Thailand Road Safety Thailand Road Safety Management & Strategy Management & Strategy Road Safety Directing Center Secretariat Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) Ministry of Interior
Jan 15, 2016
Thailand Road SafetyThailand Road SafetyManagement & StrategyManagement & Strategy
Road Safety Directing Center SecretariatDepartment of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM)
Ministry of Interior
Presentation Outline
Situation
Roles of RSDC
Policy and Strategy
Helmet Wearing Campaign
Deaths from Road Crashes 1994-2011
Average (17 yrs): 12,809
Roles of RSDCRoles of RSDC
• Bridge that connects policy makers and implementers
• Supporter (technical, tools, budget)
• National Contact Point on Road Safety
• An organ of DDPM and MOI
Govt.
RSDC
ProvinceStake-holders
Thanapong’s Model
Partners
Areas
GovernmentSchoolsChild CenterFactory, shopsLocal govt.
4.5 Security of Life and Society
Government Policy
“(The government shall) reduce damage and loss from road traffic
accidents to the minimum. Promote understanding on traveling and using
transportation safely. Putting His Majesty the King’s principles on
solving traffic problems into actions and making it a national agenda to
strictly implement these principles in all parts of the country”
PM Yingluck Shinnawattradelivered the Policy
Statement(August 2011)
Thailand Road Safety Master Plan (2009-2012)
Strategy
The Decade of Action in ThailandGoal : reducing fatalities from… to below 10 persons per
100,000 population within the year 2020
8 Issues
1. Promotion of Helmet Wearing
2. Drink Driving
3. Black Spots
4. Safe Speed Behavior
5. Safer Vehicles
6. Safer Road Users
7. Emergency Medical Service (EMS)
8. Capacity Development of Road Safety Management
National Policy Committee
National Policy Committee
RSDC CommitteeRSDC Committee
Provincial RS Committee
Provincial RS Committee
BMA RS CommitteeBMA RS Committee
District Committee
District Committee
Local GovRS Op Center
Local GovRS Op Center
BMA DistrictRS OpCenterBMA DistrictRS OpCenter
Organization ChartOrganization Chart
RSDC CenterRSDC Center
Sub-Committee No.1Road Safety Management
Sub-Committee No.1Road Safety Management
Sub-Committee No.2Safe Road
Sub-Committee No.2Safe Road
Sub-Committee No.3Safe Vehicle
Sub-Committee No.3Safe Vehicle
Sub-Committee No.4Safe Behavior
Sub-Committee No.4Safe Behavior
Sub-Committee No.5Post-crash Care
Sub-Committee No.5Post-crash Care
Sub-Committee No.6Data Management
Sub-Committee No.6Data Management
RSDCSecretari
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RSDCSecretari
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100100% Safety Helmet % Safety Helmet Wearing CampaignWearing Campaign
The Decade of Action in ThailandGoal : reducing fatalities from… to below 10 persons per
100,000 population within the year 2020
8 Issues
1. Promotion of Helmet Wearing
2. Don’t Drunk Driving Behavior
3. Black Spots
4. Safe Speed Behavior
5. Safer Vehicles
6. Safer Road Users
7. Emergency Medical Service (EMS)
8. Capacity Development of
Road Safety Management
How worse is the situation?
• 3/4 of the injured is associates with MC• 1/2 of the injured is associated with their “head”• 36% of the injured is associated with alcohol • Only about 14 percent wear the MC Safety Helmet • Low rate of wearing helmet is found in youth
10 reasons whey I don’t ware helmet
It is not far
I’m on a small road
I’m in a hurry
It’s uncomfortable/dirty
It destroys my hair dress
I don’t want to carry it along
Police won’t arrest me
I don’t have a helmet
Low risk
My passenger don’t wear either
1. Promote this as a high priority1. Promote this as a high priority
2. Public Relations & Awareness Building
2. Public Relations & Awareness Building
3 Enforcement3 Enforcement
4. Supply and Distribution of safety helmet
4. Supply and Distribution of safety helmet
5. Monitoring and evaluation
5. Monitoring and evaluation
on 4 Jan 2010: Cabinet Endorsement
Nationwide Survey 2010 2011Rider + Passenger 44% 47%Rider 53% 55%Passenger 19% 25%Size of sample 954,956 1,230,197
Source: Thai Roads Foundation
Helmet Wearing Rate 2010-2011Helmet Wearing Rate 2010-2011
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