Approving the Inter-institutional Action Plan for the Implementation of the National Road Safety Development Programme for 2011-2017 (Lithuania)

Approving the Inter-institutional Action Plan for the Implementation of the National Road Safety Development Programme for 2011-2017

Published: 2011-05-10

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Consolidated version as of 14-02-2015

GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

Resolution No 1165

APPROVING THE INTER-INSTITUTIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR 2011-2017

5 October 2011

Vilnius

Acting in pursuance of Article 7 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Road Traffic Safety, the Government of the Republic of Lithuania has resolved:

1. To approve the Inter-institutional Action Plan for the Implementation of the National Road Safety Development Programme for 2011-2017 (as appended).

Prime Minister ANDRIUS KUBILIUS

Minister of Transport and Communications ELIGIJUS MASIULIS

APPROVED by Resolution No 1165

of 5 October 2011

of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (amended by Resolution No 125 of 11 February 2015 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania)

INTER-INSTITUTIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR 2011-2017

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. The Inter-institutional Action Plan for the Implementation of the National Road Safety Development Programme for 2011-2017 (hereinafter referred to as the plan) has been developed in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Road Traffic Safety, and for the purpose of the implementation of the Strategic Planning Methodology, approved by Resolution No 827 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 6 June 2002 On the Strategic Planning Methodology, and the National Road Safety Development Programme for 2011-2017 (hereinafter referred to as the programme), approved by Resolution No 257 of 2 March 2011 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania Approving the National Road Safety Development Programme for 2011-2017.

2. The plan seeks to achieve the strategic goal of the programme of improving the road traffic safety and bringing Lithuania among the top ten European Union countries with the lowest road users’ fatality rate per one million population (or under 60 deaths per one million population).

3. The plan focuses on the following areas:

3.1. improving road user behaviour on the roads – this includes road user education and compliance control in the area of traffic safety, the development of traffic safety culture skills in children at educational institutions, the increased quality in driving instruction, the development and training of road safety professionals and instructors, as well as the organising of road user compliance control, and the monitoring of dangerous and bully behaviour, drunk-driving of road users and speed compliance as well as the use of safety devices, light reflectors, and the observance of driving and rest time;

3.2. developing road safety – this includes the increased safety of road infrastructure for pedestrians, cyclists, drivers and passengers, speed management, road infrastructure safety inspections, as well as the reduction of the number of sections with high accident rate and the “black spots”;

3.3. improving the condition of the vehicle park – this includes the increased safety of vehicles, the monitoring of the technical condition of vehicles and the increased number of safer vehicles;

3.4. ensuring fast and efficient emergency assistance for road users – this includes a more efficient operation of rescue and medical services on the roads;

3.5. developing modern information technologies – this includes the improvement of traffic data management, traffic safety data collection and communication process, the development of intelligent transport systems.

4. It is expected that the achievement of the goals and the completion of the objectives provided for in the plan will create a transparent, efficient, result-oriented, information and communication technologies-based public administration system in line with the requirements and expectations of the people.

5. The implementation of the plan shall be coordinated by the Ministry of Transport and Communications (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Transport and Communications).

CHAPTER II

GOALS, OBJECTIVES, MEASURES, aLLOCATIONS, AND rESPONSIBLE INSTITUTIONS

No.	Goals, objectives and measures	2015 allocations (euros)				2016 allocations (euros)				2017 allocations (euros)				Responsible institution
		total	including			total	including			total	including
			costs		Asset acquisition		costs		Asset acquisition		costs		Asset acquisition
			total	salaries	Asset acquisition		total	salaries	Asset acquisition		total	salaries	Asset acquisition
1.	The goal – to ensure education of road user in road safety	2 042 399	2 042 399			2 027 918	2 027 918			2 027 918	2 027 918
1.1.	The objective – to train road safety professionals and instructors, and develop their competence	34 754	34 754			20 273	20 273			20 273	20 273
1.1.1.	Measure –trainings for road safety professionals	20 273	20 273			20 273	20 273			20 273	20 273			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration under the Ministry of Transport and Communications (hereinafter referred to as the Lithuanian Road Administration)
1.1.2.	Measure – international and national conferences on road safety	14 481	14 481			–	–			–	–			Ministry of Transport and Communications
1.2.	Objective – to develop child skills in road safety culture at educational establishments)	83 990	83 990			83 990	83 990			83 990	83 990
1.2.1.	Measure –Lithuanian pupils’ competition ‘Save young lives on the road’ aimed at development of pupils’ road safety skills	55 028	55 028			55 028	55 028			55 028	55 028			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
1.2.2.	Measure –Lithuanian pupils’ competition ‘Save young lives on the road’ aimed at development of pupils’ road safety skills	28 962	28 962			28 962	28 962			28 962	28 962			Ministry of Education and Science of RL (hereinafter referred to as Ministry of Education and Science)
1.3.	Objective – to educate the society	1 923 076	1 923 076			1 923 076	1 923 076			1 923 076	1 923 076
1.3.1.	Measure – annual publication of information on road safety situation in Lithuania	5 792	5 792			5 792	5 792			5 792	5 792			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
1.3.2.	Measure – road safety campaigns to encourage road user compliance with traffic rules and inform the public about the risks to health and life, as well as penalties	1 708 758	1 708 758			1 708 758	1 708 758			1 708 758	1 708 758			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
1.3.3.	The measure – informing the public about the purpose and benefit of speed cameras, as well as the location of the fixed speed control devices on the road	5 792	5 792			5 792	5 792			5 792	5 792			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
1.3.4.	Measure – road safety campaigns demonstrating, through special equipment, the benefits of vehicle safety devices	57 924	57 924			57 924	57 924			57 924	57 924			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
1.3.5.	Measure – road safety educational projects (project ‘Saving lives on roads’ carried out in Lithuanian dioceses, deaneries, parishes; the project ‘Communal traffic safety’)	144 810	144 810			144 810	144 810			144 810	144 810			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
1.4.	Objective – to achieve quality in driving instruction	579	579			579	579			579	579
1.4.1.	Measure – setting up of a regular working group for examination and submission of proposals to improve the initial and additional instruction of motor vehicle drivers	579	579			579	579			579	579			Ministry of Transport and Communications
2.	Goal – to enforce road user compliance	39 099	15 929		23 170	39 099	15 929		23 170	39 099	15 929		23 170
2.1.	Objective – to organise road user compliance monitoring	23 170			23 170	23 170			23 170	23 170			23 170
2.1.1.	Measure – road safety campaigns encouraging road user compliance with traffic rules	23 170			23 170	23 170			23 170	23 170			23 170	Police Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the Police Department)
2.2.	Objective – to monitor observance of driving and rest time	15 929	15 929			15 929	15 929			15 929	15 929
2.2.1.	Measure – safe traffic campaigns encouraging observance of driving and rest time, involving increased inspection of passenger and commercial vehicles on E Network roads	15 929	15 929			15 929	15 929			15 929	15 929			Ministry of Transport and Communications (State Road Transport Inspectorate under the Ministry of Transport and Communications (hereinafter referred to as State Road Transport Inspectorate)
3.	Goal – to increase safety of road infrastructure	8 905 815	564 759		8 341 056	8 905 815	564 759		8 341 056	8 905 815	564 759		8 341 056
3.1.	Objective – to increase road infrastructure safety for pedestrians and cyclists	2 983 086			2 983 086	2 983 086			2 983 086	2 983 086			2 983 086
3.1.1.	Measure – to build or reconstruct pedestrian and/or bicycle paths near state roads	2 316 960			2 316 960	2 316 960			2 316 960	2 316 960			2 316 960	Ministry of Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.1.2.	Measure – illumination of state roads	666 126			666 126	666 126			666 126	666 126			666 126	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.2.	Objective – to increase road infrastructure safety for drivers and passengers	4 054 680			4 054 680	4 054 680			4 054 680	4 054 680			4 054 680
3.2.1.	Measure – partially or completely replacing the dangerous type of intersections or traffic arrangement schemes	2 461 770			2 461 770	2 461 770			2 461 770	2 461 770			2 461 770	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.2.2.	Measure – to increase roadside safety	1 592 910			1 592 910	1 592 910			1 592 910	1 592 910			1 592 910	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.3.	Objective – to control driving speed	1 592 910	289 620		1 303 290	1 592 910	289 620		1 303 290	1 592 910	289 620		1 303 290
3.3.1.	Measure –equipping roads of national significance with speed controlling devices	1 303 290			1 303 290	1 303 290			1 303 290	1 303 290			1 303 290	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.3.2.	Measure – installation of sectoral controlling speed meters	289 620	289 620			289 620	289 620			289 620	289 620			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.4.	Objective – reducing the number of sections with higher accident rate and ‘black spots’	86 886	86 886			86 886	86 886			86 886	86 886
3.4.1.	Measure –identification of sections with higher accident rate and ‘black spots’ on the roads of national significance	86 886	86 886			86 886	86 886			86 886	86 886			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.5.	Objective – to carry out safety inspections of road infrastructure	188 253	188 253			188 253	188 253			188 253	188 253
3.5.1.	Measure – following the established procedure, carrying out of road safety audit and road safety impact assessment when building and reconstructing roads	101 367	101 367			101 367	101 367			101 367	101 367			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.5.2.	Measure – carrying out road safety inspections	86 886	86 886			86 886	86 886			86 886	86 886			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
4.	Goal – to increase vehicle safety	39 678	39 678			44 022	44 022			44 022	44 022
4.1.	Objective –to carry out checks of technical condition of vehicles	39 099	39 099			43 443	43 443			43 443	43 443
4.1.1.	Measure – improved monitoring of mandatory technical inspections (through different means of modern information technologies)	10 137	10 137			14 481	14 481			14 481	14 481			Ministry of Transport and Communications (State Road Transport Inspectorate)
4.1.2.	Measure – organising inspections of the technical condition of commercial vehicles on the road	28 962	28 962			28 962	28 962			28 962	28 962			Ministry of Transport and Communications (State Road Transport Inspectorate)
4.2.	Objective –to seek for an increase in the number of safe vehicles across the country	579	579			579	579			579	579
4.2.1.	Measure – to encourage acquisition of newer and safer vehicles	579	579			579	579			579	579			Ministry of Transport and Communications)
5.	Goal –ensure fast and efficient emergency assistance to the injured persons	839 898	28 962		810 936	839 898	28 962		810 936	839 898	28 962		810 936
5.1.	Objective – to improve the work of rescue services on the roads	839 898	28 962		810 936	839 898	28 962		810 936	839 898	28 962		810 936
5.1.1.	Measure – training on rescue work carried out on the accident scene	28 962	28 962			28 962	28 962			28 962	28 962			Ministry of the Interior of RL (hereinafter referred to as Ministry of Interior) (Fire Safety and Rescue Department under the Ministry of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as Fire Safety and Rescue Department)
5.1.2.	Measure – provide rescue services with rescue kits	231 696			231 696	231 696			231 696	231 696			231 696	Ministry of Interior (Fire Safety and Rescue Department)
5.1.3.	Measure – provide rescue services with rescue vehicles	579 240			579 240	579 240			579 240	579 240			579 240	Ministry of Interior (Fire Safety and Rescue Department)
6.	Goal – to improve traffic data management	347 544	318 582		28 962	347 544	318 582		28 962	347 544	318 582		28 962
6.1.	Objective – to introduce and develop intelligent transport systems (ITS)	347 544	318 582		28 962	347 544	318 582		28 962	347 544	318 582		28 962
6.1.1.	Measure – to introduce, develop and maintain the information system on the roads of national significance (improve data collection, dissemination, and maintain the system)	43 443	43 443			43 443	43 443			43 443	43 443			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
6.1.2.	Measure – development of traffic information and management centre of the roads of national significance	43 443	43 443			43 443	43 443			43 443	43 443			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
6.1.3.	Measure – introduction and maintenance of ITS traffic management and monitoring devices on the roads of national significance	260 658	231 696		28 962	260 658	231 696		28 962	260 658	231 696		28 962	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
7.	Total State budget of the Republic of Lithuania, including:	12 214 433	3 010 309		9 204 124	12 204 296	3 000 172		9 204 124	12 204 296	3 000 172		9 204 124
7.1.	Co-financing
7.2.	European Union and other international financial assistance
7.3.	Earmarked funds and income contributions	1 708 758	1 708 758			1 708 758	1 708 758			1 708 758	1 708 758
8.	Other sources (European Union financial assistance for project implementation, and other legitimate funding)
	Total for the funding of the plan (7+8)	12 214 433	3 010 309		9 204 124	12 204 296	3 000 172		9 204 124	12 204 296	3 000 172		9 204 124

CHAPTER III

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA AND THEIR VALUES

No	Evaluation criteria and measurement units of goals and objectives	Values of assessment criteria			Responsible institution
No		2015	2016	2017	Responsible institution
1.	Goal – road user education in traffic safety
R-1-1	Impact of road safety education tools, their awareness and accessibility (percentage share of respondents, who themselves or their children changed attitude and behaviour as a result of the road safety education or information tools)	80	85	90	Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Police Department
1.1.	Objective – to train road safety professionals and instructors, and develop their competence
P-1-1-1	Number of trainings for traffic professionals (psc)	7	4	3	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
P-1-1-2	Number of organised international and/or national events on road safety issues (psc)	–	–	1	Ministry of Transport and Communications
1.2.	Objective – to develop child skills in road safety culture at educational establishments
P-1-2-1	Number of participants in the Lithuanian pupils’ competition ‘Save young lives on the road’ per year (psc)	40 000	50 000	50 000	Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
1.3.	Objective – to educate the society
P-1-3-1	Number of issues of information publications on road safety situation (psc)	1	1	1	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
P-1-3-2	Number (psc) of road safety campaigns assisted by the media in order to encourage polite conduct of road users on the road	1	1	1	Ministry of Transport and Communications
P-1-3-3	Number of road safety campaigns assisted by the media and directed against driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs or other psychotropic substances (psc)	1	1	1	Ministry of Transport and Communications
P-1-3-4	Number of road safety campaigns assisted by the media and encouraging compliance with the allowed speed limits (psc)	1	1	1	Ministry of Transport and Communications
P-1-3-5	Sources of information about the purpose and benefit of automatic speed measuring devices and the location of fixed speed meters on the road (websites, media, information brochures, satellite navigation equipment, etc.) (psc)	1	–	–	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
P-1-3-6	Number of road safety campaigns assisted by the media and encouraging the use of car, motorcycle, bicycle safety devices or other compulsory safety measures (psc)	1	1	1	Ministry of Transport and Communications
P-1-3-7	Number of road safety campaigns for demonstrating the benefit of car safety devices (psc)	10	20	20	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
P-1-3-8	Number of road safety campaigns assisted by the media and encouraging the use of reflectors and to wear clothes with light reflecting elements(psc)	1	1	1	Ministry of Transport and Communications
P-1-3-9	Number of road safety educational projects ‘Saving lives on roads’ and ‘Communal traffic safety’) (psc)	2	2	2	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
1.4.	Objective – to achieve quality in driving instruction
P-1-4-1	Annual rate of individuals having passed their practical driving test at first attempt (percentage)	60	65	70	Ministry of Transport and Communications
P-1-4-2	Number of inspections of driving schools (psc)	75	75	75	Ministry of Transport and Communications (State Road Transport Inspectorate)
P-1-4-3	Number of inspections of companies and organisations involved in additional driving instruction (psc)	25	25	25	Ministry of Transport and Communications (State Road Transport Inspectorate)
P-1-4-4	Number of inspections of driving instructor’s vehicles (psc)	800	800	800	Ministry of Transport and Communications (State Road Transport Inspectorate)
2.	Goal – to ensure road user compliance control
R-2-1	Declining violations due to traffic safety campaigns focussing on road user compliance control (percentage)	5	5	5	Police Department
2.1.	Objective – to organise road user compliance control
P-2-1-1	Number of police units equipped with modern traffic control devices (psc)	11	11	11	Police Department
P-2-1-2	Number of road safety campaigns targeted at drivers under influence of alcohol, drugs and other psychotropic substances (psc)	23	23	23	Police Department
P-2-1-3	Number of road safety campaigns targeted at drivers exceeding the allowed speed limits (psc)	13	13	13	Police Department
2.2.	Objective – to monitor observance of driving and rest time
P-2-2-1	Inspection of the number of days worked by drivers under Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 (OJ 2006 L 102, p. 1) (psc)	228 000	227 000	228 000	Ministry of Transport and Communications (State Road Transport Inspectorate)
3.	Goal – to increase safety of road infrastructure
R-3-1	Number of ‘black spots’ reduced against 2010 (percentage)	75	80	85	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.1.	Objective – to increase road infrastructure safety for pedestrians and cyclists
P-3-1-1	Pedestrian and/or bicycle paths built or reconstructed (in km)	10	10	10	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
P-3-1-2	Illuminating dangerous road sections (km)	4	4	3	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.2.	Objective – to increase road infrastructure safety for drivers and passengers
P-3-2-1	Number of reconstructed dangerous intersections (psc)	5	6	6	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
P-3-2-2	Length of road sections with increased roadside safety (in km)	17	17	18	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.3.	Objective – to control driving speed
P-3-3-1	Number of speed controlling devices equipped on the roads of national significance (psc)	50	40	40	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
P-3-3-2	Number of sectoral speed meters (psc)	4			Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.4.	Objective – reduce the number of road sections with high accident rates and ‘black spots’
P-3-4-1	Identification of sections with higher accident rate and ‘black spots’ on the roads of national significance (times)	1	1	1	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
3.5.	Objective – to carry out safety inspections of road infrastructure
P-3-5-1	Number of audits and road safety impact assessments on the roads of national significance (psc)	52	52	50	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
P-3-5-2	Length of roads of national significance with safety inspections carried out (km)	3 200	3 200	3 300	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
4.	Goal – to increase vehicle safety
R-4-1	Percentage of vehicles meeting the obligatory technical requirements at first inspection (percentage)	60	65	70	Ministry of Transport and Communications
4.1.	Objective – to inspect the technical condition of vehicles
P-4-1-1	On-road checks to verify with special equipment whether vehicles (N1, N2, N3, M2, M3) are in compliance with mandatory technical requirements (psc)	1 800	2 100	2 400	Ministry of Transport and Communications (State Road Transport Inspectorate)
P-4-1-2	Number of weighed heavy and measured large-scale vehicles (psc)	6 500	6 700	6 700	Ministry of Transport and Communications (State Road Transport Inspectorate)
4.2.	Objective – to increase the number of safe cars in the vehicle park:
P-4-2-1	Annual average vehicle age (years)	13	12	11	Ministry of Transport and Communications
P-4-2-2	Declining number of accidents caused by technical incompliance of vehicles with mandatory requirements against 2012 (percentage)	30	40	50	Ministry of Transport and Communications
5.	Goal – to ensure fast and efficient emergency assistance to injured persons
R-5-1	The lapse of time between the emergency call to the Emergency Response Centre (ERC) and the actual arrival of the rescue team to the emergency scene (percentage all calls): up to 8 minutes for ERC-managed fire and rescue forces to arrive at the scene in urban residential areas, up to 18 minutes in rural areas; up to 10 minutes for ERC-managed medical aid to arrive at the scene in urban residential areas; up to 20 minutes in rural areas	at least 75	at least 77	at least 80	Ministry of Interior (Fire Safety and Rescue Department)
5.1.	Objective – to improve the work of rescue services on the roads
P-5-1-1	Number of rescue kits acquired (psc)	8	8	8	Ministry of Interior (Fire Safety and Rescue Department)
P-5-1-1	Number of special rescue vehicles acquired (psc)	2	2	2	Ministry of Interior (Fire Safety and Rescue Department)
6.	Goal – to improve traffic data management
R-6-1	Share of traffic data sources readily accessible to all the authorities concerned (percent)	82	91	100	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration, State Road Transport Inspectorate, Police Department
6.1.	Objective – to introduce and develop intelligent transport systems (ITS)
P-6-1-1	Capabilities of road weather conditions information system and the fixed speed meter system (in percentage)	100	100	100	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)
P-6-1-2	The development of the traffic information system and the system for speed management and warning through electronic road signs (in percentage).	60	70	80	Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuanian Road Administration)

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