Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2024-0010
Analysis of the road safety in the EU countries and the impact of PBM on its improvement
Mladen Tomašković
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivica Završki
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The occurrence of a large number of road fatal
ities necessitates making improvements in road safety
conditions. Governments and experts of European coun
tries have been involved in this activity by investing efforts
to increase security as well as achieve the goals of the
European Commission (EC) to reduce fatalities by 50% by
2030.They aim to achieve road traffic without any fatali
ties occurring by 2050. Including a series of innovations
for safety in the auto industry, deploying ITS technology,
enforcing stringent legal regulations, emphasising on
higher education of all traffic participants and undertak
ing other such important actions help achieve the set goals.
Furthermore, adequate road maintenance with the use of
modern models will definitely contribute to improving
road safety. Moreover, it is necessary to regularly monitor
road safety indicators and react accordingly on time. This
paper presents a current state safety analysis from the per
spective of road fatalities and road maintenance invest
ments (RMIs) in the European Union (EU) and in European
Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries. The main objec
tives of this paper are to analyse road safety aspects and
emphasise on the relation existing between road fatali
ties and RMI. Concurrently, the objective of this paper is
to verify the possible influence of the performance-based
maintenance (PBM) model on improving road safety in the
European Union. As part of the research, 27 EU member
states and 3 EFTA members were analysed in the period
2010–2021. The results indicate a connection between road
fatalities and RMI. Thus, this particular one is almost linear
at the average EU level and that PBM models can directly
contribute to improving traffic safety and indirectly by
savings in maintenance costs.
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Hrčak ID:
321153
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Publication date:
3.10.2024.
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