Vision Zero in Practice

1. Vision Zero in Practice
Presented by François Bausch,
Minister of Sustainable Development and
Infrastructure, Luxembourg
London, 12th December 2016

2. Vision Zero in Practice
Table of contents
1. Accident statistics
a. On EU roads
b. On Luxembourg’s roads
2. Fighting road insecurity
a. Road safety « Round Table Panel »
b. Action programme « Road Safety » towards Vision Zero
i. Improving the infrastructures
ii. Sensitizing people
iii. Enforcement
iv.Others
c. National Charta on Road Safety
d. National Day of Road Safety 2

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1. Accident statistics
a. On EU roads
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Road mortality by millions of residents
2014-2015

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Violeta Bulc,
European commissioner of transport
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b. On Luxembourg’s roads
Evolution of accidents in Luxembourg 2001 - 2015
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Fatalities
Severlyinjured
Objectives 2020:
EU target: 16 fatalities
UN Goal: 133 severely injured

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Comparison between 2014 and 2015
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2014 2015 Variation in %
Physical
accidents
908 983 +8%
deadly
accidents
31 33 +6%
Fatalities 35 36 +3%
Severely
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245 319 +30%

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2. Fighting road insecurity
a. Road Safety « Round Table Panel »
• reunites all the national involved in transports and road safety
• takes place twice a year
 approbation of the action programme
 approbation of the Charta on Road Safety
 Council of Government agreed to the action programme and signed the
national Charta on Road Safety
 Parliament hosted a public debate on Road Safety based on the action
programme and the national Charta
 Public survey via internet in order to get propositions on how to improve
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b. Action programme « Road Safety » 2014 – 2018 towards
Vision Zero
• Contributing to the european objective of reducing the number of
physical accidents
• Analysing today’s problems and defining new possibilities for
improvement
 3 different fields of action
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i. Improving the infrastructure
• Speed cameras have been installed on the most dangerous roads
• Specific areas where the speed is limited to 30km/h or 20km/h (school areas,
residential areas or city centers)
• Securing the zebra crossings
• Securing the bicycle lanes
• Securing the particularly dangerous roads and signaling them to the people
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ii. Sensitizing people
• regularly new campaigns are launched about behaviour on the roads
• drivers and motorcyclists follow a one day training at the “Centre de
formation pour conducteurs” where they learn about the risks and dangers
which can come up while driving
• sensitizing the most vulnerable participants of the road on being visible
(cyclists, motorcyclists..)
• inform people who are on medication on the consequences while driving
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iii. Enforcement
• for drivers who are exceeding the speed limits (loss of 4 or 6 points
depending on the speeding)
• for drivers who drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol
• for drivers who are not wearing their seatbelt, their helmet while on a moto
or using a special child seat for their children
• for drivers using a phone/tablet while driving or disrespecting the safety margin
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iv. Others
• avoiding wrong-way drivers
• frequent police checks (speed, use of phones/tablets, alcohol tests, etc..)
• offer diverse alternatives to the car : buses, late night buses, tramways and
trains
• conduct a study about the percentage of drivers using a seatbelt while driving
• improve people’s knowledge of the Code de la Route
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c. National Charta on Road Safety
signed on the 31st March 2015
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d. National Day of Road Safety
• first edition on September 26th 2016
• annually event
• theme in 2016 : Zone 30km/h
• goal : sensitizing people
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Thank you !
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