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Road Safety Policy
A Case Study – Ireland.

ETSC Main Council Dublin

       27th March 2013.

For Decades Ireland was
A SOCIETY IN DENIAL

Road Deaths 2007 to 2012, broken down by road user category

Risk factors
are not
exclusive…

they are
interlinked.

Serious Injuries 2001-2011

Ireland Strategic Approach

   – 1998 – 2002

   – 2004 -2006

   – 2007 – 2012

   – 2013 – 2020
   “Closing the Gap”

Ireland’s Focus

  – Traditional                  – Emerging
     – Enforcement                 –   Fatigue
     – Engineering                 –   Ageing drivers
     – Education                   –   Drug driving
        –   Speed                  –   Graduated licensing
        –   Restraint use          –   Road Safety education
        –   Drink driving
        –   Young male drivers
                                   –   Research
                                   –   Multiagency enforcement
                                   –   VRUs
                                   –   Traffic Medicine
                                   –   Open Spaces
                                   –   Electric Vehicles

Evidence Based Policy

                        Research
                          led

                                   Psychology
           Data led
                                      led

                        Evidence
                         Based

THE ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION / ENFORCEMENT MODEL

EDUCATION                CHANGE ATTITUDES

•Win the moral argument
•Shape the climate of opinion
•Build community support for enforcement

ENFORCEMENT              CHANGE BEHAVIOUR

Achievements

–   Safety Cameras
–   MAT
–   Lower BAC
–   Garda Traffic Corps
–   ANPR
–   HGV Enforcement

Achievements
 – Completion of the development of the major inter- urban routes
   from Dublin to Galway, Limerick, Cork and Waterford, which
   are up to 7 times safer than single carriageway's.

 – Road Safety projects including annual collision cluster
   analysis, remedial measures programmes and traffic calming
   schemes.

 – Implementing bridge management system for the inspection
   and strengthening of national road bridges

Achievements
– Continued development of winter maintenance systems

– Development of lining and signing on national roads

– Reviewing and developing new design standards and new road
  types for national roads

Achievements
- ADI – 1,973 registered ADI’s

- CPC - 152,000 training days to date

- Driving for Work – Annual Seminars

Achievements

- Education Programmes – Pre-school – 3rd Level, Community
  and High Risk Groups

- High Visibility Materials – distributed in conjunction with
  various organisations

- Shuttle - on the road full time bringing road safety to
  communities all over the country

- Streetsmart – visits schools nationwide bringing road safety to
  life in the classroom

Awareness Campaigns

Better Safer Driver   Vulnerable Road Users

Awareness Campaigns

– Lowering of the Drink Drive Limit

Achievements
– Elimination of driving test backlog.
   – In 2007 -122,000 waiting on average 33 weeks for a test
   – Now - 37,000 waiting on average 10 weeks for a test

– Introduction of Graduated Driving Licence (GDL) measures
    – Introduction of learner permit instead of provisional licence
    – Six months wait for a test introduced for new permit holders
    – Compulsory Training-IBT Training for Motorcyclists and
      EDT for Car learners
    – Lower alcohol levels for learner and novice drivers
    – Removal of unaccompanied rule in respect of second
      learner permit

Achievements

– Revision of Driver Theory Test

– Creation (jointly with RCPI) of Office of Traffic Medicine to
  manage driver fitness issues

– Creation of enhanced customer service for driving tests
  applicants by providing for self-service scheduling.

Achievements
Vehicle Standards and Testing
– New system of type approval,

– New requirements for safety belts, mirrors, braking, spray
  suppressions, and our roadworthiness testing is aligned with
  best international practice.

– NCT review and enhancement
   – New contractor - Applus
   – Put in place a robust anti-fraud plan thus ensuring the
     issues were addressed within a short time frame and the
     integrity of the NCTS was maintained.

– Reviewed commercial vehicle roadworthiness system
   – Work well underway in introducing a new system that will
     change the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles.

Achievements
Road Haulage Enforcement
– Initiatives to support compliance within the road transport
  sector.
    – A risk based approach to enforcement of driver hours by
        targeting those who are non-compliant and minimising
        disruption to compliant operators in going about their daily
        business.

    – 5 fold increase inspections of commercial vehicles by RSAs
      VIs with our 4 VIs participating in 1,672 roadside checks
      between 2007 and 2011

    – 150% increase in drivers inspected at roadside checks to
      3,781 and 322% increase in drivers inspected at premises
      inspection to 4,602 by our Transport Officers

Achievements
    – 370% increase in working days checked to 417,269 in 2011

    – Working with operators to improve compliance, but, where
      necessary taking prosecutions with 201 cases successfully
      prosecuted in 2011, a 229% increase in the number of
      cases from 2006.

– Measures to support operators in reducing the administrative
  burden include the introduction of the streamlined permit
  system for the movement of wide and abnormal loads, the
  online application process for digital tachograph cards and the
  publication of a wide range of information leaflets and guidance
  notes to assist them in knowing their obligations.

The Next Road Safety Strategy

–   2013 – 2020.
–   Closing the gap with the Safest countries.
–   Continuing to reduce road deaths.
–   Major focus on injury reduction.
–   Drug Driving.
–   Graduated Driver Licensing.
–   Education.
–   Enforcement.
–   Reducing Administrative Burden on Business/ Road users.
–   New and Emerging Technology.
–   Adding Value Across Sectors

RSA Expenditure vs Exchequer Funding per annum.

Thank You for
your attention.
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