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.
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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.
O 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 Workshop de Inovação 2020, um evento paralelo oficial do 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.
Para obter mais informações:
- see the iRAP 2+1 Design from Sweden Case Study.
- download the full media release aqui
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Sobre o Workshop de Inovação de 2020
O Workshop de Inovação 2020 O evento será realizado nos dias 17 e 18 de fevereiro de 2020, com a co-organização do iRAP, do Fórum Internacional de Transportes e do Banco Mundial. Trata-se de um evento paralelo oficial do 3ª Conferência Ministerial Global sobre Segurança Rodoviária O evento ministerial terá como tema “Alcançando os Objetivos Globais de 2030”. 1.500 delegados participarão, incluindo delegações chefiadas por ministros de 80 Estados-Membros das Nações Unidas, altos funcionários de agências da ONU e representantes da sociedade civil, da academia e do setor privado. A Conferência proporcionará aos delegados a oportunidade de compartilhar sucessos e lições aprendidas com a implementação do Plano Global para a Década de Ação para a Segurança no Trânsito 2011-2020; traçar futuras diretrizes estratégicas para a segurança no trânsito global até 2030 e além; e definir maneiras de acelerar a implementação de estratégias comprovadas para salvar vidas.
Sobre o Programa Internacional de Avaliação de Rodovias (iRAP)
iRAP A iRAP é uma organização beneficente registrada com a visão de um mundo livre de estradas de alto risco. A organização atua em mais de 100 países e trabalha com governos, bancos de desenvolvimento, clubes de mobilidade, organizações de pesquisa e ONGs de segurança viária para fornecer ferramentas, sistemas e treinamentos gratuitos que tornam as estradas mais seguras. A Metodologia de Classificação por Estrelas da iRAP oferece uma medida simples e objetiva do nível de segurança inerente à estrada para ocupantes de veículos, motociclistas, ciclistas e pedestres. Uma estrada com 1 estrela é a menos segura e uma estrada com 5 estrelas é a mais segura. A organização já influenciou a segurança de mais de US$ 1,9 trilhão em investimentos em infraestrutura, classificou por estrelas mais de 1,3 milhão de km de estradas, mapeou os riscos de mais de 1,6 milhão de km de estradas e treinou mais de 54.000 pessoas em todo o mundo. O iRAP é o programa guarda-chuva para programas regionais de avaliação de rodovias, incluindo EuroRAP, ChinaRAP, AusRAP, usRAP, KiwiRAP, IndiaRAP, BrazilRAP, South Africa RAP, ThaiRAP e MyRAP, e é financiado pelo FIA Foundation. Saiba mais em [link para o site].
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.
Contato com a mídia:
Lina Konstantinopoulou
EuroRAP Secretary General
Programa de Avaliação de Rodovias EuroRAP
M +32 492 25 22 99
E lina.konstantinopoulou@eurorap.org