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CEDR and Road Safety
Goals, Priority issues and working programme
of the TG “Road Safety” and its Task Groups
DI Dr. techn. Günter BreyerAustrian Federal Ministry of Transport
Road Directorate
TG Road Safety
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Background Information
• Ad Hoc Group “Road Safety” is the youngest CEDR group,
founded in May 2003 by Yvon Loyaerts/B-W• Meeting 1 to 5
• European Road Safety Action Programme• EuroRAP and Risk Rate Mapping
• June 2004: chairmanship to Günter Breyer/A • Meeting 6 and 7
• National road safety programmes• Road safety assessment • Road Safety Audit (RSA)
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Background Information
CEDR GB Meeting in Bergen on May 12, 2005:
approval of Strategic Plan
Technical Group “Road Safety”
TG Road Safety
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October 2005
• Play an important role in concretising the European RS policy
• Work as mediators to create national road safety cultures• Create a network of excellence in the field of RS• Define and disseminate best practices in the field of road
safety• Create a link between policies and implementation• Encourage and support a harmonized implementation of
efficient measures and the respective legal bases• Define cooperation within CEDR and with external
organisations
Gen. Objectives of TG Road Safety
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October 2005
TG Road Safety in the Strategic Plan
Central road safety tasks and time schedule
TD Operation – Road Safety Time Schedule
Task Description WG 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
O2
To take advantage of intelligent vehicles and infrastructure technologies to improve road safety (e-Safety)
TG RS
O3 To improve road design concepts in relation to road safety
TG RS
O4 To monitor and support EU activities on road safety
TG RS
O7 To show how to make cost effective road safety investments
TG RS
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Structure of TG Road Safety
Technical Group TG „Road Safety“
active or corresponding members from each CEDR country
Task Group „O2“
2 members
Task Group „O3“
6 - 8 members
Task Group „O4“
3 members
Task Group „O7“
4 members
Members of four task groups will be determined today
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Principles of TG Road Safety
• TG “Road Safety” has working or corresponding members from all CEDR countries
• Task groups report to TG “Road Safety”• Tasks of TG “Road Safety”
- umbrella for the single road safety activities- functions as an “institutional memory”- coordinates output- helps avoiding work redundancies of task groups- informs CEDR member on road safety activities- collects, exchanges and disseminates relevant
information to CEDR members
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Task Group O2
Goals:• inform CEDR members of developments in the filed of eSafety • meet commitment to the commission to provide CEDR member
information to the eSafety forum
Priority issues:• activities of the eSafety forum• research activities in the field of eSafety
Strategy:• participate in the safety forum• disseminate and discuss information in TG “road Safety”• disseminate relevant information to CEDR members• express CEDR’s views and interests
“To take advantage of intelligent vehicles and infrastructure technologies
to improve road safety (e-Safety)“
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October 2005
Task Group O2
Timetable and Milestones:• 2005 31/10/05: Kick-off meeting • 2006 2 task group meetings• 2007 2 task group meetings
Output: • progress report • dissemination of relevant information from the safety forum activities of
the eSafety forum
Human Resources:• Task O2 will be performed by a task group of 2 people meeting approx.
2 times a year • most of the work will be done and coordinated via e-mail and webpage
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Task Group O3
Goals:• improve road safety by making information on road design concepts readily
available • facilitate access to this information for CEDR member countries • influence the development of new road design concepts
Priority issues:• RIA, RSA, RSI, NSM/BSM, Risk Analysis• Self explaining road / forgiving roadsides• Roadside telematics
Strategy:• access experience on road safety experience and practice within the CEDR
countries • discuss the Infrastructure Directive of the European Commission • develop a framework within which to define road design concepts • evaluate what already exists and what has been done • seek collective views on future needs • identify and facilitate ways to develop those needs
“To improve road design concepts in relation to road safety“
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Task Group O3
Timetable and Milestones:• 2005 31/10/05: Kick-off meeting • 2006 2 to 3 task group meetings• 2007 2 to 3 task group meetings
Output: • fact sheets on each subjects including a common strategy (for
presentation to the EB and/or GB), e.g. fact sheets on EuroRAP• catalogue of road design concepts • workshop on road design concepts for practitioners
Human Resources:• Task O3 should be performed by a working group of approx. 6 to 8
people meeting two to three times a year
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Task Group O4
Goals:• monitor and interpret the EU’s road safety activities • inform CEDR members of their significance and impact • support EU officials in their road safety work • position CEDR as a reliable partner for the commission
Priority issues:• EU Road Safety Action Programme and comments to the programme • Mid Term Review of the Action Programme + EU Road Safety Report• White paper and revisions • current EU legal and research activities in the field of road safety
Strategy:• monitor priority issues and consider the implications for CEDR members • meet and liase with EU officials • disseminate important draft papers or concepts to CEDR members • get valuable feedback for the Commission • produce summary reports for discussion at TD Operation, EB, or GB meetings • disseminate and discuss information in TG “Road Safety”
“To monitor and support EU activities on road safety“
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October 2005
Task Group O4
Timetable and Milestones:• 2005 31/10/05: Kick-off meeting • 2006 max. 2 task group meetings• 2007 max. 2 task group meetings
Output: • short reports on EU’s road safety activities • dissemination of important EU documents at an early stage
Human Resources:• Task O4 will be performed by a task group of 3 people meeting max. 2
times a year • most of the work will be done and coordinated via e-mail and webpage
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Task Group O7
Goals:• understand, identify, and disseminate best practice to achieve cost-effective road
safety investments
Priority issues:• opinion poll among CEDR members on cost-effective road safety investments • current EU research activities in the field of cost-effective road safety investments
Strategy:• find out how money is spent on road safety and how such costs are determined
by means of a questionnaire • follow EU research activities in the field of cost-effectiveness • review PIARC’s road safety manual and its applications • identify best-practice • disseminate and discuss information in TG “Road Safety”
“To show how to make cost effective road safety investments“
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Task Group O7
Timetable and Milestones:• 2005 31/10/05: Kick-off meeting • 2006 max. 2 task group meetings• 2007 max. 2 task group meetings
Output: • evaluation report with results of questionnaire • best-practice report on cost-effective road safety investments
Human Resources:• Task O7 will be performed by a task group of 4 people drafting and
evaluating the questionnaire meeting max. 2 times a year • most of the work will be done and coordinated via e-mail and webpage
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There is just one more thing to say:Let’s get going !*
*There is an awful lot to do… ;o)