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Improving Road Safety in Morocco
DTRSR-CNPAC,
SWOV, RDW
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Why this project?
• Joint DTRSR-CNPAC, SWOV and RDW initiative
• Moroccan road safety orientation 2014 – 2016
• Governmental supported co-operation Morocco / the Netherlands
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Project goals
• Assist with implementation and execution of road safety strategy, specifically R&D– Road safety management– Enforcement
• Improve road safety in Morocco through the introduction of safe systems approaches and thinking
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Road safety in Morocco
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3,832 deaths In 2013
(DR, 2013)
Road casualties in the Netherlands
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2013: seriously injured approx. 19,000 (SWOV 2014)
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Time periods & paradigms
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1900 – 1920 1920 –1950 1950 – 1970 1960 – 19851985/1990 –
nowCrash chance
phenomenon, bad luck
road devils, accident prone drivers
road user or vehicle or road
multicausal approach
result of integral road system
Research what who the cause which causes, technical improvements
multi- dimensional, economic analysis
Measures on an ad hoc basis
educate, punish
choice from the three E’s
technical solutions for vehicle & road
adapt road system to road user
Time periods and their characteristic road safety paradigms, Source: Hagenzieker et al., 2014; adapted from OECD,1997.
Safe systems approach
• Design the road system to expect and accommodate human error, because it is inevitable that road users make mistakes and sometimes violate the law (and crashes occur)
tailor environment (road, vehicle) to human characteristics
• prepare road user for traffic tasks (training, education) • beware: not all training is beneficial -> e.g. skid training !
• In a crash, interaction between vehicle – roadway – human body must be managed so that serious injury likelihood is minimized, if not eliminated
• Enforcement is no isolated activity but integral part of the system
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The safe systems model
Long term vision eg fatalities
Eg alcohol, speeding, seatbelts
Eg km road reconstructed
Standards, rules
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Data collection for review
• Literature review • Amplifying questions and questionnaires• Personal interviews with high level
stakeholders• Sourcing additional data and reports• Analysis and assessment
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Milestones/products and timing
Activity Time table
Kick-off December 2013, Rabat
Inception report April 2014
Visit to NL June 2014
Draft final report draft October 2014
Meeting to discuss report 23 October, Rabat
Seminar presentation results 24 October, Rabat
Final report December 2014
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R&D and technology transfer
1. Road safety research and development
2. Road safety management
3. Enforcement
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Conclusions & recommendations (1)
• No dedicated road safety research programme yet – i.e. backed by sustainable funding sources and
carried out by dedicated research staff
• The current project is good example to start capacity building and professional exchange but needs to be expanded to include all aspects of road safety.
• The feasibility of establishing a dedicated and independent road safety research institute needs to be further explored.
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Conclusions & recommendations (2)
• A comprehensive information platform is advised– crashes– vehicles– drivers– enforcement– traffic (e.g. speed, volumes)
• Establish a central unit/agency responsible for data collection, validation and quality control
• Improve data exchange between e.g. – DTRSR, CNEH, CNPAC, CNER,
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Examples of specific activities
• Develop a comprehensive strategy based on harder targets, both in terms of crashes and intermediate outcomes
• Initiate studies for checking the crash registration rates
• Develop systems to link hospital data with crash data to control for under-registration and validate severity
• Set targets and programmes for addressing high risk locations
• Develop an integrated quality control system for road design (audit guidelines; courses etc)
• Driving examns on random route (normal driving) Rabat, 24 October 2014
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Visit to NL
• Theory of safe systems– Coordination; funding; R&D; legislation,
promotion; monitoring and evaluation– Supporting data
• Safe systems in practice– Vehicle and driver registration, testing and
licencing– Road design and operation– Enforcement
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