|
- supply vehicle | ||||||
|
_______in city traffic |
___________16.0 |
55.4 |
3.0 |
6.0 |
498 |
0.18 |
|
_____on highway |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
- freight vehicle | ||||||
|
_______in city traffic |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
_____on highway |
330 |
8.0 |
17.5 |
2.8 |
1158 |
1.59 |
|
- motorcycle_______ | ||||||
|
_______in city traffic |
60 |
15.6 |
0.1 |
14.0 |
163 |
- |
|
on highway |
_____________3.5 |
8.5 |
0.2 |
4.7 |
- |
- |
Source: Wagener N., Environmental Protection and Safety Standards. Transurb Consult and
Elmar Hertzog und Partner Management Institut GmbH, Berlin, 1997. p. 5a
Road transport is well known for one more very important problem of modern traffic-
the safety of people and material goods. In Croatia during 1996 11 740 traffic accidents with
people involved were evidenced, in which 16 182 persons were injured and 721 were killed.3
Comparing these data with safety parameters for Slovenia, and taking into consideration the
number of inhabitants of both countries it can be deducted that the safety level is similar.
Among other EU countries Slovenia occupies the leading place as the country with the lowest
safety level.
Unfortunately, the unsatisfying safety parameters in Croatian road transport are not
changing despite numerous activities undertaken by the Ministry of maritime affairs, traffic
and communications in cooperation with The Ministry of internal affairs (Traffic police)
focused on diminution of accidents and more equal division of labour between transport
branches.
In international tourists flows (1998) the highest share is addressed to air transport
(43,7 per cent), only a little bit lower to road transport (41,4 per cent), while the share of other
transportation branches is almost symbolic.4 In Croatia the share of road transport in tourism
flows is more than 90 per cent.5
If these facts are put in comparison to interdependence of transport and tourism, not
only in Croatia but also in Europe, serious measures have to be undertaken towards definition
and organization of a sustainable development concept. It should include not only transport
and tourism but also all the other activities that base their development on transport but
always bearing in mind that nature is an unrestorable resource to be preserved for future
generation.
3 Prijevoz, Skladistenje I veze. Drzavni zavod za Statistiku, Zagreb,1999,p.112
4 Tourism Highlights 2000.WTO, August 2000,p.3
5 Mrnjavac, Edna. Tourist Transport and Environmental Protection. 15th Bienal congress “Hotel 2000 Tourism
and Hospitality: Trends and Challenges for Future”, Opatija, 2000,p.