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ROAD INJURY PREVENTION Western Cape Health and W ellness Summit

ROAD INJURY PREVENTION Western Cape Health and W ellness Summit. Outline of presentation. Road traffic injuries as contributor to the burden of disease: Cost of crashes Link to Provincial Strategic Objective 3 Projects Decade of action Desired outcomes. Cost of crashes.

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ROAD INJURY PREVENTION Western Cape Health and W ellness Summit

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  1. ROAD INJURY PREVENTION Western Cape Health and Wellness Summit

  2. Outline of presentation • Road traffic injuries as contributor to the burden of disease: Cost of crashes • Link to Provincial Strategic Objective 3 • Projects • Decade of action • Desired outcomes

  3. Cost of crashes Research as done by the CSIR for the Department of Community Safety 25% of cost as related to Drunken Driving and as per evidence given in S v Hendricks

  4. Provincial Strategic Objective 3 • Outcome 1: 13% modal shift, private to public transport by 2014, • Outcome 2: Shift in freight haulage from road to rail increasing by 10% by 2014 • Outcome 3: Reducing road fatalities by 50% by 2014 • Outcome 4: Reduce the transport infrastructure backlog by 16% by 2014

  5. Projects • Average speed over distance • Shadow Centres (Alcohol Evidence Centres) • Digital communication platform (website) • Intelligence and data centre (crash statistical analysis)

  6. Average speed over distance • A new approach to provincial speed enforcement • Identified road: Beaufort West to Aberdeen : R61 • Project Start Date • 1 July 2011 • Launched • 30 October 2011

  7. ASOD: location

  8. ASOD: the sites

  9. ASOD: intended outcome

  10. ASOD: Italian outcome • Fewer Accidents = Fewer Injuries + Deaths • Survey Italy • Source: Autostrade • Operational since 2009 on 2,220 km of roads • Statistics: • Accidents dropped 19% • Injuries dropped 27% • Deaths dropped 51%

  11. ASOD: impact

  12. Shadow Centres • PPP with SAB Miller to establish Alcohol Evidence Centres (Safely Home Anti Drunk Driving Operational War Rooms: contributing a maximum of R1 000 000 per centre) • Athlone • Opened December 2009 • George • opened December 2010 • Worcester • completed and to open soon • West Coast • in planning process of site identification • PPP with SAB Miller to establish Alcohol Evidence Centres (Safely Home Anti Drunk Driving Operational War Rooms: contributing a maximum of R1 000 000 per centre) • Athlone • Opened December 2009 • George • opened December 2010 • Worcester • completed and to open soon • West Coast • in planning process of site identification

  13. Impact of S v Hendricks • Major findings • Breath alcohol testing is Constitutional • State must use all means at disposal to fight the scourge of drinking and driving, inclusive of Breath Alcohol Testing devices • The Dräger machine can be reliable if used in basic specification form (problems with type endorsement, accreditation, regulations, calibration, servicing, standard operating procedures and training) • Way forward • Task team has been created to address all issues and good progress is being made

  14. Website development Digital Communications Platform • The development and implementation of a fully fledged platform that will incorporate all aspects of modern electronic media • www.safelyhome.co.za

  15. Intelligence and data • Need for • Interaction with all role players • Forensic Pathology Service • Freeway Management System • All local authorities and South African Police • Availability and sharing of up to date statistical information • Study of trends and management of outcomes

  16. Fatalities: monthly comparison

  17. Crash deaths projection January 2009: Forensic Pathology Services report 1739 RTC deaths September 2011: Forensic Pathology Services report 1335 RTC deaths December 2014: Projected total of 874 RTC deaths in the last year

  18. Decade of Action • Pillar 1- Road safety management PLTF, ITSG and WG’s • Pillar 2- Safer roads and mobility Engineering • Pillar 3- Safer vehicles Rolling Enforcement Plan and VTS Liaison with Vehicle manufacturers • Pillar 4- Safer road users Awareness and education • Pillar 5- Post-crash response EMS/Trauma Society right patient right hospital right time

  19. Halving death by 2014? • Annual Death Toll At Jan 2009: 1739 • Projected Death Toll At Dec 2014: 874 • Death Toll Reduction: 49.75%

  20. Contact Details • Yasir Ahmed yasir.ahmed@pgwc.gov.za 021- 483-2317 083-646-8100 • David Frost david.frost@pgwc.gov.za 021-483-5818 082-576-2159 • Kenneth Africa kafrica@pgwc.gov.za 021-483-7823 084-562-4574 • Kevin October kevin.october@pgwc.gov.za 021-483-7882 083-393-1669

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