THE ROAD SAFETY POLICY IN SPAIN Rome, 9 th April 2009
1. GENERAL DATA Spain!500 000 km².! 44 million inhabitants. Amount of vehicules! 31 million.! 6 M. increase from 2003 to 2008.! Increase of 1M per year (4% a year). Driver census:! 25 million! 2,8 million increase from 2003 to 2008.! Increase of 500,000 per year (2,5%) Journeys! Increase in road until 2007 by 2% per year. 4.75% decrease in 2008. Attention to bikes! 2.450.000! An 900.000 increase in the past 5 years! A 180.000 increase per year 2
2. THE ROAD SAFETY POLICY PREVIOUS CONDITIONS the political priority makin people aware victim associations 2003. 2003. EUROPEAN ACTION PROGRAMME Concentrating efforts on the basic road safety elements : " Alcohol and driving " Safety belts and helmets " Distractions " Speed " Reoffenders 3
3. THE POLITICAL PRIORITY Involvment of the President of the Government 2004 2004 2005 Creation of a Road Safety Comission in the National Assembley Creation of the National Road Safety Obervatory Boost of the higher Road Safety Council 2005 Drafting of the Road Safety Strategic Plan for 2004-2008 2006 2007 2007 2007 Approval of the penalty point system Law Increase in traffic police officers with 2000 new incorporations Creation of the Special PRosecutor s Office for Crimes Against Road Safety Approval of the Penal Code Modification 4
4. AWARENESS ON THE AMOUNT OF VICTIMS Opening the debate across the media. Variable information panels. 12M euros every year for awareness campaigns. 5
5. VICTIM ASSOCIATIONS The promotion of victim associations. Encouragement and participation of the victim associations. Road violence forum (annual). World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Monument in memory of innocent victims in traffic accidents: Against indifferencie and oblivion. Subsidies to the projects by associations. 6
6. ALCOHOL AND DRIVING Preventive controls on 20% of the driver census. # More controls: 2 million in 2003 to 4.5 million in 2007. # Positive results: reduced from 4.3% to 1.9% It is a crime from 0.6 onwards. The promotion of an Alternative Driver. The promotion of alcohol-free beer. Drivers dead with over 0.3 g/l blood alcohol content. # Year 2003 34.7% # Year 2008 28.8% 7
7. SAFETY BELTS AND HELMETS This means the difference between killing yourself or not. Special control and surveillance operations. # 2 per year, with a duration of 15 days. # All the police forces and an Awareness Campaign. Promotion of the purchase of vehicles with acoustic and light warning. Level of use: feb-06 jul-06 jul-07 % use of safety belts in cars and vans ROAD 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 95% 92% 93% 93% 81% 83% Conductor Pasajero delantero Pasajeros traseros Source: National Road Safety Observatory 52% 75% Development of the 2003: use 34% of the safety belt The use of the seat belt has increased by 10 points, both on roads and in urban areas, after the introduction of the Driving Licence with Points. 8 70% Drivers and passangers dead not wearing seat belt 2008: 22%
8. DISTRACTIONS 40% of deadly accidents are due to driving outside the road. An inadequate speed leads to greater distractions. Examples: # Mobile phones # Navigators # Smoking while driving # Headphones # Drowsiness 9
9. SPEED The Plan for the installation of fixed radars. 2008 2008 800 radars (500 fixed + 300 mobile) National Automatic Reporting Treatment Centre. Objectives: - 2000 radars in year 2012. - control of average speeds in 2009. The promotion of speed limiters. Results: The decrease in average speeds is at around 3 to 4 km/h according to the type of road Vehicles detected by radar over 140 Km/h: 2005: 6,8% 2008: 0,8% 10
10. REPEATING REOFFENDERS 3500 3300 3100 2900 THE DRIVING LICENCE WITH POINT Start-up on 1st July 2006. 500 deaths less per year Licences withdrawn: 14.000 14.000 Points Points withdrawn 80% 80% MEN 6.2 6.2 mill. mill. 20% 20% WOMEN 2700 2500 300 deaths less per year Speed 42% 42% Seat belt 14% 14% 2300 Alcohol 8% 8% 2006-gener 2006-març 2006-maig 2006-juliol 2006-setembre 2006-novembre 2007-gener 2007-març 2007-maig 2007-juliol 2007-setembre 2007-noviembre 2008-gener 2008-març 2008-maig Mobile phone 8% 8% 11
11.TREND IN THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS PEOPLE KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS 1996-2008 3.998 4.034 4.289 4.280 4.295 4.145 4.026 4.029 3.511 3.332 3.015 2.741 2.181 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 12
M M J S N Traffic General Directorate 500 KEY PROJECTS 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 12 Road security Observatory creation Radars plan 2005-2008Road safety Strategic Plan Penalty points license Road Safety compulsory in Educational System Road Safety Audits ARENA Improvement information processing system Urban Road Saftey standard pattern Plan ESTRADA Strategic Plan for Motorcycles Victims Partnership Grants Penal Code reform and Prosecutor for Road Safety - Number of deaths computed to 30 days - 2004 E M M J S N 2005 E M M J S N 2006 E M M J S N 2007 E
EUROPEAN COMPARISONS Reduction of fatalities (in %) 2008-2001 -50% -40% -30% -20% -10% PT FR LV ES LU DE BE EE IT NL AT UK IE SE EU LT FI HU SI CZ EL SK BG MT DK PL CY RO 0% 10% 20% 12
12.MANAGEMENT OF ROAD SAFETY 13. THE ORGANISATION OF ROAD SAFETY $The National Road Safety Strategic Plan 2004-2008. The Regional Road Safety Plans. The Municipal Road Safety Plans. 13
WORK THEMES 1! The promotion of the preparation of Municipal Road Safety Plans 2007 Publication of the standard urban road safety plan. 2008 Preparation of plans in five representative cities. 2012 Compulsory for cities over 50,000 inhabitants.! Taking road safety to companies 2008 Inclusion of road safety education in the permanent training plans for workers. 2009 Inclusion of road safety in collective negotiation. 2010 Promotion of company road safety plans. 14
WORK THEMES 2! The improvement of safety on bike trips. 2007 # Preparation of the Bike Safety Plan. 2008 # Improvement of access to motorbikes. # Examination for obtaining the moped licence. # Raising the age for mopeds up to 15 years old. # Inclusion of driving tests. # Awareness campaigns. 2009 # Inclusion of the European Directive on Driving Licences. New A-2 Licence. # The promotion of ABS on bikes. # 2,000 km of safe guard railings. 15
WORK THEMES 3! 2009 New law on fining procedure Objective: To avoid impunity and reduce the handling time # Includes the electronic address, this being forceful for companies and recommended for private individuals. # Update of the offences and fines. # Update of the licence with points. # Better adaptation to the automatic offence detection systems. 16
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