iSAFER - Page 2Intelligent Speed Assistance for European Roads
Illegal and inappropriate speed is the single biggest contributory factor in fatal road crashes. It increases both the risk of a crash happening and the severity of injuries that result. Managing speed is therefore the most important measure to reduce death and injury on our roads.
The objective of the iSafer campaign is to contribute to reducing speed-related road deaths and injuries through the identification and promotion of best practice. The project includes a special focus on Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) and promoting its use at European and national level.
Briefing
How does ISA work, and how could it boost road safety? Find out more on our web page dedicated to ISA technologies.- Seminars at a national and European level, aiming to raise awareness of the risks of speeding, and exploring the best strategies for introduction of ISA.
- A policy paper on speed, looking at priorities for reducing deaths on our roads related to speed, focussing primarily on ISA.
- A ranking showing the ‘state of play’ of digital maps and ISA implementation in the different EU Member States.
- Six fact sheets on speed that will showcase best practice in each of the following areas: behaviour, vehicles, in-vehicle technology, infrastructure, speed limits.
- A Speed Monitor newsletter three times a year which includes monitoring of EU and national policies that have an impact on speed related road safety within the 28 EU countries.
The iSafer project receives financial support from the Flemish Government, Fundación MAPFRE and 3M.
Latest iSafer News, Publications and Events
The London transport authority TfL has published a new Bus Safety Standard, part of a strategy to reach a target of no-one being killed on or by a London bus by 2030. The standard, which details the bus safety requirements all bus operators will need to adopt up to 2024, will also reduce road danger in the shorter term with a range of safety features required from next year. London’s buses carry 6.5 million passengers every day and are a particularly important service for […]
Letter: ACEA’s attempts to weaken the European Commission’s proposals on new vehicle safety measures
A group of safety experts, consumer groups, transport police, environmental campaigners, city authorities, cyclists and road collision victims have written today to members of the European Parliament’s Committees on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and Transport (TRAN) to raise concerns over the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA)’s attempts to weaken the European Commission’s proposals on new vehicle safety measures and to ask MEPs to pass the legislation as soon as possible, to maximise its life-saving potential. Download the full letter (pdf) For more […]
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Fundación MAPFRE, the General Direction of Traffic and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) held a seminar “Fitting Safety As Standard” / “Hacia la seguridad de serie en todos los vehículos” in Madrid on 11 September 2018. On the 17 May 2018 the European Commission proposed a new set of mandatory vehicle safety standards for all vehicles sold in the European Union. These standards represent the most direct and effective measures the EU has to further reduce road deaths and injuries. 25,300 people lost their […]
In June 2015, Transport for London (TfL), the body responsible for the transport system in Greater London, began testing an after-market ISA system on buses serving two routes in London. This was part of its commitment to halve the number of people killed and seriously injured on London’s roads by 2020 and came amid growing concerns about the safety of pedestrians and cyclists in the city. Following the success of the trial, the Mayor of London announced in late 2017 that TfL would require […]
The mayor of London has announced plans to make 20mph (+/- 30 km/h) the default speed limit in the city as part of a new Vision Zero road safety action plan. The speed limits will be accompanied by redesigned streets, speed cameras and on-street enforcement as part of a Safe System approach. As well as the work on speed limits, the mayor has set a target of reducing the numbers killed or seriously injured on London’s roads by 65% by 2022, based on the […]
Lunch debate hosted by Dr. Dieter-Lebrecht Koch MEP Fitting Safety As Standard Wednesday 27 June 2018, 12h15-14h45 European Parliament, Salon Members’ Restaurant (Ground Floor Altiero Spinelli), Brussels The German Association of Technical Inspection Agencies (VdTÜV), Transport & Environment (T&E) and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) held a lunch debate in the Salon Members’ Restaurant of the European Parliament on 27 June to discuss the European Commission’s proposals published on 17 May for the revision of two critical regulations for road safety: the General Safety (661/2009/EC) and Pedestrian […]
iSAFER Dinner Debate 6 June 2018, 18.00-21.00 Members’ Salon, European Parliament, Brussels The event was kindly hosted by Olga Sehnalová MEP. The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) hold a dinner debate in the Members’ Salon of the European Parliament on 6 June at 18:00 to debate the Commission’s proposals for the revision of two critical regulations for road safety: the General Safety (661/2009/EC) and Pedestrian Safety (79/2009/EC) Regulations. On 17 May 2018, the European Commission proposed a set of new vehicle safety measures, including […]
The European Commission will announce a major package of road safety legislation next month including new vehicle safety standards, revised rules on infrastructure safety management, a strategy on automated driving as well as a new overarching road safety framework setting targets for the decade to 2030. The announcements, expected on 16 May, are being published after lengthy delays and several years of slow to non-existent progress on reducing road deaths and serious injuries in the EU. Figures published earlier this month showed that deaths […]
The hype surrounding automated driving threatens to hold back progress over the next few years in reducing the 1.25m deaths that occur annually on the world’s roads. By 2030, there may well be a few million self-driving cars globally, but there will also be more than 1bn cars driving that do not have such features. Many of those vehicles are the ones that will leave factories this year and next. The issue is that policymakers, as well as carmakers, are becoming so obsessed with […]