By: Mr. Aizaz Ahmed. PE, PTOE Executive Director

1. 6/21/2007

2. 6/21/2007 Presentation Overview Crashes in Pakistan/Asian Highway Network National Trends in Road Crashes based on Health Sector/National Injury Survey data Economic Cost/Spending on Road Safety Pakistan Road Safety Issues Action taken by GOP Agenda for Road Safety in Pakistan Conclusion

3. 6/21/2007 Reported Fatal and Non-Fatal Crashes In Pakistan

4. 6/21/2007 Asian Highway Network In Pakistan Length of the Asian Highway Network is 4964km 1.26 causalities per kilometer 0.30 fatalities per kilometer

5. 6/21/2007 National Trends in Road Crashes based on Health Sector /National Injury Survey data Annual RTC Fatal + Serious Injuries are over 400,000. Annual RTI including minor injuries are about 2 Million. 5

6. 6/21/2007 Distribution of Injuries by Causes in Pakistan

7. 6/21/2007 Vulnerable Road Users Pedestrians Public transportation vehicle users motorcyclists Mostly poor people are involved in road crashes

8. 6/21/2007 Economic Cost/Spending on Road Safety Over 100 billion rupees for Pakistan. Pakistan has spent $0.07 per capita (0.015% of GDP/capita) on road safety in 1998.

9. 6/21/2007 Vehicle Production in Pakistan

10. 6/21/2007 Motorization

11. 6/21/2007 Main reasons for the poor road safety record Lack of awareness of road safety problem in public. Lack of institutional capacity Lack of adequately trained and motivated staff; and Insufficient funding of road safety measures.

12. 6/21/2007 Pakistan Road Safety Issues Institutional Road Users Public Transportation Road Infrastructure Vehicle Safety Enforcement Legislation Regulation Hospital/Emergency Response

13. 6/21/2007 Institutional Issue Lack of coordination, cooperation, collaboration among safety stakeholders. Insufficient allocation of financial and human resources to road safety program. Lack of Institutional capacity in Road Safety and Road Safety Champions within highway agencies.

14. 6/21/2007 Institutional Issue (Contd) Unavailability of trained Traffic Operation Engineers and Road Safety Auditors. Lack of training and educational opportunities to road safety professional. Dependency on high cost international Consultants. Most critical of the above is lack of Road Safety Champions within highway agencies. This is the first step in building the institutional capacity for road safety.

15. 6/21/2007 Road Users Issue Pedestrians prefer J-waking. Most of children walk to school unaccomplished by an adult. Pedestrians walking on road under dark condition do not pay any attention to make them visible. Use of cell phone while driving, walking and even motor-biking is increasing day by day. No rule has yet been made for pedestrian country wide. . .

16. 6/21/2007 Public Transportation Issue Upto 20 years old public transportation vehicles are plying on our roadway. Shortage of public transportation is causing overloading of Public vehicles. Lack of government run public transportation has resulted into many small transportation companies and those are difficult to regulate.

17. 6/21/2007 Road Infrastructure Issue Road side hazards is big issue in Pakistan Work Zones are poorly designed and MPT devices used does not meet the international standards. There is no pay item for MPT in the construction contracts. There is no policy on U-Turns. The illegal U-Turns made by the business owners are causing road crashes.

18. 6/21/2007 Road Infrastructure Issue (Contd) Underpass chocked during rain making them unusable. Parking space is not available in the major cities, leading to congestion and road crashes due to unauthorized parked vehicles. The driver expectancy has been arisen due to better designed and built motorways which creates safety problem on road network other than motorway. There is no QC/QA mechanism in place for road safety design.

19. 6/21/2007 Vehicle Safety Issue Illegal fabrication of cargo vehicles/trucks Illegal High intensity lights are being used by the drivers, which are a cause of glare and crashes during night time. Drivers are not aware of proper use of fog lights. Vehicle safety inspection is performed only on public transportation vehicles.

20. 6/21/2007 Enforcement Issue Lack of centralized licensing and registration data Lack of basic enforcement equipments Extended shift hours and low salary

21. 6/21/2007 Legislation Regulation Issue Highway Ordinance and Motor vehicle Ordinance along with their rules need be consolidated in one document. Safety Ordinance yet have to be adopted by the provincial governments and rules have to be formulated. Generally public is not aware of their legal rights/options in case of a road crash. The third party vehicle insurance is mostly fake. Furthermore, it only covers the passengers inside the vehicle, not even the passengers of other vehicle involved in the crash.

22. 6/21/2007 Legislation Regulation (Contd) There is no legislation for securing cargo container on trailers and to bring those responsible for this criminal act to justice. Current fine structure is not helpful in changing the driver behavior. Fatal Accident Act, 1855 and Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1965 are outdated.

23. 6/21/2007 Hospital/Emergency Response State of the art trauma centers are generally not available in Pakistan. With exception to Lahore City, there is no government or hospital based ambulance service for crash incidents response. Typically no advance information of crash victim is received in hospitals from first responder to the scene. EDHI/ similar services merely provide transportation service as their ambulances are not well equipped and typically staff is not trained to provide basic life support.

24. 6/21/2007 Action taken by GOP National Road Safety Secretariat (NRSS) was established as lead road safety agency under the Ministry of Communications (MOC). NRSS is developing Pakistan�s first ever National Road Safety Plan which is expected to be finalized and adopted by fall of this year. NRSS is also plan to form Stakeholder committee to engage private sector in road safety.

25. 6/21/2007 Action taken by GOP (Contd) A Road Safety Plan has been prepared for the rural Sindh by Road Sector Development Directorate (RSDD), Works & Services Department, Government of Sindh. National Highway and Motorway Police has extended its coverage areas to N-25 RCD (Karachi-Chaman) and Costal Highway Punjab Traffic Warden Program has been introduced in five big cities. Model Emergency Rescue Service Medical Service, (Rescue 1122) has been equipped with state of the art equipment for rescue and emergency response. Lhr, grw, rwp, fds, multanLhr, grw, rwp, fds, multan

26. 6/21/2007 Action taken by GOP (Contd) ITP is working to streamline licensing issuance procedure and has developed education program for drivers. Draft National Transportation policy has been prepared by NTRC which also has a section on road safety.

27. 6/21/2007 Priority targeted areas for Road Safety in Pakistan Institutional capacity building Development of National Road Safety Databank Motorcycle Safety Pedestrian/Bike safety Roadside design Road safety Audits Pre-hospital care Training and education of commercial drivers Development of National Road Safety Fund

28. 6/21/2007 Agenda for Road Safety In Pakistan Sustained political will and ownership at the highest level Multi-sectoral approach Establish National Road Safety fund. Institute Provincial Road Safety bodies with professional and financial support; Effective and functional institutional framework be built to develop and implement polices. Institutions to be restructured and bottlenecks be removed to achieve the road safety targets. 28

29. 6/21/2007 Agenda for Road Safety In Pakistan (Contd) NRSS be established on permanent basis to regulate resources and to coordinate road safety efforts at national level. Organizational set-up be extended upto district level to achieve targeted goals, to translate & implement policy and to coordinate activity at grass root level. Source of data provision be identified and its accuracy & consistency for documentation be ensured. RSA be made mandatory for all projects costing RS. 10 Million or more and develop training program for RSA. 29

30. 6/21/2007 Agenda for Road Safety In Pakistan (Contd) Establish Traffic Engineering & Safety Directorate within highway agencies. Develop National Policy on Road Safety covering both preventive and post-crash aspects. Road Safety Park should be established in major cities to educate children. Mass Public Transit System such as Light Rail and/or Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) be introduced in major cities. Uniform vehicle inspection centers for the public service vehicles be established around the country.

31. 6/21/2007 Agenda for Road Safety In Pakistan (Contd) Speed Monitoring device be installed in public transportation buses and concept of self enforcement among private transporter be introduced. Congestion management program be developed in urban areas Separate lane for motorcyclist should be considered in urban arteries Centralized licensing and vehicle registration system should be introduced initially at provincial level. Development of Incident Management Centers

32. 6/21/2007 Agenda for Road Safety In Pakistan (Contd) Establishment of Satellite Resuscitation (Life Support) Center Provision of Spinal Boards to ambulance services Improvement of Hospital based ambulance services Provision of Air transportation option in urban cities

33. 6/21/2007 Conclusion Road traffic crashes are predictable and therefore preventable. Road users in Pakistan deserve better and safer road travel. Plan and design roadway considering human factors. 33

34. 6/21/2007 Conclusion (Contd) Stable and sufficient flow of funds for road safety is essential. Support of Government of Pakistan and International donors/lenders agencies is very vital for the success of Pakistan Road Safety Program.

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