ILCAD 2012

LAST NEWS! 2nd UIC drawing contest for children on level crossing safety officially launched.

ILCAD Partners in the world

The UIC and the railway community, in conjunction with a rising number of road sector organisations, the European Commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), have established the ILCAD (International Level Crossing Awareness Day) campaign to raise awareness among road users and pedestrians of the risks at level crossings and to change their behaviour.

When compared to other rail operational statistics, too many people die or are injured in accidents at level crossings. These however are in the majority of cases due to misuse by motorists and pedestrians whilst the popular misconception is that these fatal accidents are a railway problem. Conferences on the issue show that the only really effective way to decrease the number of accidents, short of closing all level crossings, is education, highlighting the risks and making people aware of the potential consequences if they do not follow the simple rules of the road.

In 2011 more than 40 countries committed around the world, over 500 press articles were published and in several countries level crossings hit the headlines on prime time on television and radio.

In addition to the ILCAD website created in 2010 and hosted by UIC (around 17,000 connections) the UIC decided to use social networks more frequently in 2011: An ILCAD facebook page was launched (170 friends), as well as a twitter page on which all kind of information related to level crossing safety is being published: photos, videos, press articles, partners’ actions. For Christmas a blog was created.

Building on the successes of the 2009, 2010 and 2011 campaigns, the ILCAD 2012 (International Level Crossing Awareness Day) will focus on the principle date: 7 June 2012 under a single logo and motto “Act safely at level crossings”. This motto exists now in more than 20 languages.

More and more countries around the world join our action. What about you ? You can join free of charge as all activity is on a purely collaborative basis.

So join us and help the railway community to reduce this level of operational risk that we face at the interface with the road sector.

SAVE THE DATE : 7 June 2012

For more information on the past campaign please visit the dedicated website or contact the ILCAD Coordinator