Robert Nowak, Transport Division, UNECE

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Robert Nowak, Transport Division, UNECE

15 March 2011, Tallinn, Estonia15 March 2011, Tallinn, Estonia

Railway Safety Education ConferenceLET’S SAVE LIVES

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

2011-2020 Decade of Action for Road Safety

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A regional - and increasingly global – centre for international legal instruments

• 57 UNECE international conventions and agreements - Road, rail, inland waterways and combined transport

• 5 environmental conventions

• Over 30 UNECE trade facilitation recommendations

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UNECE mission: Elaboration, administration and updating of international legal instruments that establish harmonized regulations and norms ensuring a high level of road safety

The 1949 Convention on Road Traffic (96)

The 1968 Vienna Conventions on Road Traffic and on Road Signals (69 and 58 Contracting Parties)

The 1998 Agreement on Global Technical Regulations for Vehicles (31)

The 1958 Agreement on Vehicle Regulations (46)

Consolidated Resolutions on Road traffic (R.E. 1) and on Road Sign and Signals (R.E. 2)

Recommendations on the transport of dangerous goods

The 1971 European Agreement supplementing the Vienna Conventions (33 and 30)

The 1973 Protocol on Road Markings (25)

The 1997 Agreement on Periodical Technical Inspections of Vehicles (11)

The European Agreement on main international Traffic Arteries (AGR) (37)

The European Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) (46)

The European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) (49)


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Conclusions:Conclusions:

Governments: accede, ratify, implement UNECE road safety Governments: accede, ratify, implement UNECE road safety legal instrumentslegal instruments

If road safety rules not followedIf road safety rules not followed

Governments: use policy tools/measures to Governments: use policy tools/measures to change/influence behaviourchange/influence behaviour

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Governments: accede, ratify, implement UNECE road safety Governments: accede, ratify, implement UNECE road safety legal instrumentslegal instruments

Cost/benefit approach rather than economic efficiencyCost/benefit approach rather than economic efficiency

If road safety rules not followedIf road safety rules not followed

Governments: use policy tools/measures to Governments: use policy tools/measures to change/influence behaviourchange/influence behaviour

Effective vs. ineffective rather than economic efficiencyEffective vs. ineffective rather than economic efficiency

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Governments encouraged and invited: Governments encouraged and invited:

- to implement road safety activitiesto implement road safety activities

- to set national casualty targetsto set national casualty targets

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Safety at level crossings

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Governments encouraged, urged and invited: Governments encouraged, urged and invited:

- to implement road safety activitiesto implement road safety activities

- to set national casualty targetsto set national casualty targets

- to accede/implement UN road safety legal instrumentsto accede/implement UN road safety legal instruments

- safety at level crossing an integral part of “road safety”safety at level crossing an integral part of “road safety”

- AGR (E-road) Agreement contains “safety provisions”AGR (E-road) Agreement contains “safety provisions”

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On 4 March 2011, the Inland Transport Committee recommended:

Working Party on Road Traffic Safety (WP.1), Working Party on Road Transport (SC.1) and Working

Party on Rail Transport (SC.2) consider creating a joint Group of Experts of limited duration to work on

enhancing safety at level crossings…

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Next steps at the UNECE:

- WP.1 meets on 21-23 March 2011

- SC.1 meets on 17-19 October 2011

- SC.2 meets on 3-4 November 2011

Procedure:

- Develop EG Terms of Reference

- Seek approval of EXCOM

UNECE:

- international platform to discuss and increase road safety, including safety at level crossings

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