Vision Zero

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Vision Zero (German Vision Zero ) refers to various approaches that combines the aim of preventing accidents and injuries and diseases of the people.

Vision Zero has its origins in occupational safety , was first applied to road traffic in Sweden in the late 1990s and adopted as a preventive strategy in statutory occupational safety in Germany in the early 2000s. Human life and health are at the center of all efforts. A basic assumption of Vision Zero is that people make mistakes. Therefore, systems must be designed in such a way that these errors do not lead to life-threatening injuries or illnesses.

Occupational safety area

Measures and concepts

Since 2008 the German Statutory Accident Insurance (DGUV) has integrated the Vision Zero concept as a goal in its prevention strategy: "Vision Zero is the vision of a world without work-related accidents and work-related illnesses. Avoiding fatal and serious work-related accidents and diseases has top priority Vision Zero aims at comprehensive prevention. " In 2017, the International Social Security Association (ISSA) adopted the Vision Zero prevention strategy as a global approach.

Realization

In 2014 the trade association raw materials and chemical industry (BG RCI) adopted Vision Zero as a ten-year prevention strategy "Vision Zero. Zero accidents - work healthily". This resulted in 7 success factors for the realization of Vision Zero, which were later adopted internationally as 7 Golden Rules. The 7 success factors for Vision Zero in the area of ​​occupational safety are:

  • 1 Live leadership
  • 2 Danger recognized - danger averted
  • 3 Define goals - set up a program
  • 4 Well organized - with a system
  • 5 Machines, technology, systems - safe and healthy
  • 6 Knowledge creates security
  • 7 Motivate through participation

Road safety field

Measures and concepts

The aim of preventive measures in the field of road safety is to make roads and means of transport so safe that there are no more road deaths or serious injuries. ISO 39001 is also concerned with optimizing road safety . Some measures and concepts that have been developed from the Vision Zero concept are:

  • Structural separation of lanes in opposite directions. The lanes are separated by barriers similar to those on motorways . For this z. B. used double steel cables on posts. This could lead to a 90% reduction in accidents in implemented projects. A structural separation is only possible to a limited extent in urban areas or on roads with one lane in each direction. In addition, it must be ensured that the structural design of the separation does not pose an additional safety risk, e.g. B. for motorcyclists.
  • Bus stops will be narrowed to allow only single-lane passage. This means that bus dropouts cannot be caught by overtaking cars.
  • Intersections are replaced by roundabouts . The danger of intersections that are ignored has long been known. In addition, the speeds driven at properly designed roundabouts are lower, so that the consequences of an accident are significantly less severe on average .
  • Local entrances are provided with swiveling of the lane to prevent the entrance at excessive speed.
  • General speed limits on motorways, expressways or country roads.
  • Speed ​​limits on dangerous road sections, generally at night, in the rain or for novice drivers, supported by regular speed controls .

Earlier vision zero concepts also envisaged separating bicycle lanes from the road and from the footpath. In order to achieve effective use of the bicycle in urban local traffic at the same time, this is associated with a high structural effort. The safe merging of traffic routes for cars, bicycles and pedestrians at junctions is complicated, which is why the strong spatial separation between motor vehicle and bicycle traffic in urban traffic is now often no longer viewed as promoting safety, based on relevant accident investigations, for example in Germany.

realization

Since 1997, the Swedish government has pursued the goal of designing all Swedish roads according to this principle by 2015. All newly built routes will only be built according to the Vision Zero principle and the old road networks will be upgraded.

In Germany, the German Road Safety Council decided in 2007 to make Vision Zero the basis of its road safety work.

The Switzerland working on its own implementation of the Vision Zero. The projects “Vesipo” (discontinued) and “ Via sicura ” (current) try to achieve vision zero concepts while minimizing costs and obstructing traffic.

The European Commission has set the target of 2050, when “almost nobody” will die on European roads.

Networks

In Europe and internationally, the vision of completely avoiding accidents at work has established itself and there are now corresponding networks and forums in many countries .

In Finland , the “Finnish Zero Accident Forum” started back in 2003 with initially 30 participating companies. The network, renamed “Finnish Vision Zero Forum”, now has over 400 members.

The “Zero Accidents Network Nederland (ZAN)” forum has existed in the Netherlands since 2012.

The Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA) founded the Zero Accident Forum for Germany in 2013 - based on the example of the Finnish network. The German forum is also a cross-sector company network with the aim of preventing work and commuting accidents. The focus of the joint activities is on exchanging experiences and networking.

In addition, four focus groups were set up on the following topics: behavior-related measures and safety culture, mobility and operational road safety , technical measures and personal protective equipment , organizational measures.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Social Accident Insurance eV: DGUV - Prevention - Vision Zero. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Vision Zero Homepage | Vision Zero. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ VISION ZERO - strategy. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Alrutz, D. et al: Accident risk and standard acceptance of cyclists , reports of the Federal Highway Research Institute V 184, Bergisch Gladbach 2009., ISBN 978-3-86509-920-4 .
  5. ↑ dvr.de series 16, Vision Zero. (accessed on June 12, 2016)
  6. ↑ DEKRA Road Safety Report 2014 p. 27
  7. ↑ International Social Security Association (ISSA): Global ISSA Vision Zero Campaign. Retrieved April 23, 2020 .
  8. ^ Finnish Institute of Occupational Health: Vision Zero Forum. Retrieved April 20, 2020 .
  9. ^ OSH WIKI: Zero accident vision. Retrieved April 23, 2020 .
  10. ^ Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO): Zero Accidents Netwerk Nederland. Retrieved April 23, 2020 .
  11. ^ Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA): Zero Accident Forum. Retrieved April 23, 2020 .