Decreasing of road transport externalities in the Slovak Republic

With increasing traffic volume and traffic capacity the accompanying negative characters are still more proved and the problems have been associated with the establishment and functioning of the transport system. The mentioned problems are mainly: –– negative impact on the environment, –– increasing number of traffic accidents, threats to human health and life, –– traffic congestion, breakdowns and other negative impacts. Road safety is a serious problem of road transport development. Although, the accident rate in Slovakia generally decreases in recent years, its consequences are enormous and it is difficult to quantify it. Traffic accidents cannot be completely eliminated, but it is possible to reduce the number and severity of accidents with the cooperation of various research institutes, international organizations and experts from different fields of science with ministries of transport. Wide variety of ITS applications is a real opportunity for development of movement in the future. Today’s intelligent transport systems products and services in EU are based on telecommunication, electronic, and information technology. A wide range of new applications represents a real revolution in transport. In our paper we would like to analyse road traffic accident rate in the Slovak Republic as one of the main externalities, and the possibilities of decreasing them with the assistance of telematics applications.