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3rd United Nations Road Safety Collaboration meeting
By
Rohit BalujaPresident
London, 14 & 15 November 2005
INSTITUTE OF ROAD TRAFFIC EDUCATION
Road safety – facts and figures
1.26 million deathsEvery year
25 million serious injury
1.26 million fatalities
Maldives
Nepal
Accident ScenarioAccident Scenario
China
Pakistan
India
Sri Lanka
Bhutan
Bangladesh
Account for 25%of the Global
Road Fatalities
The irony is “approx. 90,000 –1,00,000 people are killed in road
crashes every year”
Over 1.27 million people are seriously injured in an estimated 1.5 million road collisions annually
PERSONS KILLED PER YEAR770
7562690
2911 704
83145187
47134502
1043
1686
1095
98001933
3272
1021
71
17489
53
65175
8428
5805
95712674
1842
118
50
234
Jammu Kashmir 770 Himachal Predesh 756Punjab 2690Chandigarh 118Uttaranchal 704Haryana 2911Delhi 1842Uttar Pradesh 8314Rajasthan 5187Bihar 1043Sikkim 50Arunachal Pradesh 71Assam 1021Gujarat 4502Madhya Pradesh 4713Jharkhand 1686West Bangal 3272Meghalaya 174Nagaland 53Manipur 89Mizoram 65 Tripura 175Chhattisgarh 1095Maharashtra 9800Orissa 1933Andhra Pradesh 8428Karnataka 5805Goa 234Tamil Nadu 9571Kerala 2674
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Annual Social costs of road accidents is estimated at
Rs.55,000 Crores(12.7billion)
3% of the GDP
Pain, Sorrow & Grief is unaccountable
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Problem is unabated violations
Unabated violations lead to:
- Vehicle collisions - traffic snarls and hold ups causing
environmental pollution ,wastage of fuel, man hours etc
- road rage - crime - frustration, tiredness and hypertension - uncertainty in road usage - fall of image of traffic management agencies
Violations - Moving Violations
1026983462988780Total
5681820228409105568182Auto
50000010316666670101666667Two Wheeler
226415163754717212628931Car
15000000Lorries
93750005187500015125000Bus
Total Violations
Violation per Km.
Total distance covered
Length per trip
Daily Vehicle Trip
Type of Vehicle
Number of Driver - Passenger Violations
3000000Total100000Drunken Driving
1000000Mobile Phones1500000Helmet Violations400000Without Seat Belts
No. of ViolationsType of Violation
Violations related to vehicles
330000Total50000
Over loading buses, trucks
80000
Wiper, Tyres, Brake system, head lamps, Brake lights, rear view mirrors, not in order as per CMVR
200000Defective Registration
Plate
No. of ViolationsType of Violation
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Other Violations
3000000Total
1000000Wrongful Parking
2000000Misuse of Horns, misuse of head lamps at night
No. of ViolationsType of Violation
Violations have a direct relation to Collisions (Vulnerable Road User)
Pedestrians 42%
Cyclists 11%
Motorcycle riders 19%
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72%.
CAUSES OF VIOLATIONS
• Road Traffic Management not defined
Role and Responsibility of Traffic Police,
Transport Department, Highway Agencies is
overlapping, not defined and not coordinated
No Traffic Engineering Centers at City,
District or Federal levels.
Expertise is outsourced to Consultants
Standardized Systems/Specifications of Traffic
Control Device are grossly misunderstood &
violated
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Road maintenance and construction authorities violate all
principles of safety management. This makes all road
users vulnerable especially during dark hours.
Drivers are not trained. Driving schools lack the
methodology, tools and systems of training.
Encroachments are galore which have basically eaten up into
pedestrian and cyclist facility making them the most vulnerable lot.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
• Investment into Research for Mixed Traffic Conditions for
Developing Countries
• Educating the Political Leaders for creation of political will
• Initiation of Science of Traffic Engineering as a course in
Universities and creation of employment opportunities for
Traffic Engineers.
• Traffic Engineering Centers must be established as is done in
all developed countries.
• Traffic Management needs to be defined along with the Roles and
Responsibility of all related agencies.
• Shift from Consultancies to empowering infrastructure development
• Development of Tools and Systems of Training
– Enforcement
– Driver Training
– Traffic Engineering
– Post Collision Management
INSTITUTE OF ROAD TRAFFIC EDUCATION