Effects of crashes on efficiency of N3 Toll Route

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a tremendous whack

N3 Toll Concession (RF) Proprietary Limited

• Private, single purpose (RF) company

• Major shareholders: SA Infrastructure Fund (38%); Old Mutual (IDEAS and FUTUREGROWTH); African Infrastructure Investment Fund; Public Investment Corporation

• Public Private Partnership with SANRAL

• 30 year concession contract ending 2029

• Traffic, funding and construction risk assumed by N3TC

• R25 billion maintenance and development during project lifetime

• Level 2 BBBEE

1 N3TC/Obligations/Route2 Crash statistics, types and contributory factors 3 Foreign drivers?4 Global Decade of Action for Road Safety5 Initiatives that seem to have yielded results 6 Macro requirements to address road safety crisis7 Real cost of crashes

Presentation Overview

Concession Contract Obligations

Finance

Design

Construct

Operate

Maintain

N3 Toll RouteBusiest Economic and Leisure Corridor

•55000 transactions daily.

•Heavies 35% of traffic.

• 60 Million tons per annum.

•Very important leisure corridor.

•Up to 40000 vehicles on peak traffic days.

Safety. Convenience. Mobility

Heavy Vehicle Crashes (2010-2015)

The “S” Word

Crash Overview by vehicle typeJan to April 2016

Crashes Fatal %Crashes %Fatal Crashes

LV Only 145 13 42,8% 65,0%

LV v/s LV 32 2 9,4% 10,0%

HV Only 78 0 23,0% 0,0%

HV v/s HV 32 1 9,4% 5,0%

LV v/s HV 23 2 6,8% 10,0%

Public 16 0 4,8% 0,0%

Other 5 0 0,3% 0,0%

Unknown e.g. Hit & Run 8 2 2,4% 10,0%

Total 339 20 100% 100%

Single heavy vehicle crashes

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Type of Crashes

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10% 7%1% 1%

Type of Crashes January to April 2016

Head - Tail Left Road Rolled Side Swipe Head-On Pedestrian Animal Multiple Object Related Plaza Damage Jack-Knifed Others

Contributory Factors

73%

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18% 1%

Contributory Factors: January to April 2016 Heavy Vehicles

Human Object on Road Pedestrian AnimalRoad Works Vehicle Weather

Crashes involving Foreign Drivers

Year No of Crashes Foreign Driver Total crashes % Crashes involving

foreign drivers

2011 425 1158 36,70%

2012 353 1086 32,50%

2013 420 1109 37,87%

2014 180 1071 16,81%

2015 264 1079 24,47%

Total 1642 5503 29,83%

Global Plan for Decade Of Action for Road safety

Launched 11 May 2011

• Worlwide collaboration to combat road safety crisis

• Address devastating economic and social impacts of crashes

• Primary aim of stabilising and reducing road fatalities

Global Plan for Decade Of Action for Road safety

• Building Road Safety Management Capacity

• Improving the Safety of Road Infrastructure and Broader Transport Networks

• Developing the Safety of Vehicles

• Enhancing the Behaviour of Road users

• Improving Post-Crash Care.

Global Plan for Decade Of Action for Road safety• Just passed the halfway mark

• Excellent progress on N3 Toll Route

• Reduction in fatalities from 196 in 2011 to 112 in 2015 (43%)

• Initiatives targeted at 4 of the 5 pillars

• Recognize and applaud role of responsible players in the Industry

Engineering

• National road specifications.

• World class Pavement Management System.

• R1.5billion rehabilitation 2014/16.

• Constant evaluation of engineering solutions.

• De Beers Pass

Route Management

• RIMS

• A Route Control Centre staffed 24/7

• A 24/7 Route Patrol Service covers some 1.5million kilometres per annum to:

• assist customers;• remove hazards;• secure accident scenes.

• Incident database and analysis to identify and mitigate hotspots

• CCTV surveillance to detect, react to, and manage adverse weather and incidents

Operations• RIMS and Focus Group Meetings

• Post-incident assessments

• Mpofana PPP

• Roadblocks

• Public transport compliance

• Disaster management

• SAPS

• Alcohol enforcement

• Drug screening

Operations (contd)• RTMC – Pilot dedicated NTP enforcement unit for N3

• Average speed over distance enforcement

• Snow Protocol

• Training and Simulations

• Driver Wellness

• Eye law enforcement

• Registration plates – defeating the ends of justice

• Dangerous goods compliance

• Fleetwatch Brake & Tyre Watch

RIMS\Focus Group Initiated Alcohol Enforcement

2016 Area No Screened

N3 Arrests

Off N3 Arrests

January All 1832 6 66

February All 1498 10 39

March All 1951 14 76

April All 1548 13 48

May All 0 0 0

June All 0 0 0

July All 0 0 0

August All 0 0 0

September All 0 0 0

October All 0 0 0

November All 0 0 0

December All 0 0 0

Total: 6829 43 229PERCENTAGE: 3.98%

RIMS\Focus Group Initiated Drug Screening

Area No Screened

N3 Arrests

Off N3 Arrests

Jan All 18 1

Feb All 27 3

Mar All 33

Apr All 25 1 1

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All

Total: 103 1 5PERCENTAGE: 5.83%

Communication• Variable message signs keeping customers

informed

• Twitter handle @N3Route that allows communication with our customers (58 000 followers) 24/7 real time

• SMS

• Mobile App

• Facebook

• N3TC website

• Mobility publication

Macro requirements

• Visionary leadership and accountability

• Self-regulation (including driver

competence/wellness & vehicle fitness)

• Attitudinal change

• Pro-active 24/7 law enforcement

• Effective prosecution

Obvious cost of crashes on efficiencies

• Road closures

• Delays / Economic loss

• Damage to road and infrastructure

• Environmental harm

• Lives lost

• Injuries

Real cost of crashes (contd)

• Reputational damage to the industry

• Failure to attract suitable entrants to the industry

• Increased cost of business for SA Inc

• Human element

Conclusion

• Progress made in reducing crashes

• Still a very long way to go

• Compelling economic factors taking up the time and attention of the industry

• There is still much we need to do together to reduce crash-related inefficiency on the N3 Corridor

End

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