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Network-Wide Road Safety Assessment in Germany - A Way Towards the Consideration of Proactive Indicators

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.

  • Information sheet

    • Date: 2025
    • Author(s): IRZIK Marco / NIESTEGGE Miriam / SCHUELLER Hagen
    • Domain(s): Road Safety
    • Type: RR404 - Features
    • PIARC Ref.: RR404-019
    • Number of pages: 5
  • This article has been published in the Routes/Roads magazine

    N° 404

    1er trimestre 2025 / Mars

    Sécurité routière