Transport Corridor Europe - - Asia (TRACECA) Regional Road Safety Action PLAN (RRSAP)

Dr Dejan Jovanov, Road Safety Expert [email protected] BACKGROUND of the TRACECA Regional Road Safety Action Plan (RRSAP)

Road Safety Action Programme

White Paper Global Decade of Action on EU Transport Policy for Road Safety (2011 – 2020

Global Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011 – 2020 + International best practice… THE ROLE OD IGC TRACECA IN PREPARATION OF RRSAP

• The Basic Multilateral Agreement (MLA) on International Transport for Development of the Europe-the Caucasus-Asia Corridor (TRACECA) is signed in 1998, in , . • State Parties to the MLA are , Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, , , , , , Romania, , , and . • One of TRACECA MAIN OBJECTIVES stated within latest strategic document for further development of the TRACECA corridor “Strategy of the IGC TRACECA 2016-2026” (Road Sector) is dedicated to the IMPROVE OF ROAD SAFETY. • ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS are primarily based on TRACECA Regional Road Safety Action Plan developed within Project “Land transport safety and security” (2009-2012) and implemented within Project “TRACECA Road Safety II” (2014-2016). CONTENTS OF RRSAP Executive Summary Methodology Background Context Preparation of Action Plan Structure of the Action Plan 1. Institutional Issues 2. Safer Infrastructure 3. Safer Vehicles 4. Safer Road Users 5. Medical Care for Crash Victims 6. Changing Attitudes to Road Safety 7. Existing Rating Assessment for TRACECA Countries 8. Interventions required 9. Recommendations Appendixes BACKGROUND 1/2 Item ARM GEO MDA UKR AZE KAZ KGZ TAJ UZB TUR /Aspect Population 3.092 4.352 3.573 45.448 9.188 16.026 5.334 6.878 27.444 4.965 (millions ) Estimated 558 685 496 6,121 1,202 3,514 1,022 1,244 3,107 926 Road deaths Estimated 5,580 6,850 4,960 61,210 12,020 35,140 10,220 12,440 31,070 9,260 Serious inj. Deaths/ 18.05 15.74 13.88 13.47 13.08 21.93 19.16 18.09 11.32 18.65 100,000 pop. Estimated 414.33 438.64 198.31 4,459.92 1,720.76 7,808.64 220.35 249.98 1,048.25 591.45 Econ. losses ($millions) Loss as % 4.4% 3.9% 3.4% 3.3% 3.2% 5.4% 4.7% 4.4% 2.8% 4.6% age of GDP Source: WHO, Global status report on road safety 2013 (crash data for 2010)

Every year about 19 000 deaths, nearly 200 000 injuries costing the region US$ 17billions ! BACKGROUND 2/2

Number of road deaths in TRACECA countries trend line 2010-2014 6,000

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Source: TRACECA Road Safety II (2016) CONTEXT

Development of a Regional Road Safety Action Plan was based on three main sources of Policies and Frameworks:

• The Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety, 2011 – 2020 • EU Towards a European road safety area: policy orientations on road safety 2011 – 2020 • EU White Paper: Roadmap to a Single Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system PREPARATION OF RRSAP 1/2

RRSAP took account of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety and the various EU Policies. Six Action Areas have been defined:

1. Institutional Improvements 2. Safer Infrastructure 3. Safer Vehicles 4. Safer Road Users 5. Medical Care for Crash Victims 6. Changing Attitudes to Road Safety PREPARATION OF RRSAP 2/2

For each of 6 Action Areas, activities have been defined. Each country has made an assessment of their current status with respect to implementation of each of the relevant activities:

The ratings were defined as follows: 1. No activity 2. Some activity, mainly voluntary and/or ad hoc 3. Activity in progress 4. Further improvements being implemented 5. Activity sustainable

Based on final assessments RRSAP was prepared. 1. INSTITUTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS . . .

. . . 2. SAFER INFRASTRUCTURE

. . . 3. SAFER VEHICLES

. . . 4. SAFER ROAD USERS

. . . 5. IMPROVED MEDICAL CARE FOR CRASH VICTIMS

. . . 6. CHANGING ATTITUDES TO ROAD SAFETY

. . . 6. PRIORITY ACTIVITIES WHERE SUPPORT IS NEEDED ROAD SAFETY II

Project Implementation (2014-2016)

GRSP + Safege +

Safer road users Institutional/management Emergency services Road engineering Changing Behaviour Vehicle safety and standards

Workshops National Action plans ROAD SAFETY II

Project assess of the current stage of RRSAP implementation progress in each sector in each country in relation to the recommendations of TRACECA Regional Action Plan ROAD SAFETY II ROAD SAFETY II ROAD SAFETY II Set of activities performed … RRSAP FOLLOW-UP 1/3

АRMENIA

АZERBAIJAN RRSAP FOLLOW-UP 2/3

GEORGIA

MOLDOVA RRSAP FOLLOW-UP 3/3

UKRAINE

It is still early to evaluate a results of TRACECA Road Safety II, but they look promising … LESSONS LEARNED 1/2

Road deaths %Change Deaths /100.000 population Country 2001 2011 2001-2011 2001 2011 Bulgaria 1011 755 -34.9 12.4 8.9 Czech Republic 1334 802 -47.0 13.0 6.7 Estonia 199 101 -49.2 14.6 7.5 Hungary 1239 638 -48.5 12.1 6.4 Latvia 558 179 -67.9 23.6 8.0 Lithuania 706 297 -57.9 20.2 9.2 Poland 5534 4189 -24.3 14.5 11.0 Romania 2461 2018 -18.0 10.9 9.4 Slovakia 814 324 -47.2 11.6 6.0 Slovenia 278 141 -49.2 14.0 6.9

European Union ((EU) 54302 30108 -44.6 11.3 6.0 Source: TRACECA Road Safety II (2016)

Experience of others Ex-Soviet countries shows that you can reduce crashes on your roads … LESSONS LEARNED 2/2

• Road Safety Strategies are ESSENTIAL for road safety improvements

• Action Plans with clear responsibilities and impact indicators should be integral part RSS

• Monitoring/Evaluation are usually at low level (missing)

• UN/EU provide strong support to TRACECA Countries

• IFI’s are supportive too

• … Yes, Alice again 

… “Alice: Would you tell me, please, Only systematic work, which way I ought to go from here? based on implemented The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good Road Safety Strategies and deal on where you want to get to. Alice: I don't much care where. Action Plans will lead to the The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn't decreasing of crash much matter which way you go” … fatalities.

Lewis Carroll, Thank you Alice in Wonderland for your attention!