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Railway Safety in Estonia - 22 - Annual Report 2011
Prevention is an area that is paid more and more
attention. We have come to the understanding that
fighting consequences is usually many times more
expensive and less efficient. Prevention is also an
important task in the daily work of the Police and Border
Guard Board’s employees. We make an effort to make
these nice words it into reality and save people’s lives.
Unfortunately, there are still many areas where the
awareness of the general public could be improved.
Violence between close relatives and drug use are just
a couple of them to be mentioned. Besides these very
important issues we cannot forget a problem resulting
in the loss of more and more human lives – lack of traffic
culture in Estonia.
In 2011 the number of people killed in traffic in Estonia
reached 101. Although most of these fatalities were
caused by road accidents, we should pay equal attention
to railway accidents. The statistics shows that most
of the railway accidents have serious or even fatal
consequences. This is proven by the fact that 70% of
pedestrians involved in railway accidents in 2010 and
2011 got killed.
The larger is the network of partners contributing in
achieving common goals, the better
results can be expected. We can do even
more if each person on the streets would
think how he or she could contribute to
the improvement of traffic culture.
We are grateful to Operation Lifesaver
Estonia for the good cooperation and
their input for making Estonia safer! I
wish you safe traffic!
Northern Prefecture
The territory of the Northern prefecture is the area where
lives the majority of Estonia’s population. Therefore, it is
really important to deliver the traffic safety messages to
as large audience as possible. This was one of the reasons
why we decided to train two additional OLE presenters
for our region.
In 2011 the number of people killed in traffic
in Estonia reached 101. Although most of these
fatalities were caused by road accidents, we should
pay equal attention to railway accidents. The
statistics shows that most of the railway accidents
have serious or even fatal consequences.
COOPRATION IN THE FIELD
OF TRAFFIC SAFETY
Police and Border Guard Board
Tarmo Miilits | Deputy Director General
COOPERATION PROJECTS