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Road Safety -. Dr Krishnan Rajam Technical Officer, WPRO WHO. Workshop – interactive format . Basic principles Issues discussed Case studies from countries Need for participants to state personal and national experience ( will not be held accountable ) 5 min break after one hour

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  1. Road Safety - Dr Krishnan Rajam Technical Officer, WPRO WHO

  2. Workshop – interactive format • Basic principles • Issues discussed • Case studies from countries • Need for participants to state personal and national experience (will not be held accountable) • 5 min break after one hour • Slides made available later

  3. 1)“Accidents”, “Injuries”, etc – What causes them?How do we prevent? • Definitions • Causes - “human error?” or “system failure” • “Preventability”

  4. “Accident” – denotes random event, chance occurrence, without pattern/predictability, unintentional nature, cannot be prevented • “Injury” – health outcome, more scientific, predictable because defined risk and protective factors, preventable

  5. Personal Vehicle Environment Pre-event Avoid alcohol consumptionObey traffic lawsSupervised training Daytime headlampsGood tyre, brakes One-way streetsSpecial lanes for motorcyclingClear road signs and signals Event Wear fastened helmetPhysical fitness; exercise, bone strength Good quality, well-fitting helmetLeg guards on cycleHeavy boots and clothing Energy absorbing barriersRoadsides clear of fixed obstructionsGuardrail along cliff Post-event Rehabilitation First aid kitEmergency radio Communication networkTransportation networkEmergency services

  6. 2) How big is the problem • What indicators – deaths, injuries, etc • Why under-reporting in most countries? • How can we assess road safety situation in a country?

  7. Comment

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  9. Ratio of deaths to injuries

  10. Cambodia – Linkage of health and police data

  11. 3) How do we choose interventions/ decide priorities in road safety?

  12. 3) How do we choose interventions / decide priorities in road safety? • Data and Research • Short and Long term action plan • Education, Enforcement, Engineering (environmental) • Role of different sectors • Ease and Cost of interventions

  13. 4) Data - Malaysia 2009 Lorries / trucks ?

  14. 5) Fleet safety • What factors affect safety of commercial / public transport vehicles?

  15. Fleet safety • Fatigue, working hours, night time work • Use of medication, drugs, alcohol, ec • Condition of vehicles • Economic and Social factors affecting fleet operations and employment

  16. 6) Legislation • Viet Nam – Motorcycle helmet legislation • Malaysia – Rear seat belt legislation • What were the main lessons learnt ? • What issues remain? • What needs to be done?

  17. 7) Activity Short / long term pedestrian safety measures • A 6 year old child dies after being knocked down by a car. She was crossing the road in front of the school at 7pm to catch the bus. • How can we prevent this tragedy?

  18. Pedestrian safety- Short and long term measures • Education ? – not effective • Enforcement – • Long term measures – Environment measures, road crossing facilities, traffic calming, planning of roads/ school location, bus pick up

  19. 8) Research • Why is research important in road safety policy making? • Who does/funds the research?

  20. Road Safety Research • MIROS, UPM, HSPH, NUS, VTI, Sweden • Need to set priorities • Feed into policy and / or evaluate interventions

  21. 9) Public / private transport • Which is safer? • Which is cost effective in the long term?

  22. Singapore’s strategies

  23. Trends in RTI death rates/100,000 pop,selected Western Pacific Region countries

  24. 10) Intersectoral cooperation mechanism for road safety • Agencies within transport – most governments – Australia, New Zealand • Committees in Cabinet – Japan, Korea • Big challenge – How to convince all relevant ministries that road safety is their business too!!

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