The road safety audit revealed many deficits, some of which are quite serious and pose major safety risks. The emphasis of remedial solutions was placed on improving the safety level and assessing requirements of proposed modifications.
According to the findings from the safety audit, it is necessary to systematically follow these steps:
- Identify localities with the majority of accidents by periodic analysis;
- Systematically eliminate safety deficits on the basis of detailed inspections;
- Determine efficiency of realised measures by periodic analysis;
- Remove the most serious safety deficits identified by the inspections;
- Systematically find solutions from the most dangerous roads to less severe ones;
- Prioritise detailed inspections for individual road sections;
- Educate administration and maintenance personnel performing the periodic inspections according to the Road Act and its implementing regulations directing to deal with safety deficits and deficits;
- Include reconstruction of intersections and road sections with high accident rate as a priority in the action plan for investment measures;
- and Conduct the safety inspections of the road network periodically.
Based on the audit results, individual steps for improvements were identified and this action plan will be an incorporated part of the new Sustainable Urban Transport Plan for Usti nad Labem, which is currently being developed within the CIVITAS project.
In order to improve road safety in the city, locations suitable for implementation of 30 km/hr zones were identified and suitable traffic calming solutions for each locality were proposed. It was revealed, that Usti nad Labem is not fully utilising the potential of calm zones. Vast majority of local roads in residential parts of the city lack any calming elements.
Forty-two locations were identified as suitable for implementing calm zones. As a next step, appropriate traffic calming measures will be incorporated into the SUTP for Usti nad Labem, which is currently being developed. Furthermore, new website dedicated to road safety in Usti nad Labem was launched on www.bezpecnepousti.cz. The website includes individual sections with advice and recommendations for safe behaviour of drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. It also contains an interactive map of dangerous locations in the city with safety warnings and videos. Specific sections are devoted to accident rate in the city, traffic intensity on individual roads, traffic control and traffic training.
The measure was evaluated together with the measure 40 - Drive safely campaign.