Zavarovalnica Triglav dd : Call for cofinancing additional traffic signals at level crossings

According to Slovenian police data, in 2016 there were 17 accidents on the railways. This year alone there were already 21 accidents by 1 November. These included 14 incidents that resulted in twisted metal, three people suffered bodily injuries, and four times this year accidents cost human lives. The issue of road traffic safety at level crossings is linked primarily to non-observance of traffic regulations. All too often, the improper behaviour of drivers at level crossings results in traffic accidents. Particularly prominent here are accidents at passively protected level crossings on local roads, which are marked only with a St Andrew's cross. There are more than 400 such crossings in Slovenia.

Public call for safer railway crossings

In view of the discouraging statistics, the company A.s.K and Zavarovalnica Triglav decided to cofinance the installation of COPS@rail (Collision Preventing Safety) systems on 12 road sections that cross railway lines and are not well protected. Municipalities can apply for cofinancing of up to EUR 5,000 up until 22 November 2017. The full text of the call for applications is published on the website www.ask.si/novice.

'In the selected municipalities we will install the COPS@rail warning systems, which alert drivers to level crossings, warn them to stop and use greater caution crossing the tracks, and based on traffic statistics data recorded by the system units, enable further measures to increase safety and optimise the regulation of traffic,' said Peter Korun, Managing Director of A.s.K.

The new systems are part of the project Working together to improve road safety

The public call for regulating road sections that cross railway lines in Slovenian municipalities marks the start of a new season in the project Working together to improve road safety, which A.s.K. and Zavarovalnica Triglav have been implementing since 2014. During this time the companies have already installed COPS@road warning systems on 24 dangerous road sections in Slovenia, and on some of these they have recorded a traffic safety increase of as much as 90 per cent. 'At Triglav we are proud of the project results recorded so far, since together with our partners and Slovenian municipalities we have increased safety on 24 dangerous sections of road - crossroads, underpasses, bridges and other locations across Slovenia,' said Luka Pušnik, head of corporate communication at Zavarovalnica Triglav, adding: 'Given the consequences of traffic accidents on road sections that cross railway lines, and in the desire to contribute to greater safety in this area, through this call we invite Slovenian municipalities to join us in regulating certain traffic points where road users are exposed to severe injury.'

In issuing the public call, Zavarovalnica Triglav also prepared handy information material regarding traffic safety and the rules of safe driving on road sections that cross railway lines. You can find this material on the website Vse bo v redu (Everything will be OK), at the following link: http://vsebovredu.triglav.si/na-poti/nesrece-na-prehodih-cez-zeleznisko-progo-lahko-preprecimo.