RANKING EU PROGRESS ON ROAD SAFETY by European Transport Safety Council
12th ROAD SAFETY PERFORMANCE INDEX REPORT
In 2010, the European Union renewed its commitment to improve road safety by setting a target of reducing road deaths by 50% by 2020, compared to 2010 levels. This target followed an earlier target set in 2001 to halve the number of road deaths by 2010. A new target to halve road deaths by 2030 compared to 2020 levels was announced by the European Commission on 17 May 2018.
Only a 2% decrease in the number of road deaths in the EU in 2017.
Out of 32 countries monitored by the PIN Programme, 22 registered a drop in the number of road deaths in 2017 compared to 2016.
Romania: the number of road deaths increased for the third consecutive year
In 2017, the number of road deaths in Romania grew by 2%, going up from 1913 in 2016 to 1951 in 2017. It was the third consecutive year of increases. Since 2010, numbers have decreased by 18% which is below the EU average of 20%. With 99 road deaths per million inhabitants, Romania has the highest road mortality rate in the EU.
Recommendations to Member States
* Seek to reach current targets by all available means, including applying proven enforcement strategies according to the EC Recommendation on enforcement.
* Adopt and implement the safe system approach to road safety by addressing all elements of the road transport system in an integrated way and adopting shared overall responsibility and accountability between system designers and road users.
* Provide sufficient government funds that allow the target-oriented setting of measures and set up financing and incentive models for the regional and local level.
* Start preparing post 2020 Road Safety Plans, including national targets for reducing serious injuries based on MAIS3+ alongside the reduction of road deaths and quantitative sub-targets based on compliance indicators.
* Use the evidence gathered to devise and update relevant policies. Make the choice of measures based on sound evaluation studies and – where applicable – cost effectiveness consideration, including serious injuries in the impact assessment of countermeasures.
* Support and seek to strengthen the European Commission’s proposals published on 17 May 2018 for new vehicle safety standards and updated rules on road infrastructure safety management.
Short extract from the 12th-Road-Safety-Performance-Index-Report-June-2018-ETSC.
Mihai Tatu – sociolog, membru Asociația Visum
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