Greece, with almost 1.300 fatalities in road accidents per year, is one of the worst performing countries, as far as road safety is concerned, among the 27 members of the European Union. The low level of road safety in Greece is due to the fact that road accidents have never been treated effectively. The responsible authorities (Ministries, municipalities) lacking organization and by implementing fragmentary road safety measures without coordination and continuity in time, are not able to achieve the desirable results neither to inform and sensitize the public for the importance of road safety and the need for responsible driving behaviour. The project titled “Development of a Strategic Plan for the improvement of road safety in Greece, 2011-2020” was assigned to the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering (DTPE) of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) by the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. The objective of this project is the development of the Strategic Plan for the improvement of road safety in Greece for the period 2011-2020 which will have specific quantitative targets and appropriate structure. This will result to the selection, application, monitoring and assessment of the necessary measures for the reduction of road accidents and corresponding deaths and injuries as well as to the achievement in Greece too, of the European target according to which the number of deaths in road accidents in 2020 must be reduced by 50% comparing to 2010. (Author/publisher)
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