ANNEX to the Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management - Hoofdinhoud

Council of the European Union Brussels, 18 May 2018 (OR. en)

9040/18

Interinstitutional File: ADD 1

2018/0129 (COD) i

TRANS 208 IA 136

PROPOSAL

From: Secretary-General of the European Commission, signed by Mr Jordi AYET PUIGARNAU, Director

date of receipt: 17 May 2018

To: Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union

No. Cion doc.: COM(2018) 274 final i - ANNEX 1

Subject: ANNEX to the Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN

PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2008/96/EC i on

road infrastructure safety management

Delegations will find attached document COM(2018) 274 final i - ANNEX 1.

Encl.: COM(2018) 274 final i - ANNEX 1

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 17.5.2018 COM(2018) 274 final i

ANNEX 1

ANNEX

to the

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

amending Directive 2008/96/EC i on road infrastructure safety management

{SEC(2018) 226 final} - {SWD(2018) 175 final} - {SWD(2018) 176 final} ANNEX

The Annexes to Directive 2008/96/EC i are amended as follows:

• (1) 

  in Annex I, the title is replaced by the following:

  "ANNEX I ELEMENTS OF ROAD SAFETY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS";

• (2) 

  Annex II is amended as follows:

(a) the title is replaced by the following:

"ANNEX II ELEMENTS OF ROAD SAFETY AUDITS",

(b) in section 1, the following point (n) is added:

"(n) provisions for vulnerable road users: i) provisions for pedestrians, ii) provisions for cyclists, iii) provisions for powered two-wheelers.";

(c) in section 2, point (h) is replaced by the following:

"(h) provisions for vulnerable road users: i) provisions for pedestrians, ii) provisions for cyclists, iii) provisions for powered two-wheelers;";

• (3) 

  the following Annex IIa is inserted :

"ANNEX IIa

ELEMENTS OF ROAD SAFETY INSPECTIONS

• 1. 

  Road alignment and cross-section:

(a) visibility and sight distances;

(b) speed limit and speed zoning;

(c) self-explaining alignment (i.e. "readability" of the alignment by drivers); (d) access to adjacent property and developments;

(e) access of emergency and service vehicles;

(f) treatments at bridges and culverts;

(g) roadside layout (shoulders, pavement drop-off, cut and fill slopes).

• 2. 

  Intersections and interchanges:

(a) appropriateness of intersection/ interchange type;

(b) geometry of intersection/ interchange layout;

(c) visibility and readability (perception) of intersections;

(d) visibility at the intersection;

(e) layout of auxiliary lanes at intersections;

(f) intersection traffic control (e.g. stop controlled, traffic signals etc.);

(g) existence of pedestrian crossings.

• 3. 

  Provisions for vulnerable road users:

(a) provisions for pedestrians;

(b) provisions for cyclists;

(c) provisions for powered-two-wheelers;

(d) public transport and infrastructures;

(e) road/ rail level crossings.

• 4. 

  Lighting, signs and markings:

(a) coherent road signs, not obscuring visibility;

(b) readability of road signs (position, size, colour);

(c) sign posts;

(d) coherent road markings and delineation;

(e) readability of road markings (position, dimensions and retroreflectivity under dry and wet conditions)

(f) appropriate contrast of road markings;

(g) lighting of lit roads and intersections;

(h) appropriate roadside equipment.

• 5. 

  Traffic signals:

(a) operation;

(b) visibility.

• 6. 

  Objects, clear zones and road restraint systems:

(a) roadside environment including vegetation;

(b) roadside hazards and distance from carriageway edge;

(c) user-friendly adaptation of road restraint systems (central reservations and crash barriers to prevent hazards to vulnerable users);

(d) end treatments of crash barriers;

(e) appropriate road restraint systems at bridges and culverts.

(f) fences (in roads with restricted access).

• 7. 

  Pavement:

(a) pavement defects;

(b) skid resistance;

(c) loose material/ gravel/ stones;

(d) ponding, water drainage.

• 8. 

  Other issues:

(a) provision of safe parking areas and rest areas;

(b) provision for heavy vehicles;

(c) headlight glare;

(d) roadworks

(e) unsafe roadside activities;

(f) appropriate information in ITS equipment (e.g. variable message signs)(g) wildlife and animals;

(h) school zone warnings (if applicable).";

• (4) 

  Annex III is replaced by the following:

"Annex III

ELEMENTS OF NETWORK-WIDE ROAD ASSESSMENTS

• 1. 

  General:

(a) type of road in relation to the type and size of regions/ cities it connects;

(b) length of road section;

(c) area type (rural, urban);

(d) land use (educational, commercial, industrial & manufacturing, residential, farming & agricultural, undeveloped areas);

(e) property access points density.

(f) presence of service road (e.g. for shops);

(g) presence of road works;

(h) presence of parking.

• 2. 

  Traffic volumes:

(a) traffic volumes;

(b) observed motorcycle volumes;

(c) observed pedestrian volumes on both sides, noting “along” or “crossing”;

(d) observed bicycle volumes;

(e) observed heavy vehicle volumes;

(f) estimated pedestrian flows determined from adjacent land use attributes;

(g) estimated bicycle flows determined from adjacent land use attributes.

• 3. 

  Accident data:

(a) Number and location of fatalities by road user group

(b) Number and location of serious injuries by road user group

• 4. 

  Operational characteristics:

(a) speed limit (general, for motorcycles; for trucks);

(b) operating speed (85 th percentile);

(c) speed management and/or traffic calming;

(d) presence of ITS devices: queue alerts, variable message signs;

(e) school zone warning;

(f) presence of school crossing supervisor at prescribed periods.

• 5. 

  Geometric characteristics:

(a) cross section characteristics (number, type and width of lanes, central median shoulders layout and material, cycle tracks, foot paths etc.), including their variability;

(b) horizontal curvature;

(c) grade and vertical alignment;

(d) visibility and sight distances.

• 6. 

  Objects, clear zones and road restraint systems:

(a) roadside environment and clear zones;

(b) fixed obstacles at the roadside (e.g. lighting poles, trees, etc.);

(c) distance of obstacles from roadside;

(d) density of obstacles;

(e) rumble strips;

(f) road restraint systems.

• 7. 

  Intersections:

(a) intersection type and number of arms (noting particularly type of control and presence of protected turns);

(b) presence of channelisation;

(c) intersection quality;

(d) intersecting road volume;

(e) presence of road-rail crossings.

• 8. 

  Maintenance:

(a) pavement defects;

(b) pavement skid resistance;

(c) shoulder condition (including vegetation);

(d) condition of signs, markings and delineation;

(e) condition of road restraint systems.

• 9. 

  Vulnerable road users’ facilities:

(a) pedestrian crossings (surface crossings and grade separation);

(b) pedestrian fencing;

(c) existence of sidewalk or separated facility;

(d) bicycle facilities;

(e) quality of pedestrian crossing related to conspicuity and signing of the facility; (f) pedestrian crossing facility on entry arm of minor road joining network.

• (5) 

  in Annex IV, point 1 is replaced by the following:

"1. precise as possible location of the accident, including GNSS co-ordinates;".

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