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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Transport Division


Transport Division

Konstantin Glukhenkiy, Economic Affairs Officer

Transport Week, Moscow4 December 2014

UNECE road traffic safety activities

Jean-Claude Schneuwly

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• Regulatory workTo ensure widest possible geographical

coverage of UN road safety international legal instruments

• Policy dialogueTo strengthen road safety management and

coordination

• Analytical workTo assist in the identification of best

practices

• Technical AssistanceTo assist countries in the ECE region and

beyond to implement international transport and road traffic safety legislation

UNECE’s 360 ° approach to Road Safety


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Infrastructure (standards Infrastructure (standards and parameters, tunneland parameters, tunnel safety, all land modes)safety, all land modes)Vehicle RegulationsVehicle Regulations

Drivers’ LicenseDrivers’ License

Dangerous GoodsDangerous Goods

StatisticsStatistics

Road Traffic RulesRoad Traffic Rules

Road Signs and SignalsRoad Signs and Signals

Social RulesSocial Rules

(driving and rest hours)(driving and rest hours)

Border Crossing Border Crossing FacilitationFacilitation

CustomsCustoms

UNECE – more than 60 years of road safety work


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Main legal instruments

• European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries (AGR)

• Convention on Road Traffic, Vienna 1968• Convention on Road Signs and Signals, Vienna

1968 • European Agreement Concerning the Work of

Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR)

• Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of Such Inspections, of 13 November 1997

• European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) of 30 September 1957

Sets of best practices

• Consolidated Resolution on Road Traffic (R.E.1)

• Consolidated Resolution on Road Signs and Signals (R.E.2)

Road Safety Basic UN Legislation


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58 Conventions, 1699 Contracting Parties


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Accession to International Transport legal instruments contributing to road safety globally


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UNECE’s implementing the Decade of action for Road Safety by:

• Boosting Political Will and Supporting Government Strategies• Protecting Road Users• Making Vehicles Safer• Improving Safety of Transport of Dangerous Goods• Making Technologies Work for Safer Mobility• Making Roads Safer• Improving Cargo Safety• Turning Road Safety Training, Education and Behavior into Knowledge

Management• Learning from Road Crashes• Mitigating the Impact of Road Crashes• Raising Awareness, Fundraising and Advocating for Road Safety


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General Assembly Resolution, A/RES/68/269, April 2014


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UNECE Road Safety highlights in 2014

• General Assembly resolution on Improving Global Road Safety (10 April 2014) encouraged Member States to:

• Take a holistic and integrated approach to sustainable transport, • To consider including road safety in the post-2015 development

agenda;• Develop national plans in line with the Global Plan for the Decade of

Action for Road Safety if not done so already; • Enact comprehensive legislation on key risk factors for road traffic

injuries.

• The establishment and first meetings of two new WP.1 (Working Party on Road Traffic Safety) Expert Groups:

• Expert Group on Improving Safety at Level Crossings – WP.1 GE.1• Expert Group on Road Signs and Signals – WP.1 GE.2


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UNECE Road Safety highlights in 2014

• On International Level Crossings Awareness Day 2014 (June 2014), ECE launched a film on "Improving Lives at Level Crossings" which was produced in partnership with the International Union of Railways and the Swiss Federal Office of Transport.

• Road Safety Treaty Day at UN Headquarters in New York (June 2014). • The Road Signs Management System (RSMS) web platform is launched for

Contracting Parties input (September 2014).• Road Safety for the Safety of Life in St. Petersburg (September 20140• Safe FITS - Road Safety Module (SafeFITS).• Technology innovations for safe, efficient and sustainable mobility workshop

in Brussels (November 2014)• Preparations for 3rd Road Safety Week (May 2015) – theme: children and

road safety.


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