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Road users’ behavior in Estonia: what has changed in 2001 – 2015

Juri Ess Dago Antov

Shortly about ESTONIA

Re‐independence: 1991 Population (2015): 1.3 M GDP per inhabitant (2015*): EE: 13 300 € EU: 26 500 € Motorization rate: EE: 503 (2015) EU: 491 (2014) Road fatalities per M (2015): EE: 51,1 EU: 51,5

* in 2010 prices

Estonia

Road fatalities per million population

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 Road fatalities per year EE EU

In 25 years number of road deaths decreased more than 7 times (491 ‐> 67 people) and motorization increased 3 times

Road user’s behavior monitoring

Importance of risk factors in contributing to accidents and injuries

Source: Elvik Rune. The Handbook of Road Safety Measures

If violations of road traffic law did not occur, the number of fatalities could be reduced by 63%

Source: Elvik Rune. The Handbook of Road Safety Measures

Traffic behaviour monitoring 2001 ‐ 2015

Key points:

• main objective ‐ to monitor

behavioral changes

• statewide observation study
• different safety

performance indicators

• over 100 fixed observation

places

• standardized data collection

methods

Safety performance indicators (2001 – 2015)

• Drivers’ compliance with traffic signals
• Pedestrians’ compliance with traffic signals
• Giving way to pedestrians at zebra crossings
• Using turn indicators
• Using seat belts and child restraints

Additional topics studied:

• Speeding
• Drinking and driving
• Safety reflectors
• Railroad crossings
• Longitudinal gaps
• Mobile phones

Long‐term trends in traffic behavior

Significant changes:

• Seat belts
• Giving way to

pedestrians Minor or no changes:

• Traffic signal

infringement

• drivers
• pedestrians
• Turn indicators

Seat belt use rate in Estonia 2001 ‐ 2015

Between 2010 and 2015, 10% to 12% of injured drivers did’t wear seat belt at the moment of crash

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Seat belt use rate %

Drivers Children Adults rear seats Adults front seats

Share of drivers who give way to pedestrians

• n non‐regulated crossings 2001 ‐ 2015

27 40 35 36 39 38 53 61 83 69 55 74 83 74 67 y = 3,6286x + 26,571 R² = 0,7403 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Drivers who give way to pedestrians %

Between 2010 and 2015 share of pedestrians in all the road fatalities was 18 – 36%

Pedestrians suffered in road accidents

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Pedestrians suffered in road accidents

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Accidents

Accidents on non‐regulated pedestrian crossings 2010 ‐ 2015

Road administration activities

Estonian National Road Traffic Safety Program 2003 – 2015:

• 196 activities applied totally or partly
• 59 (or 23%) activities were not applied

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Two‐wheelers safety Drinking and driving Pedestrian crossings Safety reflectors Seat bealts Speeding

number on campaigns

Traffic safety campaigns 2001 ‐ 2013

Top 7 traffic violations and share of violators in traffic (2011 – 2015)

7% 48% 9% 7% 4% 5% 5% 0,5% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% ignoring traffic signals (drivers) speeding not using seat belts

• ther violations (drivers)

ignoring traffic signals (pedestrians) driving without licence drinking and driving not giving way at zebra (0.38%) (9.8%) (4.9%) (0.75%) (29.4%)

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To sum up

• 1. Estonia has reached a medium

level of road safety in EU

• 2. One can admit that seat belt use

played an important role

• 3. There are still issues with

pedestrian safety

• 4. One of the options is increasing

enforcement at zebra crossings

Thank you for attention!

Special thanks to EU Regional Development Fund for financial support