Transcript Appendix M ppt, 5.27Mb

Status of National Effort to
Enhance Road Safety in Ethiopia
Presented by National Road Safety Coordinating Office
9th Meeting of the UNRSC, 17-18 November 2008
Highlights of Road Traffic
Accident In Ethiopia
In Year 2007/08
• 2,160 people died due to road accident
• 8,958 people were injured
• Fatality per 10,000 vehicles is 80
• Fatality per 100,000 population is 2.7
Fatality Rate Per 10,000 Vehicles Trend
194
200
178
181
Baseline
172
159
140
150
128
126
125
136
136
128
126
103
100
80
50
Year
/08
07
/07
06
/06
05
/05
04
/04
03
/03
02
/02
01
/01
00
/00
99
/99
98
/98
97
/97
96
/96
95
/95
94
/94
-
93
Rate per 10,000 vehicles
250
Fatality Rate Trend
Baseline
Rate per 10,000 Vehicles
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
Year
06/07
07/08
Fatality and Vehicle Numbers Compaired to Baseline Year
Fatality
Percent of Change from '2002/03
250%
Vehicle
200%
183%
Fatality rate per
10,000 Vehicles
150%
116%
100%
202%
100%
100%
150%
139%
139%
128%
121%
94%
119%
93%
76%
59%
50%
0%
02/03
03/04
04/05
05/06
Year
06/07
07/08
Fatality Rate per 100,000 Population Trend
4.0
3.5
3.3
Rate per 100,000 population
3.2
3.0
3.0
3.0
2.8
2.7
2.6
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.4
2.4
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
1997/08
1998/09
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002.03
Year
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
'2007/08
Main Risk Factors for Road
Traffic Injuries in Ethiopia
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Fatal Accident Types Compaired between the Baseline Year 2002/3 and 2007/8
70
60
50
2002/3
2007/8
30
20
10
0
2007/8 Fatalities by gender and age
Fatality share in percent
30%
25%
Male
Female
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
<18
18-30
31-50
Age ranges
>51
Specific interventions
implemented in Ethiopia
Implemented Road Safety Coordination
1. National and Regional Road Safety Coordination
2. Local Level Road Safety Coordination
Implemented Drivers Licensing and Vehicle Inspection
1. Strengthened drivers’ training, testing and licensing
2. Defensive driving training for professional drivers
3. Strengthened road safety responsibilities in transport
associations and organizations
4. Freight vehicles for passenger transport controlled
5. Strengthened vehicle inspection and spot checking
Traffic Law Enforcement
1. Awareness training in targeted traffic control
2. Targeted traffic control implemented in pilot areas
3. Accident data collection and reporting system
Implemented Road Safety Engineering Measures
1. Road safety audit units in roads authorities
2. Studies of hazardous road locations
3. Road safety measures at hazardous locations
Strengthened Legal Provisions
1. Legal provisions relevant to traffic safety
2. Mandatory 3rd party vehicle insurance law
Implemented Road Safety Education and Publicity
1. Traffic safety education for children
2. Mass media road safety campaign
3. Community road safety campaigns
Implemented Emergency Medical System
1. Emergency medical service in Addis Ababa and regions
Monthly Traffic Speed Violations in Eastern Shewa Cities along the
Addis Ababa Awassa Highways
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Year and Month (Eth.C.)
/1
0
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8
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5
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3
99
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1
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1
98
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9
98
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7
98
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5
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3
98
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1
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1
97
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7
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5
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3
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1
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0
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96
Percentage of violators
90
Number of accidents
Accident trend in Eastern Shewa
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Property
damage
Light
injury
Serious
injury
Fatalty
2001/2
2002/3
2003/4
Year
2004/5
2005/6
Targeted traffic law enforcement result in East Shewa zone
May to September 2006 compared to same period
of 2005
Accident
severity
2005
2006
Death
84
44
Reduction in
%
-47.6
Serious injury
59
27
-54.2
Light injury
25
11
-56.0
Property
damage
Total accidents
168
110
-34.5
336
192
-42.9
The way forward
1. Establish the transport management and road
safety training institution for sustained capacity
building at federal and regional levels
2. Strengthen traffic control to enforce speed limit
and drink driving laws
3. Expand the Accident data system improvement
3. Strengthen the good practices obtained in
previous community awareness creation effort
4. Strengthen the children road safety education.
5. Strengthen the ongoing mass media campaigns.
7. Strengthen the road safety efforts in transport
associations and organizations
8. Strengthen road safety audit and measures
9. Support Emergency Medical Service improvement
efforts of the Ministry Of Health
Thank you