Road Safety in Austria Annual Report 2013 Road Safety Work Implementation of the Road Safety Programme Austrian Road Safety Fund Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology CONTENT 1 ROAD SAFETY WORK 2 1.1 Participants in Austria 2 1.2 Participation at European and International Level 3 1.3 Road Safety Fund 4 1.4 Awareness-Raising Measures and Campaigns 6 2 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMME 10 2.1 Road Safety Programme 2011-2020 10 2.2 Legal Changes in the Road Safety Sector in Austria 12 2.3 Areas of Intervention 14 2.3.1 Specific Road User Groups 14 2.3.2 Alcohol and Drugs 16 2.3.3 Motorcycle Accidents 16 2.3.4 Seat Belts 17 2.3.5 High Accident Concentration Sections and Integrated Road Network Safety Management 17 2.3.6 Fatigue and Distraction 18 2.3.7 Speed Management on Rural Roads 19 2.3.8 Accidents on Level Crossings 19 2.3.9 Enforcement 20 2.3.10 Driver education 20 2.4 Additional RSP 2011-2020 measures already implemented 20 GLOSSARY ABBREVIATIONS (in alphabetical order) ACCIDENT ADM Accident Data Management The term “accident” refers to road traffic accidents that result in injuries ASFINAG Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßen-Finanzierungs-Aktiengesellschaft to road users. An accident is deemed to have occurred when one or more AUVA Austrian Workers’ Compensation Board road users are killed, injured or sustain some other form of damage to BM.I Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior their health on public roads as a result of a sudden traffic-related incident BMASK Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and involving at least one moving vehicle. Consumer Protection BMG Austrian Federal Ministry of Health INJURED ROAD USERS bmvit Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology Injured road users are persons who sustain serious or minor injuries in a BMBF Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Women’s Affairs road accident. A health impairment that lasts longer than 24 consecutive BL Austrian Federal State(s) days is generally classed as “serious”. Until 31.12. 2011, injuries to road CEE Central and East European Countries users were classified into three categories: serious injuries, minor injuries, EU European Union and non-discernible injuries. The “non-discernible injuries” category was FSG Austrian Driving Licence Act removed with effect from 1.1.2012. Since then, all injuries have been GIS Geographic Information System explicitly assigned to a specific category. ITS Intelligent Transport Systems FATALITIES KFG Austrian Motor Vehicles Act In Austria, persons who die either immediately after or within 30 days of KFV Austrian Road Safety Board a road accident are classed as road accident fatalities. KDV Austrian Motor Vehicles Act Implementing Provisions NGO Non-Governmental Organisation ROAD ACCIDENT VICTIMS RS Road Safety Road accident victims are persons who are either killed or suffer injuries RSF Road Safety Fund (serious or minor) as a result of a road accident. RSP Road Safety Programme StVO Austrian Road Traffic Act StVZVO Austrian Traffic Signs Ordinance WKO Austrian Economic Chamber ROAD SAFETY WORK 1 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMME 2 FOREWORD The Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) has published an annual report on “Road Safety in Austria” since 2007. This report affords an annual look at road safety work in Austria and provides information on current trends in accident statistics. The 2013 annual report again focuses on the Road Safety Programme 2011-2020, reports on the implementation of measures in its individual areas of intervention and outlines the resulting successes in the reduction of accidents, injuries and fatalities on Austria’s roads. The report thus provides support to researchers, practitioners and decision-makers in developing, planning and implemen- ting further road safety measures. This, in turn, establishes the basis for achieving the ambitious goals set in the Road Safety Programme for the period to 2020 and allows any RSP 2011–2020 necessary adaptations to the programme to be made in a timely manner. All analyses should factor in the changes to accident data collection procedures that came into effect from 2012. Since 1 January 2012, personal injury accidents on Austria’s roads are recorded electronically by the police officers who respond to a road traffic accident via an A“ ccident Data Manage- ment” (ADM) system and transmitted directly to Statistics Austria. While the actual accidents are recorded on the spot, i.e. as soon as possible after they occur, the full details of an incident can be entered into the system in stages. A key change is that all accidents are now assigned spatial “The ambitious goals set in coordinates using a geographic information system (GIS), a development which could in future significantly aid the iden- the Road Safety Programme tification of high accident concentration sections of the road network. The accident data collection catalogue has been 2011-2020 can only be achieved updated in line with road safety and accident research re- if all those involved in road quirements and considerably extended in comparison to the data previously collected via the accident statistics report. safety in Austria work together.” 1 Available for download at http://www.bmvit.gv.at/verkehr/strasse/sicherheit/ programm/ ROAD SAFETY IN AUSTRIA ANNUAL REPORT 2013 1 1 ROAD SAFETY WORK 2 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMME 1 ROAD SAFETY WORK 1.1 PARTICipaNTS IN AUSTRIA Road safety in Austria is the joint responsibility of various on the preparation, ongoing evaluation and development different policy and decision-makers (local authorities, of road safety programmes for all modes of transport. Its political stakeholders, research institutes, non-governmental members are made up of the transport spokespersons for the organisations). The chart below provides an overview of the parliamentary political parties, safety experts for all modes different players involved and how they work together. of transport and representatives of government ministries, The Austrian Road Safety Programme (RSP) forms the core of local and regional authorities, automobile clubs, chambers the country’s road safety work. The first RSP was introduced of commerce and industry, trade and labour associations, in 2002 for the period from 2002 to 2010. The current RSP interest groups and research institutions. The council’s Roads 2011-2020 was published in February 2011. Task Force was actively involved in the preparation of the RSP 2011-2020 and will support the programme throughout As a result of the Accident Investigation Act (Unfallunter- its duration and evaluate it at regular intervals. suchungsgesetz), which came into force in 2006, bmvit established a Road Safety Advisory Council as the forum The Annual Report 2013 provides an overview of the im- for decision-makers in matters relating to road safety. plementation status of the RSP and therefore serves as an The Road Safety Advisory Council focuses, in particular, ongoing programme evaluation tool. Road Safety in Austria: A Joint Responsibility bmvit BM.I Federal Ministry for Transport, Federal Ministry of the Interior Other Federal Ministries (e.g. Innovation and Technology Police Health, Education, Environment) ASFINAG Statistics Austria FSV Political Parties Austrian Association for Research Austrian on Road-Rail-Transport Road Safety Programme 2011-2020 Universities and Regional and Local Authorities Research Institutions Professional Assosiations and Interest Groups Cities and Municipalities (e.g. Chambers of Commerce, Federations, Confederations) Automobile Clubs and Emergency Services Road Safety Organisations Mobility Organisations 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2013 ROAD SAFETY IN AUSTRIA ROAD SAFETY WORK 1 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMME 2 1.2 PARTICipatiON at EUROPEAN AND INTERNatiONAL LEVEL Austria is represented in the following European and international road safety organisations and working groups: CARE European Road Accident Database http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/specialist/statistics CEDR (Conference of European Directors of Roads) http://www.cedr.fr CEE Road Safety Round Table http://www.kfv.at/verkehr-mobilitaet/internationale-zusammenarbeit/6th-cee-road-safety-round-table/ ECTRI (European Conference of Transport Research Institutes) http://www.ectri.org/index.html ERSC (European Road Safety Charter) http://www.erscharter.eu ERTRAC (European Road Transport Research Advisory Council) http://www.ertrac.org ETSC (European Transport Safety Council) http://www.etsc.eu/home.php European Commission www.ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety FEHRL (National Road Research Centres in Partnership) http://www.fehrl.org FERSI (Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes) http://www.fersi.org GRSP Global Road Safety Partnership http://www.grsproadsafety.org International Transport Forum ITF http://www.internationaltransportforum.org IRTAD (Accident Database of OECD) http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/irtad JTRC (Joint Transport Research Centre of OECD and ITC) http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc La Prévention Routière Internationale (F) http://www.lapri.org/ OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) http://www.oecd.org PIARC (World Road Association) http://www.piarc.org UNECE Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1) http://www.unece.org/trans/main/ welcwp1.html WHO World Health Organisation http:// www.who.int ROAD SAFETY IN AUSTRIA ANNUAL REPORT 2013 3 1 ROAD SAFETY WORK