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Vision Zero: a road safety policy innovation
The document discusses Vision Zero, a road safety policy initiated by the Swedish parliament in 1997 with the aim of eliminating fatalities and serious injuries on the road. It emphasizes the need for road transport systems to be designed considering human capabilities and the role of organizations in shaping road safety norms and behaviors. The text outlines a shift in focus from individual road user behavior to the responsibilities of system designers, highlighting the importance of innovation in road safety policies.
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- 1. Matts-Åke Belin Swedish Transport Administration matts-ake.belin@trafikverket.se Vision Zero a road safety policy innovation Transforming Transportation, Washington on 27th of January
- 2. VISION ZERO • October 1997 the Swedish Parliament passed a new bill on Road Traffic Safety • long-term goal no one should be killed or seriously injured as the result of an accident within the road transport system • the design and functioning of the road transport system must be adapted to the requirements resulting from this ruling. 2 2012-01-30
- 3. 3 200 400 800 600 0 1,200 1,400 1,000 2012-01-30 1943 1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 Killed in Road traffic in Sweden, 1943 - 2010 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
- 4. Different policies andstrategies Traditional approach Vision Zero approach Accidents Injuries Individual road user behavior The system is not designed according to human capability and human tolerance against external violence – in other words what the human body can stand. Road user has primary System designer has primary responsibility responsibility Change individual road user Change the environment (road behavior environment, vehicles, social environment) Risk reduction Eliminate fatalities and serious injuries Vision Zero – a road safety policy innovation DOI:10.1080/17457300.2011.635213 Matts-Åke Belin, Per Tillgren & Evert Vedung Available online: 14 Dec 2011 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17457300.2011.635213 4 2012-01-30
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- 6. Probability of PedestrianFatality by Impact Speed 6 2012-01-30
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- 8. Number of kmat year end 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2+1-road 180 450 680 950 1130 1300 1510 1770 1950 2120 ATC 10 230 270 590 950 950 1900 2440 2700 2950 8 2012-01-30
- 9. 600 Number 500 400 300 200 New intermediate 100 target 0 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 9 2012-01-30
- 10. Focus on implementation-and innovation processes • Vision Zero has moved our interest from the individual road users to those who design the road transport system. • Those who design the road transport system are public and private organizations. • The questions are therefore what shape a organization and its norms and behaviors and how is it possible to influence these norms and behaviors in an effective way? 10 2012-01-30
- 11. Road safety policyand innovation processes in the society Socio-economic structures Policy making Policy implementation Problem and Diffusion and Road safety Research Adoption effects needs/challenges Commercialization Business planning Time External events 11 2012-01-30
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- 13. Thank you! matts-ake.belin@trafikverket.se 13 2012-01-30