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Towards a comprehensive Towards a comprehensive eSafety Action PlaneSafety Action Plan

for improving road safety for improving road safety in Europein Europe

Erkki LiikanenErkki Liikanen

25 April 200225 April 2002

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Safety: The ChallengeSafety: The Challenge

• The European motor vehicle industry has to The European motor vehicle industry has to meet increasing demands concerning meet increasing demands concerning emissions and road safetyemissions and road safety

• The rapid technological progress is an The rapid technological progress is an additional challenge, but also offers a great additional challenge, but also offers a great opportunityopportunity

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Safety: Additional measures Safety: Additional measures are urgently requiredare urgently required

• The European Commission and Member The European Commission and Member States have been promoting measures to States have been promoting measures to improve road safety through both improve road safety through both • accident prevention andaccident prevention and

• injury reduction.injury reduction.

• The number of road victims is still The number of road victims is still unacceptably high in Europeunacceptably high in Europe

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20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

45000

50000

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Source: 1994-1999: CARE

2000: OECD / IRTAD

* no data available for Greece; number added for Greece is estimated on the basis of 1994-1999

*

Each year 41000 road victims Each year 41000 road victims in Europein Europe

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1000000

1050000

1100000

1150000

1200000

1250000

1300000

1350000

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Source: 1994-1999: CARE

Number of road accidents Number of road accidents involving personal injury still involving personal injury still growinggrowing

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The goal: 50% reduction in The goal: 50% reduction in fatalitiesfatalities

• Goal: Commission White PaperGoal: Commission White Paper on the European Transport Policyon the European Transport Policy

• The ambitious goal set in the The ambitious goal set in the White Paper is to halveWhite Paper is to halve the number of deaths by 2010the number of deaths by 2010

• Conventional solutions likeConventional solutions like Passive safety close to the limitsPassive safety close to the limits

• New technologies if widely takeNew technologies if widely take into use offer the solution:into use offer the solution:

eeSafetySafety

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Integrated Approach to SafetyIntegrated Approach to Safety

NormalDriving

SafetySystemssoft level

1.2. 3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Active Safety

Passive Safety

CrashCrash Probability

WarningSystems

Automatic -

Safety

Systems

Assistance

Systems

SafetySystems

for minimal crash

SafetySystemshard level Safety

Systemsafter Crash

Emergency/MaydaySystems

crashseverity sensingfor ignition levelsand belt tension

Pedestrianairbag

Emergencybrakingsystem,Collison avoidance

Brakeassistant

Lanedeparturewarning

ACCS&Getc

Occupant ProtectionBasic Vehicle Safety

RescueCollision AvoidancePre -Crash Phase

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The Human: A significant safety The Human: A significant safety riskrisk

• 95% of all road accidents involve some 95% of all road accidents involve some form of human errorform of human error

• in 75% of the cases the human is solely to in 75% of the cases the human is solely to blameblame

• Direct causes include misjudging, driving Direct causes include misjudging, driving dynamics, weather and distractiondynamics, weather and distraction

• Underlying causes include alcohol, Underlying causes include alcohol, inexperience, tirednessinexperience, tiredness

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New technologies for eSafetyNew technologies for eSafety

• Intelligent Active Safety Intelligent Active Safety SystemsSystems

• Intelligent Passive Safety Intelligent Passive Safety SystemsSystems

• Next generation Advanced Next generation Advanced Driver Assistance Driver Assistance SystemsSystems

• Co-operative systems - Co-operative systems - vehicle - to - vehicle and vehicle - to - vehicle and vehicle - to - infrastructurevehicle - to - infrastructure

ABS

BAS

ESP

ABC

ASCACC

100

•

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Important gap between Important gap between development and deploymentdevelopment and deployment

• The technology is in some cases developed, The technology is in some cases developed, but there is an but there is an important gap between the important gap between the technology development and deploymenttechnology development and deployment on the markets at reasonable coston the markets at reasonable cost

• We have to assess the potential impact of We have to assess the potential impact of these technologies, set priorities, and foster these technologies, set priorities, and foster large-scale deploymentlarge-scale deployment

• Support actions needed in the legislative Support actions needed in the legislative framework, certification and standardisationframework, certification and standardisation

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Towards a comprehensive Towards a comprehensive eSafety Action Plan (1)eSafety Action Plan (1)

• eSafety is a joint responsibility for industry, eSafety is a joint responsibility for industry, the Commission, other European institutions the Commission, other European institutions and the Member States. and the Member States.

• Industry and organisations like ACEA, Eucar, Industry and organisations like ACEA, Eucar, FIA, Ertico are developing a FIA, Ertico are developing a vision and a vision and a Road Map.Road Map.

• The Commission is ready to take necessary The Commission is ready to take necessary actions to advance rapid deployment and actions to advance rapid deployment and remove obstacles.remove obstacles.

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Towards a comprehensive Towards a comprehensive eSafety Action Plan (2)eSafety Action Plan (2)

• The Commission is preparing a Communication on The Commission is preparing a Communication on the the Intelligent Vehicle and Road SafetyIntelligent Vehicle and Road Safety. .

• This will include a comprehensive This will include a comprehensive eSafety Action PlaneSafety Action Plan with actions for the Commission, and recommendations with actions for the Commission, and recommendations for the Member States and the industry.for the Member States and the industry.

• The Member States should share the responsibility The Member States should share the responsibility (e.g. investments into safety-related road infrastructure. (e.g. investments into safety-related road infrastructure.

• International collaboration in necessary in RTD, International collaboration in necessary in RTD, standardisation and impact assessment.standardisation and impact assessment.

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RTD: Building on the success of RTD: Building on the success of Telematics and IST programmesTelematics and IST programmes

The 5th FP The 5th FP 1998-20021998-2002Mobility and Intelligent Infrastructure Mobility and Intelligent Infrastructure ClusterCluster- 40 projects, 137 M€ total/90M€ EU funding- 40 projects, 137 M€ total/90M€ EU funding- Intelligent Traffic Control and Management- Intelligent Traffic Control and Management- GNSS systems, services and applications- GNSS systems, services and applications

Intelligent Vehicle ClusterIntelligent Vehicle Cluster- 40 projects, 150 M€ total/80 M€ EU funding- 40 projects, 150 M€ total/80 M€ EU funding- Integrated Advanced Driver Assistance- Integrated Advanced Driver Assistance SystemsSystems- Common Platforms and Technologies- Common Platforms and Technologies

The 6th Framework ProgrammeThe 6th Framework Programme 2002 -2006: New opportunities2002 -2006: New opportunities

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Needed: eSafety Road MapNeeded: eSafety Road Map

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

45000

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Fault-tolerant architectureAnti-collision

Sensor fusion Collision Warning

Standard Architecturefor Safety

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Commitment for the next stepsCommitment for the next stepsWe should:We should:

• make the commitment to work together to promote make the commitment to work together to promote eSafety, to eSafety, to prepare the eSafety Action Plan and prepare the eSafety Action Plan and Road mapRoad map, and to set up the necessary , and to set up the necessary management structures.management structures.

• continue the dialogue in these High Level continue the dialogue in these High Level Meetings.Meetings.

• set up a set up a Working GroupWorking Group which will prepare the which will prepare the future HL meetings and gives it support in future HL meetings and gives it support in preparing the Action Plan.preparing the Action Plan.

• prepare for the RTD component under FP6.prepare for the RTD component under FP6.

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Next Steps - TimelineNext Steps - Timeline

20022002Lyon eSafety Congress Lyon eSafety Congress 16 -18 September16 -18 September

Commission Communication onCommission Communication on 3rd QR3rd QR

Intelligent Vehicle and Road SafetyIntelligent Vehicle and Road Safety

2nd High-Level Meeting 2nd High-Level Meeting NovemberNovember

200320036th Framework Programme starts6th Framework Programme starts JanuaryJanuary

eSafety Working Group operationaleSafety Working Group operational JanuaryJanuary

Madrid ITS CongressMadrid ITS Congress OctoberOctober