European Conference of Ministers of Transport Council of Ministers

...................................................................................................................................................3 1. BACKGROUND .....................................................................................................................................3 1.1 The ECMT Countries .......................................................................................................................3 1.2 The ECMT tasks ...............................................................................................................................4 2. DISCUSSION OF SUITABLE AND RELEVANT CRITERIA FOR ROAD SAFETY........................4 2.1 Basic figures .....................................................................................................................................4 2.2 Risk measures ...................................................................................................................................5 2.3 Choice of measures...........................................................................................................................5 3. OVERVIEW OF THE GENERAL PROBLEM AND TRENDS CONCERNING ROAD SAFETY ....7 3.1 Comparison of safety between transport modes ...............................................................................7 3.2 Road safety in the ECMT area..........................................................................................................8 4. A VIEW ON THE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN ROAD SAFETY WORK ..............................................11 4.1 Perspective......................................................................................................................................11 4.2 The Human limitations ...................................................................................................................12 4.2.1 Human errors.............................................................................................................................12 4.2.2 Fragility of the human body......................................................................................................13 4.3 Road safety problems on three levels .............................................................................................13 4.3.1 First order problems ..................................................................................................................13 4.3.2 Second order problems..............................................................................................................14 4.3.3 Third order problems.................................................................................................................15 5. THE COUNTERMEASURE PRINCIPLES..........................................................................................16 5.1 General principles...........................................................................................................................16 5.2 Countermeasures focusing on the human errors.............................................................................18 6. PREVIOUS ROAD SAFETY WORK WITHIN ECMT.......................................................................20 6.1 ECMT statistical reports on road accidents ....................................................................................20 6.2 ECMT Publications including Round Tables and Symposia..........................................................20 6.3 ECMT resolutions and recommendations.......................................................................................22 7. WHICH MISTAKES HAVE BEEN MADE IN PREVIOUS ROAD SAFETY WORK?....................23 8. STEPS AND PRIORITIES FOR A SYSTEMATIC FUTURE ROAD SAFETY WORK ...................25 9. CONCLUSIONS: THE ROLE OF ECMT IN FUTURE ROAD SAFETY WORK.............................26 10. REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................30