1. Long-term research and development programme for road safety Lintu Lintu is a long-term research and development programme for road safety financed by Ministry of Transport and Communications Finnish Road Administration Finnish Vehicle Administration

2. Long-term research and development programme for road safety Aim of the programme Government approved road safety vision: The road transport system must be designed so that nobody should die or be seriously injured on the roads.

3. Long-term research and development programme for road safety Lintu promotes road safety work by providing new processed data, clarifying the safety vision and making it more concrete raising the profile of the traffic safety work strengthening cooperation and information exchange between road safety organisations attracting new researchers to the field.

4. Long-term research and development programme for road safety Board of the programme MinTC Matti Roine Juha Valtonen Tiina Korte Pekka Tiainen +coordinator Annu Korhonen, Linea Consultants Ltd FinnRA: Auli Forsberg Saara Toivonen Finnish Vehicle Admin.: Ove Knekt Liikenneturva: Sirpa Rajalin

5. Long-term research and development programme for road safety Action plan about 5—10 research projects/year budget about 300 000 — 400 000 euros/year call for project proposals every year cooperates with other research programmes (Jaloin, FITS) www.lintu.info

6. Long-term research and development programme for road safety Contents of the programme Lintu does not include all road safety research of the commissioning authorities field of research not limited focus on innovations communications is essential

7. Long-term research and development programme for road safety Pilot projects 2002 Comparison between different legislative systems of automatic speed enforcement/ LT-Consultants Ltd Municipal decision-makers and their willingness to implement the national traffic safety goals/ Plaana Ltd The role of the Finnish traffic safety vision in two different organisations /VTT

8. Long-term research and development programme for road safety Projects /spring 2003 Bus drivers’ views on how to improve safety in public transportation (JP-Transplan Ltd) Wintertime traffic and traffic safety in Finland and in Sweden (VTT) Cost-effectiveness of road investment projects from the road safety perspective (VTT) Personal safety programs for drivers (Valmixa) Keep-up of driving skills of ageing population (Univ. of Helsinki)

9. Long-term research and development programme for road safety Projects /summer 2003 Promoting traffic safety in land use planning (Talentek, Motiivi) The impact of life style and values of young drivers on the traffic safety attitudes, behaviour and accidents (Univ. of Helsinki) First snow — What drivers learn while adapting themselves to difficult conditions (Valmixa)

10. Long-term research and development programme for road safety Projects /autumn 2003 Traffic safety indexes (HUT) Effect of crash repair and ageing on crash safety of cars (Helsinki polytechnic) Projects /winter 2004 Driving skills evaluation of elderly drivers — present status and problems (Univ. of Turku)

11. Long-term research and development programme for road safety Projects /spring 2004 Preliminary study on vehicle insurance policy based on verifiable driving behaviour (WSP LT Consultants) Prevention of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities (Univ. of Helsinki) Evaluation of road traffic safety measures (Cost- effective improvement of traffic safety) (VTT) Responsibility of traffic safety on road transport chain – management of traffic safety (VTT) The traffic safety knowledge and opinions of decision- makers (Univ. of Turku)

12. Long-term research and development programme for road safety Projects /spring 2005 The research data of road accident investigation teams - in- depth analysis (HUT) The effects of low blood alcohol levels and sleepiness on fitness to drive in actual driver populations. (Univ. of Helsinki) Traffic safety statistics, present status and demands on development (Ramboll Finland) Investment decisions and traffic safety (SITO) Traffic safety and curbing traffic growth (Ramboll Finland) Traffic safety and curbing traffic growth – case Oulu region (Liidea)