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World Bank View. Albania Road Safety Seminar Tirana, February 17, 2003. World Bank and Road Safety ______________________________________.

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  1. World Bank View Albania Road Safety Seminar Tirana, February 17, 2003

  2. World Bank and Road Safety______________________________________ “Road Safety is an issue of immense human proportions, it’s an issue of economic proportions, it’s an issue of social proportions and it’s also an issue of equity. Road safety very much affects poor people”  James D. Wolfensohn President, World Bank Group

  3. Road Safety is a serious public health issue….____________________________________________ • About 800,000 people die on the world’s roads each year • A further 24 million are injured • The economic cost is about 1% of GDP in low income countries, 1.5% in transition economies • It is the 9th leading cause of death today • WHO estimates it will be the 3rd leading cause of death worldwide in 2020 ...in Albania, MOH perceives traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of death, and accident victims are the main users of hospital emergency services!

  4. Crash of Air France Concorde Flight 4590 killed 109 passengers plus 4 on the ground = 113 persons in total Paris July 25, 2000

  5. Some comparisons………………______________________________________ Total annual global traffic fatalities:about 800,000 Single Concorde crash, fatalities:113 • Traffic accident equivalents • 800,000 road deaths represent: about 7,000 Concorde crashes per year, or • about 20 Concorde crashes every day!!

  6. WHO suggests things will get worse…..______________________________________ Disease burden (DALYs* lost) for 10 leading causes *DALYs: Disability-Adjusted Life Years

  7. Factors in Crashes

  8. Time-Scale (relative to crash) People Vehicle Environment Target Outcome Before • Education/training • Impairment (drink, stimulants) • Regulations and their enforcement • Attitudes/behaviour • Vehicle condition (roadworthiness) • Vehicle systems (braking/ABS, electrical, etc) • Road design (‘safety conscious’) • Signs, markings • Maintenance Crash Prevention During • Use of restraints/ protective clothing (seat belts, crash helmets) • Impairment • Restraints • Crashworthiness • Maintenance • Protection (e.g. • crash barriers) • ‘Forgiveness’ (for road user errors) Injury Prevention After • Coordination of emergency response (timing critical) • First aid skill • Access to medical services • Ease of access to victims • Fire risk • Emergency services • Rescue facilities • Traffic congestion Life Sustaining What can be done to improve road safety…..

  9. Effects of preventive and protective measures…____________________________________________ 15 % less accident victims, if seat belts used 7 % less fatalities, if pedestrian-friendly car designs 15 % less fatalities, if all cars are made to the best level of passive safety in their size category 5 % less fatalities, if daytime running lights in use 25 % less fatalities, if by road engineering, information or applied telematics the average speed of motor vehicles could be reduced by 5 km/h Source: European Union estimates

  10. Public health Justice Transport Diplomacy Education Police Civil Society A coordinated approach is required to address road safety issues…

  11. Development of Integrated Road Safety Programs…______________________________________________ • First steps include establishment of: • political support, to provide leadership, agree on policies, government funding • an effective decision-making and coordinating mechanism (e.g. National Road Safety Council (NRSC)), with representatives from key government decision-makers and other agencies involved in road safety • a technical road safety secretariat, to act as the executive arm of the NRSC in coordinating, implementing and following-up on NRSC decisions ……..an integrated Road Safety Program may then be developed, based on ‘Education, Enforcement and Engineering’ activities...….

  12. Example of an effective application…________________________________________________ • In 1990, Victoria State in Australia assessed the main factors in their high rate of traffic fatalities and injury accidents as being: • excessive speed of drivers • excessive use of alcohol by drivers A coordinated program of enforcement was introduced, together with a supporting public awareness campaign. This involved the traffic police, working closely with the roads authority and state insurance company, who funded the media campaign By 1996, serious traffic accidents involving casualties in Victoria State had been reduced by more than 30%

  13. Road Safety in Albania: International Comparisons Fatality Rate: Traffic fatalities/10,000 vehicles Source: TRL Report 445 - Estimating Global Road Fatalities

  14. Under-Recording of Traffic Fatalities_______________________________________ • Fatality definition(international): • - road death defined to be when road crash victim dies within 30 days of the crash (in Albania, fatality is death at crash site) • Road Crash Fatality Adjustment Factors(international): • - European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) recommended road crash fatality statistics should be increased by at least 15% to adjust ‘crash site/same day deaths’ to the ‘30-day’ convention

  15. Causes of Traffic Accidents in Albania______________________________________ Traffic Police have identified the main causes of traffic accidents to include: - poor road condition - lack of safety features (signs, pavement marking, functioning traffic signals) - speeding - high alcohol levels of drivers International experience shows that wider use of seat belts could reduce the number of serious casualties, but more needs to be done to protect vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists)….

  16. GOA Road Safety Initiatives______________________________________ • Inter-Ministerial Committee for Road Safety - Jan 2002 • New Legislation (Road Code-2000) and • Regulations-2002 • Directorate for Road Safety (DRS) in MOTT - April 2002 • Road Safety Action Plan - May 2002

  17. Road Maintenance Project (RMP)Road Safety Component______________________________________ • Objectives - create greater awareness of road safety issues in Albania - provide technical assistance, training and equipment to DRS to strengthen its pivotal role in road safety coordination - develop institutional capacity within GRD and MLGD to include safety in all roads planning, engineering, construction and maintenance activities, including pilot projects to improve hazardous locations and accident ‘blackspots’

  18. Road Maintenance Project (RMP)Road Safety Component (cont’d)______________________________________ • Objectives (cont’d) - provide technical assistance, training and equipment to the traffic police to improve accident data collection and analysis, and to strengthen law enforcement in accordance with the new Road Code - provide technical assistance and advisory services to the traffic police in Tirana, to support new traffic management improvements

  19. Road Maintenance Project (RMP)Road Safety Component (cont’d)______________________________________ • Targets - significant reductions in traffic fatality rates - significant number of ‘blackspots’ improved - institutional capacity in road safety activities strengthened within MOTT/GRD and MLGD - institutional capacity developed within the traffic police to improve enforcement aimed at unsafe road user behavior

  20. Road Maintenance Project (RMP)Road Safety Component (cont’d)______________________________________ • Goals - cooperative approach between public and private sector agencies involved in road safety, with leadership by the Inter-Ministerial Committee and coordination by DRS - reductions in traffic accidents and safer conditions on Albanian roads - support for the development of a sustainable road safety program in Albania

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