Road Safety National Action Plan for 5 Years (2017 - 2021)

1. ROAD SAFETY
NATIONAL ACTION PLAN
FOR 5 YEARS (2017-2021)
REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

2. MAIN DIRECTIONS OF THE ACTION PLAN
 Institutional capacity building
 Safe Infrastructures
 Safe transportation means
 Participants of safe traffic
 Emergency health care and services
 One-call hotline for emergency situations
 Change attitude towards road safety measures

3. INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
 Development of multi-profile action plan of the National Road Safety
Council 2018 Feb
 Compliance of Road Safety legislation in RA with UNECE and EU
conventions and agreements, and their validation and implementation.
2018 Feb
 Develop driver license requirements based on the best international
practices, 2018
 Data collection and assessment, 2018 June
 Creation of a common system of monitoring and assessment of results
of the determined activities - Ministry of Transport, Communication and
Information Technologies 2019 may
 Review and improve installation of technical means for organization of
road traffic - Police, 2019 Sept
 Assessment of principles and experience of road audit (for road
maintenance and planning), 2018 Oct
 Bring the fines for violation of traffic rules in compliance to the current
system present in the region, 2020 March

4. SAFE INFRASTRUCTURES
 Implementation of road safety
audit/assessment, 2020 Oct
 Study locations of clusters of traffic accidents
and develop management solutions, 2020 June
 Implementation of a project to define the cargo
transport routes outside of the settlements -
2021 July
 Provision of safe and secure parking for trucks,
2021 Sept
 Develop capacity of engineering and technical
staff, 2017 Nov

5. SAFE TRANSPORTATION MEANS
 Strengthen the requirements to technical
inspection of transportation means, 2019 Feb
 Apply internationally accepted safety
procedures for imported cars, 2020 May
 Technical requirements to transportation
means which transport hazardous freights
Ministry of Transport, 2021 Apr

6. PARTICIPANTS OF SAFE TRAFFIC
 Adjust the legislation to international
standards, 2018 Nov
 Develop legislation on road safety, 2021 Nov
 Road Safety policies within organizations,
2017 Dec

7. EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE AND SERVICES
 Organization of first medical aid to individuals
who suffered from road accidents, 2020 Dec
 Adequate hospital / stationary healthcare of
injuries and capacity building, 2019 Dec
 Rehabilitation support to individuals suffered
from road traffic accidents, 2020 Apr
 Provide justice to individuals who suffered or
lost relatives in road accidents, 2021 Oct

8. ONE-CALL HOTLINE
FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
 One call hotline of the emergency
situations, 2017 July

9. CHANGE ATTITUDE TOWARDS
ROAD SAFETY MEASURES
 Cooperation between the government and
the CSOs, 2021 Dec
 Teaching regular classes on road safety
subject in schools, 2019 Sept
 Conduct re-testing of drivers, 2020 May
 Acknowledge and develop positive behavior
on the road, 2021 Dec

10. ROAD SAFETY IN FIGURES
Year
Road
Traffic
Accidents
Injured Fatalities
2015 3147 4377 312
2016 2951 4101 241
Difference -196 -276 -71
3147
4377
312
2951
4101
241
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
Road Traffic
Accidents
Injured Fatalities
Decrease in RTA data
2015 2016

11. THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION.