alberto Milotti Project Manager SOL

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S O L A CTIVITIES NOMINATED FOR SYNAPTIC AWARD V I A E LTIS

The SOL activities in Austria on

We are proud to inform you that the SOL

inated for the SYNAPTIC Awards for Excel-

activities in Austria on awareness raising

lence in Seamless Mobility.

workshops for risky, young drivers are nom-

awareness raising workshops

The 2013 awards are handed over to organisa-

regional development, health, energy and envi-

for risky, young drivers are nom-

tions that submitted their good practices to ELTIS

ronmental sciences.

inated for the SYNAPTIC Award

as case studies in 2012 and fit into one of the

ELTIS supports the creation of urban transport

for Excellence in Seamless Mo-

three eligibility award categories: the personal

systems, which use less energy and produce

bility.

responsibility on the roads.

less emissions and increase transport safety,

• best multimodal door-to-door travel solution

while improving the quality of life. Created more

• best public transport solution

than 12 years ago, ELTIS is now Europe’s main

• best mobility management solution

portal on urban mobility.

ELTIS which is an initiative of the EC (managed

Among other services like photos and videos

by the EACI) and co-ordinated by Austrian Mobil-

ELTIS offers more than 1570 case studies on dif-

ity Research FGM-AMOR facilitates the exchange

ferent topic areas of urban transport – many of

of information, knowledge and experiences in

them translated into several languages. Also in

the field of urban mobility in Europe. It is aimed

average 2 news items on what is going on in Eu-

at individuals working in the field of transport as

rope are published every day. ELTIS is therefore

well as in related disciplines, including urban and

a dissemination hub for transport professionals

to publish their project results and ideas how to

invited to become a Friend of ELTIS. Registration

improve the whole transport system.

doesn’t cost anything, doesn’t bring any obli-

All services of ELTIS are free of charge. People

gations or spams and takes not more than 1,5

who want to download videos or photos for their

minutes. So far more than 1670 Friends of ELTIS

own use as well as to receive the monthly ELTIS

are online.

Mobility Update (available in 6 languages) are

ROAD SAFETY: EU REPORTS LOWEST EVER NUMBER OF ROAD DEATHS AND TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARDS AN INJURIES STRATEGY

The European Road Safety Action Programme 2011-2020 sets out challenging plans to

Road fatalities across the EU have decreased

2012 saw the lowest number of people

reduce the number of road

by 9% in 2012. According to new figures

killed in road traffic in EU countries since

deaths on Europe’s roads by

published by the European Commission,

the first data were collected.

half in the next 10 years. It

Vice-President Siim Kallas, Commissioner for

In order to reach this goal, an average reduction

transport, said, “2012 was a landmark year

of around 7% is needed. The most worrying fea-

for European road safety, with the lowest ever

ture of the road safety statistics for 2011 was a

number of road deaths recorded. A 9% decrease

high increase in the number of killed vulnerable

means that 3,000 lives were saved last year. It

users such as pedestrians, motorcyclists and

is hugely encouraging to see these kinds of re-

elderly people – in spite of an overall reduction

sults. Still 75 people die on Europe’s roads every

of road fatalities. Based on the provisional data

day, so there is no room for complacency. We

for 2012, the number of vulnerable user fatali-

have ambitious goals to cut EU road deaths in

ties has decreased substantially in 2012.

half by 2020 and we need to keep up this mo-

The European Road Safety Action Programme

mentum to get there. Road deaths are only the

2011-2020 sets out challenging plans to reduce

tip of the iceberg. For every death on Europe’s

the number of road deaths on Europe’s roads by

roads there are 10 serious injuries such as dam-

half in the next 10 years. It contains ambitious

age to the brain or spinal cord. We need a strat-

proposals focussing on making improvements to

egy to bring down the number of serious road

vehicles, infrastructure and road users’ behav-

injuries everywhere in the EU.”

iour. For example, key recent initiatives include:

Country by country statistics show that the

A new EU Driving Licence, since January 2013,

number of road deaths still varies greatly across

with tighter rules for the access of young people

the EU. The countries with the lowest number

to powerful motorbikes; National enforcement

of road fatalities remain the UK, Sweden, the

plans- submitted by Member States providing a

Netherlands and Denmark, reporting around 30

rich source of best practices; Cross border en-

deaths per million inhabitants.

forcement rules to crackdown on traffic offences

Compared to the disappointing figures of 2011,

committed abroad (drink driving, speeding etc)

when progress in cutting road deaths fell to 2%,

in force since November 2012; Work towards

the reduction of 9% in 2012 mean that Member

the development of an injuries strategy.

States are back on track towards the objective

Find more on: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-

of halving road deaths between 2010 and 2020.

release_IP-13-236_en.htm

contains ambitious proposals focussing on making improvements to vehicles, infrastructure and road users’ behaviour.

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AT WORK DRIVERS TAKING DEADLY RISKS ON ROADS A research carried out by Brake and Di-

who drive for work are risking devastating

rect Line in the United Kingdom in 2013

crashes by texting, speeding and grooming

shows that significant numbers of people

at the wheel.

Significant numbers of people who drive for

ployers to take action to ensure employees are

work are risking devastating crashes by texting,

safe and not putting others in danger.

speeding and grooming at the wheel, according

Nearly a third (30%) of journeys on our roads

to research by Brake and Direct Line released:

are made by drivers who are at work at the time

• Nearly a third (31%) text while driving

[1]. These drivers are 26% more likely to be in a

• One in six (17%) admit to grooming, such as

crash than people driving on their own time [2].

putting on make-up or shaving, while at the

In Great Britain, 10 people are killed each week

wheel

and 100 injured by people driving for work [3].

• More than three-quarters (76%) endanger Photo: i-stock

[1] National Travel Survey 2011, Department for Transport, 2012

pedestrians and cyclists by speeding at more

[2] Reported Road Casualties Great Britain 2011, DfT, 2012

than 35mph in built up areas.

[3] Reported Road Casualties Great Britain 2011, DfT, 2012

The survey revealed that people driving for busi-

ness purposes are more likely than the general

For a more detailed look at this survey please

driving population to take all of these risks (see

take a look at: http://goo.gl/ltHpw

below for full results), prompting calls for em-

Source: http://www.brake.org.uk/

SECOND UN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK ON 6 – 12 MAY 2013 The Second UN Global Road Safety Week

trians worldwide, generate action on the

to be held 6-12 May 2013 is dedicated to

measures needed to do so, and contribute

pedestrian safety.Requested by the UN Gen-

to achieving the goal of the Decade of Action

eral Assembly, the Week will draw attention

for Road Safety 2011-2020 to save 5 million

to the urgent need to better protect pedes-

lives.

The Week will contribute to:

Plan, host and register your event Govern-

• drawing attention to the need for pedestrian

ments, international agencies, civil society

safety; • generating action on measures which work to increase pedestrian safety; and

organizations, and private companies are encouraged to plan, host and register events to

• achieving the goal of the Decade of Action

Week’s global web site will be listed in the

for Road Safety 2011-2020 to save 5 million

“activities around the world” section to inform

lives.

and inspire others and facilitate coordination

Governments, with support from civil society,

Photo: WHO /Tom Pietrasik

mark the Week. Events registered through the

of events in the same country or city.

academia, the private sector and the international community, are all encouraged to plan

For further information:

and host national and local events during the

http://www.who.int/roadsafety/

Second UN Global Road Safety Week.

week/2013/en/index.html

This milestone event on the Decade calendar

Contact:

is a unique opportunity to make progress on

Ms Laura Sminkey,

saving lives, and we hope that you will join in

Communications Officer

ensuring its success.

Email: sminkeyl@who.int

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THE P I L OT A R E A S O F T H E P R O J E C T SOL The project SOL shall help to prevent road

THE PILOT AREAS OF SOL:

crashes, deaths and injuries in the Central Europe

• Poland: Olsztyn, Barczewo, Nidzica

Space (CEUS). In 12 pilot areas of the 7 countries

• Czech Republic: Region of Liberec

Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slo-

• Slovakia: City of Prešov and Region of Prešov

venia, Italy and Austria targeted strategies will be

‑ Selfgovernment County

developed implementing effective programmes to

• Hungary: City of Gyor

build a transnational road safety network. Find

• Slovenia: Tolmin, Kočevje and Maribor

detailed informations to all pilot areas on the

• Italy: Province of Brescia and Mantua

website of SOL: www.sol-project.eu

• Austria: Province of Styria

POLAND

GERMANY

CZECH REPUBLIC SLOVAKIA

AUSTRIA

ITALY

HUNGARY

SLOVENIA

The SOL Countries

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S O L – A C O MPREHENSIVE ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY F O R C E N T R AL EUROPE The main goal of the project is to promote

shift from the private car to public transport.

sustainable mobility and increase awareness

SOL unites some of the most competent RS or-

for safety issues as well as contributing to the

ganisations from CEUS and worldwide, among

achievement of higher quality of living condi-

them the Global Road Safety Patnership (GRPS).

tions.

The multi-sector partners from eight countries

The approach of SOL sees Road-Safety within

of CEUS have jointly developed a strategy that

the context of sustainable mobility, i.e. to make

supports the region in catching up with highest

walking and cycling safe and to promote a modal

EU standards in Road Safety.

1 2 P R O J E C T PARTNERS FROM 8 COUNTRIES OF C E N T R A L E UROPE A.L.O.T. Agency of East Lombardy for Transport and Logistics (Italy)

University of Zilina (Slovakia)

Austrian Mobility Research FGM-AMOR (Austria)

Global Road Safety Partnership Hungary (Hungary)

Province of Styria – Traffic Department (Austria)

KTI Institute for Transport Sciences (Hungary)

University of Tuebingen, Institute of Geography (Germany)

Automobile Association of Slovenia (Slovenia)

HBH Projekt spol. s r.o. (Czech Republic)

ZAS – The Association of the Driving Schools in the Slovak Republic (Slovakia)

ITS Motor Transport Institute (Poland)

WORD Olsztyn organization (Poland)

Imprint: Texts: Alberto Milotti, A.L.O.T. (p.1 and Foreword); Robert Pressl , FGM-AMOR (p. 2) All other articles collected by FGM-AMOR Design by FGM-AMOR

The project „SOL – Save our Lives“ in the Central Europe Program www.central2013.eu is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).