Strider Road Safety Seminar Bristol, 19 May 2015 Ellen Townsend, Policy Director

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Monitoring EU transport safety policy Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Ranking EU countries‘ performances SAFE & SOBER

25,700 Recorded killed as a consequence of road collisions EU28 (2014)

199,000 Recorded by police as seriously injured following traffic collisions EU28 (2013)

18.7 billion € Estimation of total value of reductions in road deaths in the EU

% reduction in road deaths and PIN Awards

% change in road deaths Slovakia - 37% 2. Spain - 32% 3. Greece - 31% ETSC (2014) 8 th PIN Annual Report

Road mortality (per mln inhabitants) in 2013 ETSC (2014) 8 th PIN Annual Report

Drink and Drug Driving Up to 2% of kilometres with an illegal Blood Alcohol Concentration 25% of all road deaths across the EU are alcohol-related Zero Tolerance Adopt common approach for drug driving enforcement

BAC limits across the EU An increasing number of countries are lowering their BAC limits to be in line with EU recommendation 2001 on maximum BAC legal limit 18 EU countries apply lower BAC for novice drivers (0.0 – 0.2) 18 EU countries apply lower BAC for professional drivers (0.0 to 0.2 BAC ) Standard BACBAC Commercial drivers BAC Novice Drivers Austria Belgium Bulgaria0.5 Cyprus0.22 Czech0.0 Denmark0.5 Estonia0.2 Finland0.22 France (0.2 bus drivers) 0.5 Germany Greece Hungary0.0 Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta0.8 Netherlands Poland0.2 Portugal0.5 Romania0.0 Slovakia0.0 Slovenia Spain Sweden0.2 UK* in Scotland!

Awareness needs to be reinforced Eurobarometer, Oct On average only 27% of respondents knew the legal BAC limit 36% gave a wrong answer 37% did not know

Positive checks per 1000 population Numbers of positive checks per 1,000 population in the most recent year (2010) CY SI FR BE AT PL HU PT FI EL BG IE ES LV SE DK RO GB IL SK LT NO CZ EE IT Being checked for dring drink driving is the exception: maximum 1 in 5 drivers checked in one year Sartre (2007): Only 26% of drivers in the EU were checked Many drivers under the influence are hard core drinkers

Drink Driving Enforcement Recommendations Introduce targeted breath testing. Intensify enforcement of drink driving laws by setting targets e.g. 1 in 5 motorists. Implement a roadside evidential breath testing.

Increasingly used across Europe. Reoffending rates in Finland reduced from 30% to 6% with use of interlocks. Already compulsory on school buses in France and Finland. Should be mandatory for professional vehicles and all cars should have a standard interface to enable use when needed. ALCOHOL INTERLOCKS

THE PRAISE PROJECT Advancing knowledge on the need for work-related road safety management.

Drug Driving Many drugs influence the driving fitness. The use of illegal (for example cannabis) or psychoactive substances and medicinal drugs whilst driving is a cause for concern. The DRUID project, aimed to fill gaps in the knowledge base, thereby enabling the development of harmonised, EU-wide regulations for driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs and medicine. Driving under the influence of drink, drugs and medicines is also targeted in the EU drugs strategy

Drug Driving – National Level Vary greatly, from zero tolerance laws to impairement laws. Prevention programmes that address drugs and driving are in place in the form of training in driving schools as well as various public safety campaigns, though these may not always be effectively targeted.

ETSC Recommendations Disseminate effective information on the effects of medicinal and illicit drugs on driving. Stress the role of doctors in advising drivers on the impact of prescription medicines on driving. Enforcement of drug driving to will lead to detection and severe sanctions.

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