- access point
means a digital point of access where the road safety-related traffic data necessary for generating the road safety-related minimum universal traffic information are collected, formatted, and made available for exchange and reuse;
- animal, people, obstacles, debris on the road
means any situation where animals, debris, obstacles or people are positioned on the road where one would not expect to find them so that an emergency manoeuvre might be required to avoid them;
- end user
means any driver benefiting from road safety-related minimum universal traffic information services;
- exceptional weather conditions
means unusual, severe or unseasonal weather conditions which might affect safe driving;
- free of charge
means the provision of the road safety-related minimum universal traffic information service at no extra cost for the end users at the point of use.
- reduced visibility
means visibility affected by any condition that reduces the sight range of drivers and which might affect safe driving;
- road safety-related minimum universal traffic information
means any extracted, aggregated and processed road safety-related traffic data, offered by public and/or private road operators and/or service providers to end users through any delivery channels;
- road safety-related minimum universal traffic information service
means a real-time traffic information service that provides an agreed minimum road safety-related content and which can be accessed at minimum effort by a maximum of end users;
- road safety-related traffic data
means data necessary for providing the road safety-related minimum universal traffic information service and collected via any private or public source;
- short-term road works
means any temporary road works that are carried out on the road or on the side of the road and which are indicated only by minimum signing because of the short-term nature of these works;
- temporary slippery road
means any unforeseen condition of the road surface which makes it slippery for a certain amount of time, causing low adherence of the vehicle to the road;
- trans-European road network
means the road network as defined in Section 2 of Annex I to Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with the exclusion of urban nodes;
- unmanaged blockage of a road
means any blockage of a road, partial or total, which has not been adequately secured and signposted;
- unprotected accident area
means the area where an accident has occurred and which has not yet been secured by the competent authority;
- user of road safety-related minimum universal traffic information
means any legal or natural person participating in the provision of road safety-related minimum universal traffic information services, such as public and private road operators, traffic managers, service providers, and broadcasters dedicated to traffic information;
- wrong-way driver
means a vehicle travelling on the wrong side of a divided carriageway against the oncoming traffic;