Road Traffic Safety: Situation in Estonia

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Facts :- 45,000 km2

- 1,36 m inhabitants- 16,400 km national roads- 1,430 km main roads

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Drunk driving Use of safety means Failure tocomply w ith

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Speeding

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Police operations Everyone takes a breathtest!

• Yet, the number of traffic accidents involving drunk drivers does not show a decreasing trend

• Repeat drunk driving offenders who constitute 18% of all offenders are a cause of particular concern

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Stages of Road Safety Program (RSP)

• First stage • Duration 2003-2006

• General amount of 212.9 mil. EEK (13.6 m€)

– Application of less expensive and quickly applicable measures

• Second stage• Duration 2007 – 2010

• General amount of 279 mil. EEK (17.9 m€)

– Application of measures from the 1st stage and some more expensive measures

Stages of RSP

• Third stage• Duration 2010 – 2015

• General amount of 466 mil. EEK (29.8 m€)

– Analysis of measures in the 1st and 2nd stage. Application of more expensive and previously delayed measures.

• All the activities will be managed on the tree year sliding-scale

RSP activities

Targeted on the following main directions:

• Unprotected road users (pedestrians, bicyclists) safety

• Children and elderly people safety

• Young and inexperienced drivers safety

RSP activities

• Drunk driving diminishing

• Decreasing of consequences of the RTA

• Urban traffic safetyUrban traffic safety

• Decreasing a number of:– Dark time RTA &– Winter time RTA

Outcome of the first stage of the RSP

• Educational system of drivers was improved

• Road infrastructure was improved

• Road safety campaigns

• Activities carried out in the first stage did not give wanted result

• Main reason were lack of financing and coordination

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Activities in the second stage of the RSP

• Improvement of legislation (Road Traffic Act etc)

• Education and training

• Traffic control

• Traffic campaigns

• Traffic environment

• Supporting measures for road safety

• Coordination

Thank you!

Margus Lepik Member of the Economic Affairs Committee

of the Parliament of Estonia

margus.lepik@riigikogu.ee

http://www.riigikogu.ee/