Transcript 12a_Bangladesh Presentation

Road Safety Measures
Management In Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Country Paper
Syed Mahboob Hasan
Additional Secretary
Local Government Division
Ministry of Local Government, Rural
Development & Cooperatives
Bangladesh
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.
Road Safety Situations
No. of Accidents
No. of Fatalities
FIR
MAAP
FIR
MAAP
1998
4769
3533
3085
2358
1999
4916
3948
3314
2893
2000
4357
3970
3430
3058
2001
4091
2925
3109
2388
2002
4918
3941
3398
3053
2003
4749
4114
3289
3334
2004
3917
3566
2968
3150
2005
4949
3322
3187
2960
2006
3794
3544
3193
3160
2007
4869
3910
3749
3250
Year
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
Number of Injuries and Casualties
No. of Injuries
Total Casualties
Year
FIR
MAAP
FIR
MAAP
1998
3997
3297
7082
5655
1999
3453
3469
6767
6362
2000
1911
3485
5341
6543
2001
3127
2565
6236
4953
2002
3772
3285
7170
6338
2003
3818
3740
7107
7074
2004
2752
3026
5720
6176
2005
2754
2570
5941
5530
2006
2409
2123
5602
5283
2007
3273
2102
7022
5352
Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET
and MAAP database
Pedestrian Fatalities
Year
Pedestrian fatalities per 10,000
vehicles *
1998
53.2
1999
61.2
2000
59.6
2001
46.9
2002
58.4
2003
55.5
2004
50.3
2005
45.7
2006
19
2007
18
The statistics revealed that
the pedestrian fatalities
shows decreasing trend
during 2002-2005. It
sharply declined in
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.
2006-07.
Child Fatalities
Year
Total children
fatalities
(age 0-15)
Percent children
fatalities (out of all)
1998
414
18%
1999
440
15%
2000
473
15%
2001
343
14%
2002
385
12%
2003
395
12%
2004
371
12%
2005
316
11%
2006
406
12%
2007
446
14%
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
Vehicle Statistics and their Involvement in Road Fatalities
Vehicle Types
Number of Vehicles
(Registered)
Number of Vehicles
(On Road)
Percent
Death
Percent Pedestrian
Death
Bus/Minibus
40469
29717
36%
40%
Trucks
65239
48753
24%
32%
Jeep/Car/Taxi
189287
78236
5%
5%
Microbus/Pickup
18492
14743
7%
8%
Autorickshaw/Tempo
116242
77700
9%
4%
Motorcycle
328294
220225
5%
3%
Rickshaw/Rickshaw Van
N/A
N/A
5%
0%
Bi-cycle
N/A
N/A
4%
0%
Others
26324
15854
6%
7%
Total
784347
485228
100%
100%
Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET
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
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
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
FACTORS of ACCIDENTS
 Road user errors
(90%)
 Adverse road
conditions
or environment
(30%)
 Vehicle defects
(10%)
Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET
Road Safety Policy Priority
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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:
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Planning, Management and Co-ordination of Road
safety
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Road Traffic Accident Data System
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Road Safety Engineering
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Road and Traffic Legislation
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Traffic Enforcement
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Driver Training and Testing
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Vehicle Safety
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Road Safety Education and Publicity
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Medical Services for Road traffic Accident Victims
Measures for road safety
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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.
Suggestions:
 Regional co-operation
 Soft funding windows from development
partners
Thanks
for
patience