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Road Safety Measures Management In Bangladesh

Road Safety Measures Management In Bangladesh. Syed Mahboob Hasan Additional Secretary Local Government Division Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Country Paper. Prelude.

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Road Safety Measures Management In Bangladesh

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  1. Road Safety Measures Management In Bangladesh SyedMahboobHasan Additional Secretary Local Government Division Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives Bangladesh The Bangladesh Country Paper

  2. Prelude • Promote regional and sub regional cooperation among member countries. Asian Highway (AH) has 141000 km long road network crisscrossing 32 Asian countries, out of which Bangladesh Part is 1769 km. • AH-1,AH-2 AH-41 • Keenly interested to see that the goals and objectives of AH are not only conceived but also achieved.

  3. Road Safety Situations FIR: First Investigation Report ( by Police) MAAP: Micro-computer Accident Analysis Package Note : Annual actual estimated fatalities::10,000 – 12,000 Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

  4. Number of Injuries and Casualties Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET and MAAP database

  5. Pedestrian Fatalities The statistics revealed that the pedestrian fatalities shows decreasing trend during 2002-2005. It sharply declined in 2006-07. Note:No. of vehicles 923785 (2006), 1054057 (2007) .No. of vehicle increasing at the rate of 11.2%. Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET and MAAP database.

  6. Child Fatalities It shows that the percentage of child fatalities is almost static during 2002-2007 though there is slight fall from previous years. Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

  7. Vehicle Statistics and their Involvement in Road Fatalities Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

  8. Prone areas of accidents • Nearly 37 percent in National Highways, • 12 percent in Regional Roads • 15 percent in Feeder Roads. • Nearly 40 percent at junctions in urban areas. • Accidents are highly clustered at some locations. Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

  9. Types of Accidents • Hit pedestrian (43.7%), • Rear end collisions (16.4%), • Head on collisions (13.3%), • Overturning (9.4%). • These four accident types account for nearly 83 percent of the accidents Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

  10. Vehicular Involvement in Accidents Over involvement of Buses and Trucks • In Accidents, • bus/minibus - 33% • trucks - 27% and • In fatal accidents • bus/minibus - 38% • trucks - 30% Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

  11. FACTORS of ACCIDENTS • Road user errors (90%) • Adverse road conditions or environment (30%) • Vehicle defects (10%) Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

  12. Road Safety Policy Priority • The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) was established in 1995. The council formulated • “National Road Safety Strategic Action Plan 2008-2010”. The action plan has identified the following priorities: • Planning, Management and Co-ordination of Road safety • Road Traffic Accident Data System • Road Safety Engineering • Road and Traffic Legislation • Traffic Enforcement • Driver Training and Testing • Vehicle Safety • Road Safety Education and Publicity • Medical Services for Road traffic Accident Victims

  13. Measures for road safety • National Land Transport Policy has been prepared. • Establishment of Highway Police • Strict control of overloading of heavy vehicles • Enhancement of Enforcement and Regulations • Road safety component has now been given explicit consideration in the upgrading, rehabilitation and new road schemes • Motor vehicle Act updated with stringent provisions • Road safety issues are initiated to include in primary and secondary curriculum.

  14. Suggestions: • Regional co-operation • Soft funding windows from development partners

  15. Thanks for patience

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