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TMALL 0143 Presentation engelsk v 1.0 Dr. Matts-Åke Belin Swedish Transport Administration Vision Zero Academy matts-ake.belin@trafikverket.se
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Global status report on road safety 2009
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Road traffic death rates per 100 000 population, by country income status + Sweden Global status report on road safety 2013, World Health Organization
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Vision Zero - a Swedish contribution to the global community In October 1997, Vision Zero was passed by a large majority in the Swedish parliament. The Vision is an expression of the ethical imperative that It can never be ethically acceptable that people are killed or seriously injured when moving within the transport system
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Vision Zero and Safe system approaches are high on the international agenda
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TraditionalVision Zero Accidents risk What is the problem? Human factors What causes the problem? Individual road users Responsibility? People don’t want safety Peoples demand for road safety? Optimum number of fatalities and serious injuries What is the appropriate goal? Fatalities and serious injuries Humans make mistakes Humans are fragile System designers People want safety Eliminate fatalities and serious injuries Vision Zero a policy innovation
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Vision Zero Institutional changes Methods to make things happen Interventions Transport- system Fatalities and serious injuries
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Probability of Pedestrian Fatality by Impact Speed
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Urban safety
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Rural safety
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Number of persons killed in road traffic crashes/100 000 inhabitants in Sweden 2000-2010
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Road user behaviour Time Awareness Norms and manual enforcement In vehicle technology Technology and enforcement Evolution of strategies and speed compliance
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New technologies with high potential Impaired driving (alcohol / fatigue) Seat belt reminders (~50% unbelted in fatal accidents) Speed limit recognition and driver support (Speed Alert /ISA) Autonomous emergency braking Lane departure warning/assistance Electronic stability control system
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Unprotected road users
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www.trafikverket.se/en/startpage/Operations/Oper ations-road/vision-zero-academy/
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