MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS

Road Safety Data Analysis Training Course 2017

in cooperation with National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad H-12, Pakistan,

12-16 February 2018

“Being able to understand, manage and interpret data and evidence is a key skill for any Road

Safety professional. This highly interactive Training course will use data and case studies from

Pakistan to equip participants with the knowledge and skills required to assist their agency to

develop evidence bases policy, strategy and programs that achieve measurable safety

improvements for all road users in Pakistan. “

Mr. Hameed Akhtar, Ministry of Communications

Road Safety Data Analysis Training Course Introduction

The Ministry of Communications is pleased to announce its first Road Safety Data Analysis Training Course to be conducted at the National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) Campus in Sector H-12, Islamabad during 12-16th February 2018.

The course aims to support the Government of Pakistan (GoP) in its ambition to develop better road safety data and to establish fully operational National Transport and Road Safety Data Observatories by 2020. Achievement of this ambition is key to improving transport and road safety and realising the associated benefits to the whole country.

An effective Road Safety Data Observatory (see figure 1) which provides high quality data and analysis is an essential tool to develop public policy and legislation, set targets and develop evidence based, results focused strategies and programs. All road safety professionals including government agency professional, academics and researchers contribute data to such observatories. In Pakistan, improved data collection and a Road Safety Data Observatory will play a critical role in supporting the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to:

• implement the key principles of the National Transport Policy of Pakistan• deliver the targets set in the National Road Safety Strategy 2018-2030• contribute to global achievement of the United Nations 2030 road safety targets

This course aims to bring together these key professionals from Federal, and Provincial / Territory levels, build their skills to benefit their own agency and improve road safety at a nation-wide level.

The MOC is being supported by NTU International to deliver this course which will be led by Dr Antonino Tripodi, an internationally recognised road crash data analyst and the author of over 25 road safety publications.

All training activities will be directly based on 2013 to 2016 Pakistan road crash data and will be highly interactive, with a focus on practical sessions during which participants will learn the importance of reliable and complete road crash data, how these data should be collected and stored at agency and observatory levels, why data and information are essential to define strategies and interventions, what data are important to be analysed and how to conduct analysis.

By the end of this course, participants will have expertise in road safety definitions used in Pakistan and globally for road crash data, understand how data and information inform strategy and policy setting and new legislation. They will have gained the knowledge and skills required to undertake analysis and present findings in an impactful way to executive managers and the government.

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Figure 1: Proposed Pakistan Road Safety Observatory

What are the benefits for your agency? • A well-managed road safety data analysis program is fundamental to improving road

safety at every level of government.

• Allows more effective use of collected data and highlights the urgent need forimprovement in data collection processes.

• Promotes evidence based public policy, strategy and programs which focus on results.

• Enhances the ability of research agencies to contribute key research findings

The establishment of a Pakistan Road Safety Data Observatory enables a whole-of government (at all levels) approach to road safety which is enhanced by research conducted by academia, industry, and research institutes.

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Who should attend? • Road safety researchers, academics and teachers working in Police academies from each

Province in Pakistan.

• Managers of crash and injury databases in roads, Police and health agencies who haveresponsibility for reporting on road crash data internally in Pakistan or to the WHO.

• Senior managers at Director and Deputy Director level in key road safety agencies suchas MoC, NHA, NHMP, NTRC, MoH and Provincial governments.

Participation Selection Criteria: • Appropriate degree level education in road/transport planning/engineering, public health

or statistics.

• Police training academy teachers, Police officers or technicians working on datamanagement in Provincial Police or NHMP.

• High level of fluency in English, including general understanding of basic technical termsrelating to data analysis.

• Minimum of 5 years professional experience in use of road safety or public health data.

• Administrative level position which can implement change and willingness to adopt newways of working.

• Each participant must bring a personal laptop with excel software each day of the trainingcourse.

Applicants must submit a letter of support from their line manager approving leave for the full

period of the Training Course, together with the application form.

Course Objectives: • To increase capacity in road crash data analysis for decision making on road safety public

policy, legislation, strategy and evidence based interventions.

• To create a network of concerned agencies/institutions which commit to the collectionand sharing of road safety data and development of a Road Safety Data Observatory.

• Achieve consensus on the role and functions of this Observatory within the framework ofa National Transport Data Observatory.

Course outline: • To understand the scale and nature of the road traffic crash problem in Pakistan and how

it compares internationally; road safety responsibilities; key road safety definitions; theprinciples of the globally endorsed Safe System Approach and accident causation.

• The importance of road safety within Pakistan 2025, National Transport Policy, theNational Road Safety Strategy 2018-30, and global road safety targets.

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• How to identify the key data required for evidence based road safety program planning,implementation, and evaluation.

• How to conduct data analysis, identify key findings and present these impactfully todifferent audiences.

• How global and national milestones and targets are set.

Assessment: Assessment will be based on project work and a final examination. Successful participants will receive a training certificate jointly endorsed by MOC and NTU.

Course Requirement Note: This is an intensive theory and field based practical course which will be conducted over five days. To ensure a high academic standard, any participant who fails to attend a day will be automatically deemed to have withdrawn from the course and should not attend the following day.

Participants must attend all sessions to be admitted to the final examination. No exceptions can be made to this academic requirement.

Participant numbers: A maximum of 30 participants will be accepted in the Training Course. Course timing and location: This five-day course will be conducted in NUST, Islamabad from:

09.00 on 12th February to 16.00 on 16th February 2018. The venue will be confirmed in January 2018.

Course fees: The course is free of charge for civil servants and academics. Official travel costs will be reimbursed on submission of required documentation and original receipts. Course accommodation, breakfast and lunch daily will be provided.

Schedule: 1. Deadline for submission of your application form, CV and letter from Manager

authorising your attendance: 19th January 2018

2. Participants list issue: 26th January 2018

3. Confirmation of participation: 2nd February 2018 Late enrolments cannot be accepted.

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Key Trainers: Dr Antonino TRIPODI: Civil engineer with a PhD in Transport Systems, who has 15 years of

professional experience in transport systems. In the past decade he has undertaken national

and international projects specialising in sustainable mobility and road safety, focusing on

road crash databases and road crash analysis. Co-author of more than 25 scientific papers

on transportation and road safety.

Dr Kamran AHMED: Civil engineer with PhD in transportation/traffic engineering. Assistant Professor in School of Engineering at National University of Sciences & Technology.

Dr Omer M QURESHI: Civil/mechanical Engineer with a PhD in automotive crashworthiness

from the University of Modena, Italy with crashworthiness experience in Ferrari MillieChilie

Lab, and several years of research and teaching experience of Crash Investigations. Currently,

Dr Qureshi works in Pakistan as the founder of Automotive Design and Crashworthiness

Research which is pioneering modern methods of road crash investigations in Pakistan. He

has been a team member of inquiries into several national disasters including the Ahmedpur

Sharqia Oil Tanker Tragedy and the Therri bypass accident. He has authored several research papers on road crash investigations published in key international journals.

Desmond MYERS: is an International Road Policing Specialist who has focused on the use

of crash data in developing strategic road safety and traffic police deployment plans. He

prepared the ToRs for the Victoria Police (Australia) Traffic Intelligence Unit, the University

of Natal Interdisciplinary Accident Research Centre (South Africa) review of data based road

actions for the National Road safety program and has authored an International guide for

Traffic Police on use of data - ‘Data Collection and Management for Effective

Road Policing’. In addition, he has provided data collection and analysis consultancy services to road safety programs in China, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Russia.

Rosemary ROUSE: Master in International Public Health with over 23 years of senior

management experience in road safety within Australia and internationally. Her expertise is

focused to strategy, policy and legislation and programs in the areas of speed management,

vehicle safety and road user safety, including the safety of vulnerable road users. She has

led teams in NSW Australia, Indonesia, South East Asia, Iraq, Uganda and India to analyse and present data to governments which has influenced them to implement more effective

policies, strategies, legislation and interventions.

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Road Safety Data Analysis Training Course Programme

12-16 February 2018

Day 1: 12 February 2018

8:30 Registration of trainees 9:00 Introduction and opening remarks

9:30 Photo opportunity

Module 1: Road safety national and international framework Short presentation of road safety trends in terms of number of collisions and casualties. Introduction to the international road safety agreements and targets that Pakistan has endorsed, and to the national relevant legislation and to the road safety management system. Trainers: Rosemary Rouse, Edoardo Mazzia, Antonino Tripodi, Dr Adnan Rahman

10:00 • National statistics and comparison with international statistics• National legislation and comparison with international legislation• The Safe System Approach and critical significance of data• Roles and responsibilities on road safety management: the EU case• Definitions used in road safety data analysis• Establishment of the Pakistan Road Safety Data Observatory• Workshop session to achieve consensus recommendations for the Observatory

13:00 Lunch

Module 2: Crash investigation Introduction to collision causation and dynamics. The roles of vehicles, road and users in every collision. Presentation of local case studies. Trainer: Dr Omer Masood Qureshi

14:00 • Introduction to vehicle crashworthiness

• The dynamics of a crash• Investigations basics

15:30 Break 16:00 • Case study

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Day 2: 13 February 2018

Module 3: Conceptual Framework for data-led road safety management

Theoretical and practical sessions explaining the importance of data collection for evidence based selection of strategies and interventions. The session also provides an overview of and practical sessions in systems and tools supporting the road crash data collection, analysis, and management. Trainer: Antonino Tripodi, Rosemary Rouse

9:00 • Role of road crash data in road safety management• Benefits and requirements of road crash data: the importance of evidence base analysis

10:30 Break 11:00 • Different levels of road crash investigation

• Consideration of ITS• Information systems for data collection, management and analysis

13:00 Lunch Module 4: Road Crash data collection

Theoretical session providing information on the new data collection process recommended for Pakistan, as well as how collecting data. Trainers: Desmond Myers, Antonino Tripodi, Rosemary Rouse

14:00 • Importance of conflict types for crash collection• Detailed handling of newly proposed road crash attributes

15:30 Break

16:00 • Drawing road crash diagrams

Day 3: 14 February 2018

Exercise 1 – Road crash data collection, validation, and treatment Practical sessions focused on methodologies for collecting road crash data and storing the information. Trainer: Antonino Tripodi

9:00 • Simulation of road crash data collection

10:00 Break 10:30 • Simulation of road crash data validation and storage

13:00 Lunch

14:00 • Road crash database organisation

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Day 4: 15 February 2018

Exercise 2 – Analysis of road crash data Practical sessions focused on the analysis of road crash data. Trainer: Antonino Tripodi

9:00 • Definition of main road safety statistics

10:00 Break 10:30 • Selection and analysis of single road crash elements

• Analysis of multiple road crash elements

13:00 Lunch 14:00 • Identification of road crash causes

Day 5: 16 February 2018

Exercise 3 – Road crash data analysis outputs Practical sessions focused on the use of analysed of road crash data to define strategies and interventions Trainer: Antonino Tripodi

9:00 • Selection of main risk factors

10:30 Break 11:00 • Identification of targets

• Presentation of analysis• Recommendations for interventions

13:00 Lunch 14:00 Final examination

15:30 Break

16:30 Delivery of training certificates and closing remarks