Safety of road traffic in Vysočina
In 2006, the Region accepted the strategic document „Concepts for Safe Road traffic in the Vysočina Region“ (BESIP Concept). This document defines the fundamental scope of the problem areas, which the Region is capable of affecting; lays out possible solutions; and designates objective, both short-term and long-term, leading to better safety on the roads.
Table – Vehicular accidents in Vysočina
Graph – Number of Accidents in Vysočina by Road Type
As part of fulfilling the BESIP Guidelines, the Vysočina Region:
accepted a long-term budgetary measure for the support of constructing,
renovating, and modernizing children’s traffic playgrounds,
for which a loan was released in the amount of CZK 1.5 million for the year 2006; the same amount was approved for 2007,
as well. This support allowed for the implementation of projects in the total amount of CZK 2,367,183, which,
for example, purchased 64 bicycles, 5 little cars, cycling helmets, and educational aids for vehicular training;
a system of signal lights was put into service or was newly purchased for intersections at the traffic playgrounds;
three trailers were rebuilt as classrooms and bicycle storage; several classrooms near children’s playgrounds were
repaired; a new fence was built around one playground; and one completely new playgrounds was built;
adopted a grant program called „Safe Roads 2006” for the support of activities and measures contributing
to more safety in road traffic, particularly in terms of reducing speeding in municipalities, which the Region supported
with a financial amount of CZK 2,119 million. The cost-intensive activities involved projects aiming to help the police
implement law enforcement measures, such as purchase of laser speed meters for the local police corps (2), building speed
retarders, and installation of speed meters in municipalities (16);