Policy exchange between ASEAN countries and the EU can contribute to the reduction of high fatality rates in Southeast Asia and spread internationally agreed safety standards. High-level workshops organised between the regions helped to share best road safety practices.
The EU’s neighbours are making strong progress towards safer roads. Additional knowledge sharing, safety planning and data collection reinforce this positive trend, with support from the European Commission.
The EU is sharing expertise and providing practical support to partners around the world, to promote lessons from its positive road safety performance and save lives.
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Deadline: 19 November 2018
Eva Lundberg is national coordinator for the Swedish traffic safety camera system and senior project manager for traffic safety at the Swedish Transport Administration. Lars Ekman is a Swedish national expert on traffic safety and an analyst of traffic safety countermeasures. Together, they outline the main road infrastructure safety challenges and what can be done to tackle them.
John Dawson has chaired the management committee of the UK’s Road Safety Foundation for 25 years. An early advocate of the Safe System approach, the charity has raised over EUR 10 million for work under the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety. Mr Dawson’s recent work includes developing financial incentives for road safety, support for investment in road infrastructure in south-east Europe, and evaluating applications for funding under the UK Safer Roads Fund, which aims to upgrade the country’s most dangerous roads. He is currently a member of the UK’s Independent Transport Commission and advises the UN Special Envoy for Road Safety. Here, he gives his views on how to make road infrastructure safer.
Road safety in the EU has improved significantly in recent decades. The number of deaths fell by 43 % during 2001-2010, and by a further 20 % in the period 2010-2017. However, while some Member States continue to make progress, EU-wide fatality rates have stagnated. In response, the European Commission proposed new measures for safe roads, among which are updated rules for infrastructure safety management.
The European Commission adopted a wide-ranging ‘Europe on the Move’ package in May. Specific to road safety, it includes a new 2021-2030 policy framework, an action plan, two legislative initiatives and a strategy for automated mobility.
Rewarded for its professional educational approach developed by using scientific accident analysis and the help of experienced trainers.
Rewarded for its innovative way of using participation to bolster safety on the roads of an entire community.
Rewarded for the comprehensiveness and preventive nature of its company-wide road safety strategy.
Rewarded for raising the profile and effectiveness of Community Speedwatch as a way for residents to support the police in tackling local issues.
Rewarded for its highly innovative way of helping municipalities implement their own tailor-made road safety actions and its ambition to create a nationwide network.
Rewarded for successfully addressing an important societal problem: young people who drink and drive.
