Traffic safety plans of the municipalities

In some cases, insufficient consideration is taken of level crossing safety in traffic safety plans devised by the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres) and the municipalities. Stronger account should be taken of level crossing safety in the traffic safety planning instructions.

Level crossing safety should also be included in the provincial and municipal traffic safety plans.

For example, strong account is taken of level crossing safety in the plan of the City of Pori. According to the Ministry of Transport and Communication's comments on the investigation report draft, the municipalities and ELY Centres use design software as a traffic safety planning tool. This software displays information on all road traffic accidents, based on location information. However, the software does not include level crossing accidents and the Ministry believes that these should be added.

In some cases, insufficient consideration is taken of level crossing safety in traffic safety plans devised by the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres) and the municipalities. Stronger account should be taken of level crossing safety in the traffic safety planning instructions.