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National Road Safety Committee
Cambodia’s response to the Decade of Action
2011-2020
Mr. CHAN Dara
Deputy Director General of Transport, Deputy General Secretary, National Road Safety
Committee ( NRSC)
1. Road Safety IssuesCambodian Context
Road traffic crashes in Cambodia:
• 46% of all kinds of recorded injuries in the countries
• almost 7% towards the causes of physical impairment and disability
The total economic loss of road traffic accidents was estimated at 248 million US$ (HIB) in 2009
1. Road Safety IssuesCambodian Context
Sources: RTAVIS annual report 2009
Evolution of road fatalities, vehicles and population and casualties (base 100 = 1998)
• Road crashes increase more proportionally than road traffic and population.
• Every day, more than 4 persons die and many others are injured.
• Over the last 5 years, the number of fatalities increased almost double.
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Population Registered Vehicles Fatalities
As a consequence:• Motorbikes’ riders account for the large majority of casualties (77%) and fatalities (71%), • 13% of fatalities are pedestrians• 76% of motorbike fatalities get head injuries
Source: RTAVIS annual report 2009
1. Road Safety IssuesCambodian Context
71%
13%
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77%
8%
4%
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Motorbike
Pedestrian
Bicycle
Passenger vehicle
Goods vehicle
Agriculture vehicle
Other
Casualties Fatalities
As a consequence, human error is responsible more than 90% of casualties. Road crash injuries are largely preventable
Source: RCVIS annual report 2009
1. Road Safety IssuesCambodian Context
1. Road Safety IssuesCambodian Context
More than 50% of fatalities are due to speeding and other 17% caused by drunk driving.
51%
17%
12%
7%
3%
2%
5%
48%
13%
13%
9%
4%
3%
5%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Speed related
Drunk drvining
Dangerous overtaking
Not respect right of way
Change direction without due care
Driving against flow of traffic
Other
Crashes Fatalities
Source: RTAVIS report 2008
1. Road Safety IssuesCambodian Context
50% of casualties take more than 1 hour to reach the first health facility.
5%
15%18%
25%
36%
3%
24%
14% 15%
43%
6%
31%
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15%
31%
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<10 min 10-30 min 30-1 hour 1 hour- 2 hours >2 hours
Fatality Severe Superficial
In 2004, the Cambodian Government developed the first National Road Safety Action Plan 2006-2010,
In early 2010, the government started to develop the second Action Plan 2011-2020, to respond to the “Decade of Action for Road Safety” and based on the international framework
2. National Road Safety Action Plan
Pillar 7Driving
Licenses
Pillar 6Law
Enforcement
2. National Road Safety Action Plan
Pillar 7: Driving Licenses: - Improvement of the driving training system
- Initiate a driver license demerit point system
Pillar 6: Law Enforcement : - Traffic police capacity building- Check point operations
Pillar 1: Road Safety Management: - Develop the required expertise and capacity - Improve the quality of the RCVIS database
Pillar 2: Infrastructure: - Engineering solutions to reduce speed
- Black spot improvement programmes
Pillar 3: Safe Vehicles: - improvements and expansion of fleet safety
- New Car Assessment Programme
Pillar 4: Road user behavior: - Helmets, motorcyclists,… - Speeding, Drink Driving,….
Pillar 5: Post crash care : - First Aids
- Physical rehabilitation of the victim post-crash
Example of activities
2. National Road Safety Action Plan
National Targets
• National Target 1: To reduce number of fatalities by 30% in 2020;
• National Target 2: To reduce fatality rate (per 10,000 registered vehicles) by 30% in 2020.
4700 lives can be saved in 10 years through the implementation of the 2011-2020 Action plan
2. National Road Safety Action Plan
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Fatalities: reality Fatalities: without additional actions Fatalities: National Target 1
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Estimated numbers of fatalities: 2010-2020
Note: with a prediction that the number of registered vehicles will be increased to around 5.4 Millions in 2020
2. National Road Safety Action Plan
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Fatality rate: reality
Fatality rate: without additional actions
Fatality rate: National Target 2
12.3
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4.15
Estimated fatality rate (per 10,000 registered vehicles) 2010-2020
2. National Road Safety Action Plan
Road Safety Performance Indicators
• Safety Performance Indicator 1: Helmet– To reduce number of fatalities caused by head injuries by 30% in
2020; – To increase helmet wearing rate to 85%.
• Safety Performance Indicator 2: Speeding– To reduce number of fatalities caused by speed related crashes
by 30% in 2020; – To reduce over speeding rate by 30%.
• Safety Performance Indicator 3: Drink Driving – To reduce number of fatalities caused by drink driving crashes
by 30% in 2020;– To reduce drink driving rate by 30%.
2. National Road Safety Action Plan
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Fatalities with head injuries: reality Fatalities with head injuries: without additional actions
Fatalities with head injuries: Safety Indicator 1
1200
1720
933
Estimated numbers of fatalities caused by head injuries: 2010-2020
2. National Road Safety Action Plan
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Fatalities: reality Fatalities: without additional actions Fatalities: Safety Indicator 2
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Estimated numbers of fatalities caused by speeding: 2010-2020
2. National Road Safety Action Plan
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Fatalities: reality Fatalities: without additional actions Fatalities: Safety Indicator 3
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Estimated numbers of drink driving related fatalities from 2010-2020
2. National Road Safety Action Plan
Thank You