Nenad Nikolic, Regional Advisor15th Road Safety in Local Communities,

Geneva/Vrnjacka Banja24 June 2020

Global Framework Plan of Action for Road Safety

Content

• Road Safety trends in the South-East Europe• New “COVID-19” reality• Global Framework Plan of Action for Road Safety

SEE Member States (WHO Reports 2015 and 2018, ETSC 2020* and country data**)

2013 2016 2019

Deaths/100K inhabitants

(WHO estimate)

Deaths(Country report)

Deaths/100Kinhabitants

(WHO estimate)

Deaths(Country report)

Deaths/100K inhabitants

(Country report)

Albania 15.1 295 13.6 269 227**

Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.7 334 15.7 318 279 (2018)**

Montenegro 11.9 74 10.7 65 47**

North Macedonia 9.4 198 6.4 148 132**

Serbia 7.7 650 7.4 607 534*

Sweden 2.8 260 2.8 270 221*

Netherlands 3.4 570 3.8 621 661*

UK 2.9 1,770 3.1 1,804 1,926*

ITC – UN Center of Inland Transport Conventions

59 conventions, 1784 Contracting Parties

Goal: a universally harmonized inland transport system

Accession to road safety conventions

Vehicles Conventions Periodical Inspection 1958 1998 1997

Convention on Road Traffic –1949 and 1968

Convention on Road Signs and Signals – 1949 and 1968

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Core Conventions

Accession to road safety conventions (II)

New COVID-19 reality

According to road safety data - less people killed, but are we safer?

Source: ONISR, 2020

France

Netherlands

Source: VIA, 2020

Source: ETSC, 2020

New COVID-19 reality (II)

During the lockdown• Lower traffic volumes – speeding and poor road users behavior,• More vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooters, mopeds),• Stress and fatigue (especially delivery and international drivers),• Ability of reaction of overburdened health system,• Lover level of vehicle maintenance.

New COVID-19 reality (III)

Post COVID-19 road safety system• Does the society see road safety as a top priority again? • Road users to adapt to higher traffic volumes,• How to restore trust in public transport?• Do we have a room for cycling and walking?• Reduce speed in urban areas and create “cities for people”,• Passenger’s cars will not be welcome everywhere as before,• Working from home – more “weekend drivers”,• Number of new, inexperienced cyclists and motorcyclist,• Much higher demand for home delivery of goods – who’s going to do

that?

GFPRS - Background

• Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 (2010)• UN GA Resolution A/70/L.44 - The 2030 Agenda for

Sustainable Development (2015)• UN GA Resolution A/RES/72/271 (2018) - expressed the

concern that, at the current rate of progress by Member States, the Target 3.6 of Sustainable Development Goal 3 will not be met by 2020.

• 12 road safety global voluntary performance targets• United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund (2018)

Safe System approach

Global Framework Plan of Action for Road Safety

The compilation of all actions across the areas and pillars formulates the Global Framework Plan of Action for Road Safety, with aim to serve any country in establishing or enhancing its national road safety system.Pillars

• Road safety management• Safe user• Safe vehicle • Safe road• Effective post-crash response

Actions

• Legislation• Enforcement• Education• Technology• International Regulatory Support

Global Framework Plan of Action for Road Safety (II)

Actions – road safety management

Management actions• Set road safety targets• Ensure coordination between actions• Ensure coordination between policies and priorities• Monitor and review performance• Provide funding

Monitoring actions• Establish and maintain common road safety database• Collect, calculate and share road safety indicators

The GFPA is designed to serve as benchmark for development of sound national road safety system.• Assess• Prioritize actions• Holistic approach• (Performance review)• Monitor• Coordinate• Use international awareness

(UNSG SE)

Application of the Global Framework Plan of Action for Road Safety (II)

International support• International

regulatory support

• International technical and financial assistance

We want• Demand driven

approach• Firm commitment

from the Government • All road safety

stakeholders included• Sustainable solution

Application of the Global Framework Plan of Action for Road Safety (III)

UNRSTF priority: Technical assistance in support of establishing comprehensive National Road Safety Systems in low- and middle-income countries

Gaps identification and creation of a national action plan with support of GFPA

National GFPA (or similar) action plan in place – specific technical assistance to deliver an action with a system solution to improving NRSS

Specific technical assistance to deliver a system solution to road safety management

Priority 1 Priority 2a Priority 3

Specific technological or educational solution to improving NRSS

Priority 2b

Application of the Global Framework Plan of Action for Road Safety (IV)

ITC 2030 Strategy special priority: Road Safety

• Implement all activities defined in the current mandate,• Supporting MS in developing, improving and sustaining their

national road safety systems (Road Safety Performance Review –initial step),

• Playing an effective role in international regulatory support to UNRSTF and Global Framework Plan of Action for Road Safety

Nenad Nikolic, Regional Advisor

UNECE Sustainable Transport Division

nenad.nikolic@un.org

Thank you