IMPACT OF ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES IN ASIA

UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Tel: (+81-52) 561-9377 Fax: (+81-52) 561-9374
Government of Sri Lanka
6 August 2014
Subject: Official Invitation to the Integrated Conference of Better Air Quality (BAQ) 2014
and Intergovernmental Eighth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport
(EST) Forum in Asia, 19-21 November 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dear Dr. Mohan,
It is our great pleasure to inform you that the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy
(MERE), Ministry of Transport (MOT) of the Government of Sri Lanka, Ministry of the Environment
of the Government of Japan (MOE-Japan), Clean Air Asia (CAA), and the United Nations Centre for
Regional Development (UNCRD) will be co-organizing the “Integrated Conference of Better Air
Quality (BAQ) 2014 and Intergovernmental Eighth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport
(EST) Forum in Asia” from 19 to 21 November, 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Transport plays an important role in development, including the production of goods and
services, and impacts all sectors of the economy and society. The outcome of the United Nations
Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012, has provided
the development community with a meaningful framework to design and implement
environmentally-sound, economically-efficient, and socially-inclusive transport policies and
programmes. In the Rio+20 Outcome Document – The Future We Want, the Heads of State and
Government and high-level representatives acknowledged that transportation and mobility are central
to sustainable development. Recognizing that environmentally-sustainable transportation can enhance
economic growth and improve accessibility, the Rio+20 outcomes called for, among others, efficient
movement of people and goods, and access to environmentally-sound, safe, and affordable
transportation as a means to improve social equity, health, resilience of cities, urban-rural linkages,
and productivity in both urban and rural areas.
IMPACT OF ROAD
TRAFFIC CRASHES
IN ASIA
Over the last two decades, the Asian region has been moving into an era of unprecedented
urbanization and remarkable economic growth. As a result, the proportion of motorization and
industrialization has significantly increased. Consequently, the demand for public transport and freight
and logistics in the region is growing significantly, and cities are expanding much faster than the
required infrastructure and services in place. This rapid pace of urbanization and motorization
throughout the region is creating vast challenges to already infrastructure-deficit developing countries
of the region in realizing safe, efficient, affordable, people-and-environment friendly transport system.
Dr. Dinesh Mohan
Volvo Chair Professor Emeritus
Transport Research and Injury Prevention Programme
WHO Collaborating Centre
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Room 815, 7th Floor Main Building
Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 India
Tel: +91 11 2659 6361 FAX:+91 11 2685 8703
Email: [email protected]
Dinesh Mohan
450-0001
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI
1-47-1
TEL: 052-561-9377 FAX: 052-561-9374
19 November 2014 “Action in the absence of
knowledge can be dangerous
and worse than no action at all”
M. K. Gandhi
平成26年 11月 19日 Road traffic fatalities per 100,000 persons for 178 countries,
self reported for 2010
India’s death rate to reduce after 2040!
平成26年 11月 19日 FATALITIES/100,000 PERSONS WHO ESTIMATES 2013 Es+mated"of"road"traﬃc"deaths"per"100,000"popula+on"
45"
40"
THAILAND
35"
IRAN
30"
25"
20"
15"
TANZANIA
INDIA EGYPT
MEXICO
10"
USA
5"
JAPAN
0"
100"
1,000"
10,000"
Per"capita"income"US$"(2010)"
IIT Delhi 3 January 2014
!Cars!&!
heavy!
vehicles
(a)!As!reported!for!India!in!
WHO!Global!Status!Report!
on!Road!Safety!2013
37
Fatalities!by!type!of!road!user,!per!cent
Motorised!
2/3!
Bicyclists Pedestrians
wheelers
32
(b)!Data!from!InKdepth!
studies!form!India
Delhi*
9
37
Vadodara*
9
29
Agra*
11
39
Highways+
32
24
*,Mohan,,D.,et,al.,,2013,,,+,,Tiwari,,G.,et,al.,,2000
Other
5
9
17
6
8
9
11
46
54
41
32
2
0
0
1
平成26年 11月 19日 Revised esBmates for costs of road traﬃc crash injuries in India for 1995 (Source: Mohan, D. 2002) Injury'severity
Estimated'
number'of'
persons
71,948
Estimated'cost'in'
1995'Rs'(million)
Fatalities
38,527
Serious,major/
1,079,220
188,698*
injuries
Minor/injuries
5,036,360
94,960
TOTAL
322,186
Total/cost/as/per/cent//of/GDP 3.2/per/cent
*"Note:"cost"of"serious"injuries"is"taken"as"the"average"of"serious"and"
major"injuries"(Rs.174847.5)"as"stated"in"the"in"the"TCS"report"
平成26年 11月 19日 EsBmates for cost of RTI in India in 2012 based on IRAP guidelines Statistical(
value
Life
Serious(Injury
Total((for(life(
lost(and(injury
Per(cent(of(
GDP
IRAP(Ratio
56*PCI
17*PCI
Estimated(number(
2012
150,000
1,500,000
Total(amount(for(
country,(million(Rs.
756,000
2,295,000
3,051,000
2.8
Notes:'(1)'All'values'used'based'on'median''numbers'suggeted'by'IRAP'(Mcmahon,'K.'and'
Dahdah,'S.,'2008.)'(2)'Per'capita'income'(PCI)'in'India'and'GDP'vales'used'for'2012.'(3)'10%'
undercount'assumed'for'total'fatalities'in'India'in'2012)
平成26年 11月 19日 Drink limit 200 ml
Low probability of
Diarrhoea
Drink
Safely
IIT Delhi 平成26年 11月 19日
MTW"
TSR"
Car"
Vishakhapatnam"
Vadodra"
Bhopal"
Agra"
0"
0.5"
1"
1.5"
2"
2.5"
3"
3.5"
4"
4.5"
Fatal;es"associated"with"vehicle"type,""per"vehicle"km"(X100,000)"
Mohan, D, Tiwari, G, Mukherjee, S 2013 IIT Delhi 平成26年 11月
19日
Road user deaths and the type of vehicle/object hit
Victims of road traffic crashes in Indian cities
IIT Delhi 平成26年 11月
19日
Comparing randomly selected cities
(number of lanes)
IIT Delhi 平成26年 11月 19日
LESSONS OF HISTORY !  Propaganda and educaBon have very liVle beneﬁt !  Driver educaBon programmes do not reduce crash rates signiﬁcantly !  Very high ﬁnes do not reduce accidents but hide the data and promote corrupBon 平成26年 11月 19日 What works? !  Vehicles designed for passive and acBve safety !  Roads designed to control speeds and inform users regarding appropriate behaviour !  Enforcement on roads that informs people that they are being watched !  Development of local experBse !  Independent Road Safety Agency in the government 平成26年 11月 19日平成26年 11月 19日平成26年 11月 19日平成26年 11月 19日平成26年 11月 19日平成26年 11月 19日

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