ACA: driving Andorra forward

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28.01.21

Since its creation in 1954, the Automobile Club of Andorra (ACA) has always been working to serve its members, to promote a safer and more sustainable mobility and motor sport for all. Read below the full interview with ACA’s outgoing President Enric Pujal Torres, and discover the highlights of ACA activities in the area of Mobility over the last 8 years.

The ACA is today the largest club in Andorra with more than 10,000 members. In a rapidly changing market, the Club has been able to anticipate and adapt, diversifying its service offering, particularly in the area of mobility and road safety, in collaboration with national authorities and institutions.

“In 1955, the ACA proposed to the government the signage on the road following FIA's indications”, says Enric Pujal, who has been President of the Automobile Club of Andorra since 2013. 

“In 1958, the ACA was responsible for studying Andorra's first traffic code, and since 2012, the Club has been publishing the IMACA (“Informe de Mobilitat” ACA) dossier, collecting the country’s mobility data about road crashes, penalties, number of registered vehicles, the impact of traffic on the atmosphere, etc.”

Andorra is one of the most motorised countries in the world, with 1.05 vehicles per person. One of the causes of this high percentage arise from the lack of habit for the use of public transport and a network that is not entirely effective. 

In a bid to improve road safety in the country, ACA has focused on research and identified areas for improvement, both in terms of infrastructure and behaviour on the road.

“In 2019 the Club created the ‘Zero Accident Mission’ programme, with the collaboration of the Andorran government”, explains Mr Pujal.

“The ‘Zero Accidents Mission' campaign not only aims to reduce the number of deaths on Andorran roads to zero through impactful communications campaigns, but also to target all those groups – cyclists, car drivers and pedestrians – who, in one way or another, are directly exposed to the public roads.”

The Club’s initiatives in the area sustainable mobility are no less impressive than its efforts in road safety.

“In 2013, ACA published a first dossier on electric mobility, which was the basis of the government project to help people buy electric vehicles”, continues Mr Pujal. “In 2015, we made recommendations on the use of bicycles in Andorra, and in 2016 we published a publication on the importance of open data and data management.”

Today ACA participates in the National Commission on Energy and Climate Change, in the follow-up commission for the electric bicycle rental service in Andorra, and actively collaborates in various government projects on sustainable mobility.

The ACA Team has great ambitions for the future, continuing to provide members with high quality services, and developing closer ties with institutions for a more responsible mobility.  

“ACA is committed to remaining a strong leader in mobility through its new services and through its work with government and institutions to achieve a safer and more sustainable mobility for all. Thanks to the FIA family, we share the feeling of being stronger together”, concludes Mr Pujal.