Strategic Priorities for Road Traffic Management In South Africa 2009-2015 Mr Ranthoko Rakgoale CEO.

Strategic Prioritiesfor

Road Traffic ManagementIn South Africa

2009-2015

Mr Ranthoko RakgoaleCEO

Presentation Framework

Mandate of the Corporation

The South African Context for Road Traffic Management

Current Realities in Road Traffic

Strategic Priorities for Road Traffic Safety Management 2009-2015

Breakaway SessionsThe Way Forward & Implementation of the 2015 Plan

1. Mandate of the Corporation

The Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999 (Act No. 20 of 1999, the RTMC-Act ), was approved by Parliament in 1999 with the aim of establishing the Corporation to pool powers and resources and to eliminate the fragmentation of responsibilities for all aspects of road traffic management across the various levels of Government.

2. Mandate of the Corporationcontinued

Section 2 of the RTMC Act, amongst others, states as follows:

The objectives of this Act are, in the public interest —

(a) to establish the Road Traffic Management Corporation as a partnership between national, provincial and local spheres of government by—(i) effecting the pooling of road traffic powers of the Minister and every MEC and the resources of national and provincial spheres of government responsible for road traffic management, in support of enhanced co-operative and co-ordinated road traffic strategic planning, regulation, facilitation and law enforcement;

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Section 2 of the RTMC Act, continued:

(ii) strengthening national and provincial governments’ collective capacity to govern road traffic through partnerships with local government bodies and the private sector; and(iii) focusing government on effective strategic planning, regulation, facilitation and monitoring.

2. Mandate of the Corporationcontinued

Section 7 of the RTMC Act states as follows:

(1) The Shareholders Committee is a forum through which the national, provincial and local spheres of government co-operate with each other and with other persons or bodies concerned with road traffic matters.

(2) The Shareholders Committee is responsible for directing and guiding the proper functioning of the Corporation in the public interest and for reflecting, in its decision-making procedures, the spirit of co-operation and mutual trust contemplated in section 41(1)(h) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996).

The above responsibilities have been delegated to the Board of the RTMC.

3. The South African Context for Road Traffic Management

3.1 Millennium Development Goals

3.2 African Road Safety Conference

3.3 ASGISA

3.4 Reducing Un-natural Deaths in SA

3.5 Safe 2010 FIFA World Cup

3.6 Road to Safety Strategy: 2006 review

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3.1 Millennium Development Goals

In April 2006 at the African Union Conference, the Ministers of Transport in Africa committed themselves to delivering the Millennium Development Goals for the Transport Sector in Africa by 2014 that were approved by Heads of State for adoption by the United Nations.

One of the targets adopted by the Conference was to reduce by half the rate of accident fatalities arising from road and other transport by 2014.

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3.2 The African Road Safety Conference

The African Road Safety Conference was held from 5 – 7 February 2007 in Accra, Ghana.

It was co-organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

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3.2 The African Road Safety Conference

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The objectives of the conference were to:

1 Review progress made by African countries in improving road safety;

2 Plan for the implementation of the recommendations of the World report on road traffic injury prevention and the African Road Safety Initiative;

3 Continue preparations for the First UN Global Road Safety week;

4 Advance the development of national action plans for road safety for countries in the region; and

5 Identify ways of mobilizing resources to rapidly improve road safety.

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3.2 The African Road Safety Conference

After 3 days of deliberations, the Conference made the following recommendations for

countries:

1. Institutions: Establish a lead agency that has proper legal backing, and is empowered and supported by adequate financial resources to ensure that it is well equipped and staffed with appropriately trained personnel;

2. Data: Improve the collection, management and use of data on road deaths and injuries so as to formulate evidence-based policies. In this regard, efforts should be made to address the non-reporting of accidents, and to harmonize data that originate from different sources;

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3.2 The African Road Safety Conference

3. Road Safety education: Commit to educating the general public on road safety matters, taking into consideration special categories such as drivers and school children;

4. Road safety management: Make the necessary effort to improve road safety management on the continent. In this regard, good practices from within the continent should be recognized, widely disseminated, and emulated.

5. Policy and harmonization: Harmonize national action plans at sub-regional level (including databases, regulations, infrastructure, and equipment standards);

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3.2 The African Road Safety Conference

6. Quick wins: Endeavour to enforce road safety legislation, particularly those related to speed control, control of driving while under the influence of alcohol, prehospital and emergency trauma care, use of helmets and enhancing visibility;

7. Partnership and collaboration: Strengthen partnership and collaboration at sub-regional, regional and global levels in advancing the road safety agenda;

8. Rural road safety: Mainstream road safety in national transport policies, including rural transport safety;

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3.2 The African Road Safety Conference

9. National road safety targets: Set and achieve measurable targets to contribute to achieving the goal of reducing accident fatalities by half by 2015; and

10.UN Global Road Safety Week: Urge all African countries to commemorate the first UN Global Road Safety Week by organizing activities at the national level and participating at the Youth Forum in Geneva in April 2007.

The World Day of Remembrance of Road Crash Victims was held on Sunday, 16 November 2008 – every year on the 3rd Sunday of November.

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3.3 Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for SA (ASGISA)

Government has adopted a program for accelerated and shared growth for SA. This program provides for reducing the cost of the economic impact of road deaths, injuries and accidents by half in 2014.

The program also requires from the traffic industry to create additional employment and to contribute to the reduction of fraud and corruption.

Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP)

Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition (JIPSA) – To develop skills that are most urgently needed, i.e. engineering skills and planning skills in transport and traffic.

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3.4 Reducing the number of unnatural deaths in SA caused by road crashes

Road crashes in SA are a major contributor to deaths in SA, which is comparable with other developing countries in the world. The World Bank estimates that should nothing effective be done, road crashes will rise to the second largest cause of deaths in SA by 2020.

More than 14,000 people die annually on our roads and nearly 50% of these are pedestrians. In addition, around 7,000 road users are annually left permanently disabled and 40,000 are seriously injured.

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3.5 Providing an enabling environment for a successful 2010 FIFA World Cup Tournament

Ensuring a safe road transport environment in 2010 is a major challenge for the RTMC and all traffic management role players in SA. Effective road safety initiatives must be implemented, coordinated and evaluated to ensure that such safe environment is created for the 2010 tournament and the kind of road safety legacy that we wish to continue after 2010.

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3.6 Reviewing and overseeing the implementation of the National Road to Safety Strategy: 2006 and beyond

The National Road to Safety Strategy: 2006 and beyond has been adopted in 2006. This Strategy requires coordinated implementation, effective monitoring, evaluation and revision on an annual basis.

The RTMC is in the best position to oversee the coordinated implementation of the Strategy and the reviewing thereof to ensure that all necessary road safety goals are attained.

4. Current Realities in Road Traffic

4.1 The number of registered vehicles increased by 523,218 (6,12%) from 8,544,902 vehicles registered at the end of December 2006 to 9,068,120 vehicles registered on 31 December 2007.

4.2 The % of un-licenced vehicles increased from 4,11% (345,341 vehicles of the number registered) on 31 December 2006 to 4,73% (428,537 vehicles of the number registered) on 31 December 2007.

4.3 The percentage (%) of un-roadworthy vehicles increased from 3,03% (255,099 of the number of registered vehicles) in 2006 to 4,07% (369,291 of the number of registered vehicles) in 2007.

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4.4 The results of the 2007 road traffic offence survey show that:

(a) 23.46% light motor vehicles exceed the speed limit in 60 km/h zones;

(b) In the order of 1,41% drivers exceed the legal alcohol limit at night;

(c) 39,6% of front seat passengers and 92,6% backseat passengers do not wear seatbelts;

(d) On average 2.2% of drivers do not have a valid driving licence; and

(e) On average 4,1% of truck drivers do not have a valid PrDP.

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4.5 The number of fatal crashes decreased by 445 (3,57%) from 12,456 fatal crashes during 2006 to 12,011 fatal crashes during 2007.

4.6 The number of road fatalities decreased by 499 (3,24%) from 15,419 fatalities during 2006 to 14,920 fatalities during 2007.

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4.7 The RSA in Africa :

4.8 The RSA in the World :

5. Strategic Priorities for Road Traffic Management

5.1 Develop and implement a comprehensive 2009-2015 Road Traffic Safety Management Plan and subsequent aligned strategic plans for the Corporation and its partners

5.1.1 Review the national Road To Safety Strategy: 2006 and beyond and adopt an integrated Road Traffic Safety Management Plan for 2009 – 2015, taking the input and participation of all relevant role players into account.

5.1.2 Develop and implement effective monitoring and reporting mechanisms on all levels of government to continuously evaluate the attainment of road safety goals and objectives.

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5.1.3 Facilitate processes to establish productive Partnerships with the relevant Private Sector, Business Community; NGO’s etc. ensuring their commitment to partnership, funding, sponsorship of coordinated national road traffic management programmes and initiatives.

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5.2 Capacitating Road Traffic Management

5.2.1 Assist road traffic management authorities in determining their personnel needs – particularly traffic officers in terms of the Law Enforcement Code – taking into account current task allocations, utilisation of electronic enforcement devices, etc.

5.2.2 Develop and implement training and skills development programmes, refresher courses and career pathing for Road Traffic Management personnel across all functional areas.

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5.3 Empowerment of road traffic management authorities and effective institutional structures

5.3.1 Develop and establish effective structures and mechanisms for the coordinated planning, implementation and monitoring of national road traffic management programmes on all government levels.

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5.3.2 Develop and implement Service Level Agreements and Performance Contracts between the Corporation and different road traffic management authorities, partners and role players.

5.3.3 Oversee the implementation of national directives for road traffic management as outlined in legislation, policies, national strategies and programmes

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5.4 Coordinated and integrated road traffic law enforcement

5.4.1 Improve co-ordination amongst role players for increased and targeted road traffic law enforcement on all levels of government.

5.4.2 To attain the national target rates by 2015, including a reduction of at least 50% in critical road traffic offences such as speed, drinking and driving, unsafe and illegal overtaking, ignoring red traffic signals, vehicle fitness, etc

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5.5 Coordinated road traffic management education, training and communication

5.5.1 Ensure effective co-ordination and evaluation of the integrated standardized training program for all road traffic and road safety officers in the employ of government on all levels - also ensuring optimal utilization of training facilities and resources.

5.5.2 Effective co-ordination and evaluation of government and private sector road safety communication and advertising campaigns that will effectively engage the public and road user groups in changing road user behaviour.

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5.6 Some other road traffic management matters

5.6.1 Ensure the successful implementation of the AARTO Act.

5.6.2 Co-ordination of effective traffic engineering remediation procedures such as low cost engineering interventions at designated hazardous locations, road safety audits, accident investigations, etc.

5.6.3 Implement effective research initiatives pertaining to analyses and recommendations on road traffic management programmes, road user surveys, innovative technologies available, best practices applied, etc.

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5.6.4 Develop and introduce effective information management systems that will inform planning, decisions and monitoring regarding road traffic management in SA.

5.6.5 The process of the Plan will be run concurrently with an overall Financial Plan for Road Traffic Management.

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