Lidia Zakowska Cracow University of Technology Warszawska 24, 30-155 Krakow, Poland lzakowsk@pk.edu.pl
BASIC TRENDS IN ALCOHOL USE IN EU
BASIC TRENDS IN ALCOHOL USE IN POLAND Alcohol consumption per capita in liters in Poland Source: data of GUS- Central Statistical Office
Consumption Structure in Poland Structure of alcoholic drink consumption (as percentage) based on data collected by GUS Source: Department of Public Education, Analyses and Foreign Cooperation at the State Agency for Prevention of Alcohol-Related Problems, 2009.
Violation of law by persons under the influence of alcohol, including drunk- driving • high level of violation of law by drivers under the influence of alcohol annually, • the police reported 200,551 suspects who were under the influence of alcohol, 61% of all offenders, • in 2007, drunk drivers caused 3,420 accidents with 409 mortalities and 4,928 injured persons, • This year, intoxicated participants of traffic caused 6 503 accidents (drivers are the largest group, constitute 6,9% of the total number of drivers who cause accidents).
TRAFFIC SAFETY IN POLAND • The threat of being killed in a car accident to Poles is still the highest one in Europe, • twice as high as the average for the European Union and over three times as high as in Sweden, Great Britain, or Holland. People killed in road accidents in EU, 2008 (persons killed per million inhabitants )
The 3rd Traffic Safety EU Programme • the target that has been set for EU: 50% less fatalities in roads in years 2001-2010, • with 29% decrease in the number of fatalities, Poland still is at the bottom of the list, • only 9 states were close to reaching the 50% decrease, • France (-48%), Portugal (-50%), and Spain (- 51%), i.e. the states where the system of automatic surveillance of speed limits was introduced, • The decrease in the number of fatalities for the Union was 35% between 2001 and 2009.
TRAFFIC SAFETY IN POLAND fatalities Number of people killed in road accidents in Poland (red line) in relation to the number of vehicles registered in Poland (blue line) in last 20 years. Source: Polish Police data 2012)
Fatalities in EU and Poland in 2001- 2011
Road accidents fatalities in 2011 in EU and Poland [ number of death per 1 milion inhabitants]
• In 2010 drunken road users participated in 4 524 traffic accidents (11.6% of total accidents), • 455 of them lost their life (11.6% of total deaths), • 5 620 were injured (11.5% of the total wounded). • In 2012 the road police stopped 169 323 drunken drivers, and 181 291 in 2011- which means a decrease at 12 614. • Unfortunately, many drivers are opting for driving after alcohol.
How to improve this situation? • Simple countermeasures in the form of police enforcement and severe punishments are both costly and relatively effective. • the only way to drastically reduce “drinking and driving” is to combine multiple approaches, including: � education, � public information campaigns and intense and visible enforcement, with � strategies that target specific populations of drivers.
Vision of transport in Vercelli in 2000 –from 1930th
ACTIONS IN THE AREA OF ROAD SAFETY IN POLAND CONNECTED TO THE ALCOHOL USE • Public consultations of the National Road Safety Program 2013-2020 • National Road Safety Council has decided to prepare a new long-term road safety program • KRBRD members are curious about public opinion on matters related to road safety issues raised in this document • The action is being organized: “Your opinion counts!”. • After extensive public consultations and consideration all opinions rise to the final version of the national program of road safety for the period 2013-2020.
ACTIONS IN THE AREA OF ROAD SAFETY IN POLAND CONNECTED TO THE ALCOHOL USE • Safe Driver Foundation • established in 2004 by Krzysztof Holowczyc – race driver, Poland and Europe Champion, • runs a multidimensional activity, cooperates with public institutions and private enterprises, coordinates the actions and patronages road safety initiatives. • Cooperating with MIVA Poland, Polish Motor Union, Polish Police Headquarters and National Road Safety Council, the ‘Safe Driver’ Foundation has soon become one of the most active and opinion-forming organizations within Road Safety area.
ACTIONS IN THE AREA OF ROAD SAFETY IN POLAND CONNECTED TO THE ALCOHOL USE Road Safe Foundation’s activity - a positive message given in modern method, and its main goal is preventing road accidents by obeying traffic regulations, appropriate self-evaluation, keeping wariness and concentration as well as completely sober driving. Goal - to get to the highest number of recipients, and that is why the contact with them is being established on many different areas, the most important of which are: • countrywide media campaigns directed to all of the traffic participants • actions inspiring to working for road safety improvement • educative actions for communities interested in working for road safety
ACTIONS IN THE AREA OF ROAD SAFETY IN POLAND CONNECTED TO THE ALCOHOL USE Road Safe Foundation’s - road safety-themed events and festivities, in which Krzysztof Hołowczyc actively participates. • showing the film ‘Experiment Life’ on the TV within the ‘ORLEN. Safe Roads’ program, in which Krzysztof Holowczyc presents the most common causes of road accidents. • communication with children and teenagers by issuing comic books broaching the subject of safe driving. Its main character is Krzysztof Kierowczyc, a man based on Krzysztof Holowczyc. • supporting actions of other social organisations. • promoting the presence of Road Safety subjects in media.
against THE ALCOHOL USE actions 1950: poster action • 2013: This Morning After campaign highlights the true effects of drinking and driving. Over 10,000 young people in have seen the devastation of Matt's car and have expressed genuine shock at the reality of how easily something like this can happen.
ACTIONS IN THE AREA OF ROAD SAFETY IN POLAND CONNECTED TO THE ALCOHOL USE • Campaign „Have Been Drinking? Do Not Drive!” • campaign "Have been drinking? Do not drive! "carried out since 2008 • public education and continuous awareness that driving under the influence of alcohol can result in tragedy • in practice, among both drivers and passengers, are permitted situations in which driving after drinking alcohol is justified. • "Have been drinking? Do not go!“ - extensive information activities, advertising spots on TV, in cinemas on LCD screens in colleges and in public transportation cars • the campaign pay attention to the negative consequences and risks resulting from drunk-driving behavior.
ACTIONS IN THE AREA OF ROAD SAFETY IN POLAND CONNECTED TO THE ALCOHOL USE • Association for Improving Safety of Road Traffic “Road and Safety ” • Non-governmental organisation associates people who are renowned authorities in the field of safety on Polish roads • How to fight against drunken drivers? Maybe alkolaser? • The Russian alkolaser can see a car going 120 km/h. A similar is a new Polish one, more efficient, makes the measurement by the side windows of the car (as opposed to the Russian - the measurements by the front window) • big disadvantage - the fumes can come from the driver, the drunken passenger or for example alcohol spilled in the car.
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT CAMPAIGNS Campaigns on sustainable mobility? • Transport planning alone is not enough to induce behavior change, and infrastructure transformation must go hand in hand with the implementation of the strategy aimed at inciting people to change their habits. • Campaigns and information activities are helping people, showing what benefits they can get by using sustainable modes of transport. • Campaigns encourage the use of public transport services or cycling or tend to choose pedestrian traffic, walking, in cases of short distances.
• The success of sustainable transport in European (also in Polish) cities will be reached when safety matters will be inbuilt into the multimodal metropolitan transport system, • This system, however, needs to eliminate the risk of being injured or killed by drunken driver.
Every 45 minutes, on average, someone is killed by an alcohol- impaired driver (source: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, By Rocco Pendola ) Tragiczny wypadek drogowy SMS2.wmv Weg zur Arbeit.wmv .wmv Knapp.wmv .wmv
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