ASECAP Road Safety Event Klaus Schierhackl, CFO Volders, 2009-03-02 1
In Austria the following bodies are in charge of road safety Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) as the ministry with overall responsibility Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) and the Austrian police authorities Federal provinces and municipalities Austrian Road Safety Board and the automobile associations ASFINAG as operator of the Austrian motorways and express roads 2
Fatalities and casualties caused by road accidents About 69 m km driven annually on all roads: Accidents: 41,096 Casualties: 53,211 Fatalities: 691 About 40% driven on ASFINAG-operated roads Accidents: 2,361 Casualties: 3,625 Fatalities: 83 3
Road accidents in Austria Fatalities declined from 958 (179) in 2001 to 691(83) in 2007 positive trend Road accidents in Austria fatalities all roads fatalities ASFINAG-operated roads No. 1.400 1.200 1.000 800 600 400 200 0 958 691 179 83 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 4
Accidents on ASFINAG-operated roads Fewer accidents and casualties on Austrian motorways positive trend No. of accidents / casua alties 5.000 4.500 4.000 3.500 3.000 2.500 2.000 1.500 1.000 500 0 179 4.161 3.432 2.679 2.137 81 * 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008* 200 180 160 140 Casualties 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 No. of fatalities Accidents Fatalities Quelle:Statistik Austria, *BMI preliminary figures for 2008 5
Accidents on Austrian motorways Motorways 6 times safer than other (main)roads Road accidents in Austria 2007 (KfV, Statistik Austria) 20.000 18.000 16.000 14.000 12.000 10.000 8.000 6.000 4.000 2.000 0 no. of death no. of Accidents no. of seriously injured people ASFINAG roads other roads 6
Main reasons for motorway accidents Speeding 27% Alcohol 5% Others 25% Fatigue 16% Diversion 17% lack of security clearance 10% 7
Restraint Systems On motorways 92% use seat belts, but only about 60% of adult passengers in the rear use seat belts Deutschland Frankreich Schw eden Tschechien Japan 99 99 98 98 97 Slow enien Nordirland Dänemark Österreich 94 94 93 92 Schw eiz Norw egen 89 90 Belgien 84 75 80 85 90 95 100 Gurtverwendungsquote in Prozent 10% don't use child restraint systems! 8
Motorway accidents in Austria distribution of fatalities according to nationality 100% 80% 60% 40% More than 40% are of non-austrian nationality 20% 0% 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 MW2 005-2007 A D I H CZ PL SLO CH RO NL others Rest 9
What do you expect from the European Community (EP + EC) to improve road safety? Common code of conduct for road users Harmonised enforcement activities Framework for financially viable implementation 10
What do you expect from the national authorities to improve road safety? Financially viable implementation in national legislation within the meaning of the European Directives (Infrastructure Safety Management, ITS, Cross Border Enforcement, ) Close coordination between the stakeholders who have to implement the required measurements Clear interfaces between the authorities responsible for roads & road safety and the road operators, with a special focus on enforcement 11
What do you expect from the concessionaires and toll operators to improve road safety? A reliable network for the road users as regards construction, operation and maintenance Best possible support for the responsible authorities and police forces Real time information to road users in the event of unexpected incidents (accidents, maintenance activities,..) 12
What do you expect from the road users to improve road safety? Awareness of rules and regulations applicable to the networks they use Commitment to observe the traffic rules and regulations Don t drink and drive think and drive 13
Measures taken by ASFINAG to improve road safety on its network Decisions to use telematics installation of ITS traffic management systems Speed control by mobile section control equipment that can be moved from one area to another Procurement procedure to order new digital radar equipment for the network 14
Measures taken by ASFINAG in 2008 to improve road safety on its network Completion of second tunnel tube and start of rehabilitation works for old tube Pyhrn A9 motorway Lainberg Tunnel Total cost: EUR 48.5 million September 2008 A10 Tauern motorway Katschberg Tunnel Total cost: EUR 112 million spring 2008 S6 Semmering expressway Ganzstein Tunnel Total cost: about EUR 70 million summer 2008 All the measures outlined above in tandem with the annual upgrading of safety equipment will enable ASFINAG to meet the target set out in the EU Tunnel Directive by 2019. 15
Measures taken by ASFINAG in 2008 to improve road safety on its network S3 Weinviertel Expressway - Stockerau to Hollabrunn Physical separation of the lanes Rehabilitation of pavement Total cost: EUR 10 million A10 Tauern Motorway - Bischofshofen Improvement of the barriers Additional fixing of the hard-shoulder Improvement of the marking and the reflectors Access control with traffic lights Evaluation of speed and accidents Total cost: EUR 0.5 million S37 Klagenfurter Motorway between Klagenfurt and St. Veit New markings Rumble strips Rehabilitation of pavement Total cost: approximately EUR 1.8 million 16
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Safe distance Road type UPS Cause of accident: Failure to maintain a safe distance Percentage share [%] Motorway 187 17 9.1 Expressway 20 0 - Federal roads 376 22 5.9 Province roads 233 10 4.3 Municipal roads 243 7 2.9 Total road network 1,059 56 5.3 Depth investigation of fatal accidents (IDAF): Proportion of the accident " lack of security clearance" after road About 10% of motorway accidents are caused by failure to maintain a safe distance 18
Speed in Prozent 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 44,3 24,8 19,1 About 27% of motorway accidents are caused by speeding 5,6 6,2 131-135 136-140 141-145 146-150 > 150 Geschw indigkeitsklassen [km/h] Car speed on motorways and express roads with a maximum speed of 130 km / h (1995 2007) 19