Images above: The Honourable Tomas Eneroth, Minister for Infrastructure, Government of Sweden receiving iRAP's Global Innovation Award 2020 from EuroRAP's Secretary General Lina Konstantinopoulou.
Crédit photo : ITF Flickr
Stockholm, 17 February 2020 –Sweden has today been presented with a prestigious iRAP Global Innovation Award recognising the lifesaving safety impacts of its 2+1 with wire rope median road design. The design has dramatically reduced head-on collisions and halved fatality and serious injury rates in Sweden and many countries of the world.
Le 2+1 design incorporates two lanes of traffic in one direction and one lane in the opposite direction; separated by a median safety barrier. The design significantly reduces the risk of head-on crashes and provides additional safe overtaking opportunities for motorists, particularly on higher speed roads.
The award is an initiative of the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), a global charity operating in more than 100 countries, and was presented to Sweden’s Minister for Infrastructure Tomas Eneroth during the Atelier d'innovation 2020, un événement parallèle officiel de 3rd Global Ministerial Conference for Road Safety.
EuroRAP Secretary General Lina Konstantinopoulou, who leads the iRAP programme in Europe, said Sweden has been instrumental in introducing the 2+1 design and as a world leader influencing road safety policy outside of Europe.
“Since its first development in 2006, the innovation has been seen to achieve a remarkable reduction in severe crashes on Swedish implementation. Furthermore, it’s been much-copied and is transforming safety in Spain, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia – saving thousands of lives,” Ms Konstantinopoulou said.
Dr Anna Vadeby, senior researcher at The Swedish National Road and Transport Research institute said, “the evaluations of 2+1 roads show, in total, the number of fatalities and seriously injured decreased by 50% and studying only links (excluding intersections), the number of fatalities and seriously injured decreased by 63%.”
iRAP studies have recommended for 2+1 installations in a range of countries and in those with the highest road traffic injury rates, significant savings in fatalities, injuries and economic costs are forecast.
The recommended installation of 2+1 countermeasures on 17,500km of single carriageway roads in India would save 93,000 fatalities and serious injuries (FSIs) over 20 years, and on 40km where recommended in Mexico, 1,830 FSIs with a benefit to cost ratio of $5 for every $1 spent.
“The 2+1 design is an important countermeasure for road engineers and designers and will be key to helping countries meet the United Nations Global Road Safety Performance Targets,” Ms Konstantinopoulou said.
Pour plus d'informations :
- see the iRAP 2+1 Design from Sweden Case Study.
- download the full media release ici
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About the 2020 Innovation Workshop
Le Atelier d'innovation 2020 is being held from 17-18 February 2020, co-hosted by iRAP, the International Transport Forum and World Bank. It is an official side event of the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety focussed on the theme of “Achieving Global Goals 2030”. The Ministerial will be attended by 1,500 delegates including minister-led delegations from 80 United Nations Member States, senior officials from United Nations agencies and representatives from civil society, academia and the private sector. The Conference will provide delegates with the opportunity to share successes and lessons from the implementation of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020; chart future strategic directions for global road safety up to 2030 and beyond; and define ways to accelerate action on proven strategies to save lives.
À propos du Programme international d'évaluation des routes (iRAP)
iRAP iRAP est une organisation caritative enregistrée qui œuvre pour un monde sans routes dangereuses. Présente dans plus de 100 pays, elle collabore avec les gouvernements, les banques de développement, les clubs de mobilité, les organismes de recherche et les ONG de sécurité routière afin de leur fournir gratuitement les outils, les systèmes et les formations nécessaires pour améliorer la sécurité routière. La méthodologie d'évaluation par étoiles de iRAP offre une mesure simple et objective du niveau de sécurité intrinsèque de la route pour les automobilistes, les motocyclistes, les cyclistes et les piétons. Une route à 1 étoile est la moins sûre, tandis qu'une route à 5 étoiles est la plus sûre. L'organisation a contribué à améliorer la sécurité de plus de 19 000 milliards de dollars d'investissements dans les infrastructures, a évalué la sécurité de plus de 1,3 million de kilomètres de routes, cartographié les risques sur plus de 1,6 million de kilomètres et formé plus de 54 000 personnes à travers le monde. iRAP est le programme-cadre des programmes régionaux d'évaluation des routes, notamment EuroRAP, ChinaRAP, AusRAP, usRAP, KiwiRAP, IndiaRAP, BrazilRAP, South Africa RAP, ThaiRAP et MyRAP, et est soutenu financièrement par FIA Foundation et le Fonds mondial pour la sécurité routière.
About the European Road Assessment Program (EuroRAP)
The European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) is an international not for profit association set up in 1999 and registered in Belgium that is dedicated to saving lives through safer roads. The programme aims to reduce death and serious injury through a programme of systematic assessment of risk, identifying the major shortcomings that can be addressed by practical road improvement measures. It forges partnerships between those responsible for a safe road system – civil society, motoring organisations, vehicle manufacturers and road authorities – and aims to ensure that assessment of risk lies at the heart of strategic decisions on route improvements, crash protection and standards of route management. The programme receives structural funding from the FIA Foundation, the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), and the European vehicle manufacturers’ association (ACEA). EuroRAP helps enable implementation of both the United Nations Sustainability Goals 3-4 on road safety relating to infrastructure safety. It supports European Commission goals on road safety and Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management.
Media contact:
Lina Konstantinopoulou
EuroRAP Secretary General
Programme d'évaluation routière EuroRAP
M +32 492 25 22 99
E lina.konstantinopoulou@eurorap.org