ROAD SAFETY

Approach towards present and forthcoming challenges

 OUTLINES
• Introduction
• Selected location
• Reason for Selection
• Causes of accidents
• Problems
• Solutions
• Government involvement
• International issues in Road safety
• Road safety measures across the world
“THE REAL ENEMY OF SAFETY IS NOT
NON-COMPLIANCE BUT NON-THINKING”
 INTRODUCTION
• Road injury is one of those man-made problems that we
have the ability to solve.
• Driving on Indian roads is much more different than
driving else at some other place
• Safe road transport must be a key foundation stone of
modern society
• Daily, there are thousands of casualties
• More than 100 governments committed at the UN to
support the goal of the Decade of Action
• According to the WHO, in the years 2008-2011 thirty-five
Countries, with a total population of 680 million,
introduced new road safety laws.
ROAD ACCIDENT
SCENARIO

46%
Pedestrian, cyclists and motorized two-
wheels riders and passengers
Others

Car Occupants
CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS
 PROBLEMS
• Traffic Signals
• Human factors
• Pedestrian Safety
• Traffic Congestion
• Central area suffered from inadequate circular
pattern
• Intermixing of Traffic
• Lack of traffic regulation & enforcement
• Problems faced by pedestrians at intersections
TYPES OF COLLISIONS
 SOLUTIONS
• Setting up of State Road Safety Councils and
District Committees
• 50 per cent fines collected from traffic violations
• Identification of black spots and treatment thereof
• Action against over-loading, drunken driving
• Removal of liquor shops on NHs
• Enforcement of use of seat belt in cars & ISI
helmets by 2 wheelers
• Emergency medical services
 PROVIDE ROUNDABOUTS
• It will reduce Pedestrian Conflicts
 GOVERNMENT
INVOLVEMENT
• A National Road Safety Week was observed throughout the
Country during January 1st to 7th, 2012
• Road safety campaign through online media i.e. Internet and
SMS (2012)
• Computerization of records of RTOs and issuance of driving
license
• NHAI through concessionaire is providing well equipped
Ambulance
• Wayside Amenities at every 50 Kms (alternatively), 20,000
Sqm (2 Ha.)
• The National Register and National Transport Portal,
• Refresher Training for Heavy Vehicle Drivers,
 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
ON ROAD SAFETY
• Road Traffic Injuries is a Global Epidemic
• Every 6 seconds someone is killed or seriously injured on the
world’s roads
• With 1.3 million road deaths each year this is a global
epidemic comparable to Malaria or Tuberculosis
• Nine in ten road deaths and injuries are in developing
countries
• Pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users are the
majority of those killed and injured.
• Road crashes are the leading global cause of death for young
people aged 10-24
• According to UNICEF and the WHO, 260,000 children die and
another 10 million are injured in road crashes every year.
 ROAD SAFETY MEASURES
ACROSS THE WORLD
• Stabilize and Reduce fatalities forecast level by
2020
• Save up to 5 millions of lives
• Prevent up to 50 million serious injuries
• United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC)
has developed a global plan
• Identifies key capacity building and injury
prevention measures
• Holistic Safe System approach
ROAD SAFETY MEASURES
ACROSS THE WORLD
VISION ZERO
“Vision Zero is the image of a future in which no one will be killed
or seriously injured”