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Network-Wide Road Safety Assessment in Germany - A Way Towards the Consideration of Proactive Indicators
Dr. Marco Irzik Head of Road Design, Traffic Flow, Traffic Control section, Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute (BASt), Germany
Miriam Niestegge Road Safety Consultant, Transport Consult GmbH (Germany)
Hagen Schueller Director, Traffic Management and Road Safety, PTV Transport Consult GmbH (Germany)
Germany is currently using a crash-based procedure for network-wide road safety assessment. This reactive approach is described in the guideline "Recommendations for the Network Safety Management - ESN" from 2003. With the update of the EU-Directive on road infrastructure safety management (2019/1936) the German Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) asked the Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) to develop a new approach that additionally includes proactive indicators as well as considers the experiences from safety management practice in Germany.