Road safety status in ESCAP region and Regional road safety goals, targets, and indicators for the Decade of Action,

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1 United Nations Road Safety Collaboration Meeting Geneva, 5-6 October 2010 Road safety status in ESCAP region and Regional road safety goals, targets, and indicators for the Decade of Action, Madan B. Regmi UNESCAP, Bangkok

2 Intergovernmental agreement on Asian Highway Network ESCAP Ministerial Conference on Transport Forum of Asian Ministers of Transport ESCAP Activities in ESACP Region Parties to the Agreement have also made a formal commitment to give full consideration to issues of road safety. The Declaration includes the goal to save 600,000 lives and to prevent a commensurate number of serious injuries on the roads of Asia and the Pacific over the period 2007 to 2015 Member States Governments resolved to place road safety high on the policy agenda and to set road safety goals, targets and indicators Resolution 66/6 reafffirmed the importance of addressing global road safety as a public policy issue of major concern and the need to further strengthen regional cooperation, needs of low- and middle-income countries EGM Regional Expert Group Meetings, National Workshops

3 Progress and achievement in ESCAP region Countries have: Introduced national road safety actions and targets over prescribed timeframes Designated a lead road safety agency Carried out Road safety audits, awareness programmes Implemented blackspot improvement programs Introduced and streamlined vehicle inspections Passed laws on seat belt and motorcycle helmet use, and drink driving Mixed progress on fatalities and injury reduction Focused programmes, goals and resource needs

4 Progress in reducing casualties in road accidents ESCAP member States Number of road fatalities Average change per year Fatality rates per 10,000 motor vehicles Kazakhstan 4,714 2, % Not provided Bhutan % Not provided Brunei Darussalam % Russian Federation 35,972 27, % 9.30 Not provided Bangladesh 3,749 2, % Not provided Kyrgyzstan 1,252 1, % Not provided Azerbaijan % Not provided Not provided Singapore % 2.51 Not provided Turkey 5,004 4,300-7% 3.84 Not provided Viet Nam 12,800 11, % 5.58 Not provided

5 Progress in reducing casualties in road accidents Japan 6,639 5,772 Armenia Thailand 12,492 11,048 Mongolia (2008 data) Philippines 1,185 1,115 Republic of Korea 6,166 5,838 Malaysia 6,282 6,218 Timor-Leste Not available % -6.2% -5.8% -5.4% -3.0% -2.7% -0.5% Not provided Not provided 4.88 Not provided Not provided Not provided 2.15 Not provided 3.39 Not provided Not available Not provided 17 countries- fatality reduction -8.3% per year

6 Casualties in road accident in selected member States ESCAP member States Number of road fatalities Fatality rates per 10,000 motor vehicles Av. change per year Nepal 953 1,165 (2008 data) 22.2% Georgia (2008 data) 17.6% Not provided Lao % Sri Lanka 2,176 2,328 (2008 data) 7% 6.42 Not provided India 105, , % Not provided Myanmar 1,638 1, % Cambodia 1,545 1, % Not provided Indonesia 16,548 18, % 2.61 Not provided Iran 22,918 23,362 (2008 data) 1.9% Tajikistan % Not provided 10 countries- Fatalities increased by 8.5% Overall 25 ESCAP countries- +0.5%- Almost stabilization

7 ESCAP road safety goals and targets : Decade of Action for Road Safety ( ) ESCAP Regional Road Safety Goals, Targets and Indicators from 2015 to Providing effective education on road safety awareness 1. Make Road Safety a policy priority 2. Make Roads Safer for vulnerable road users 8 ESCAP Goals 7. Developing Asian Highway as a model for road safety 50% reduction in fatalities and serious injuries on the roads of Asia and the Pacific over the period 2011 to Make Roads Safer and build forgiving roads National road safety strategy, action plan, goals and targets for the the Decade 6. Improving cooperation & fostering partnerships Regional Expert Group Meeting on Implementation of the Decade of Action, Sept. 2010, Bangkok 5. Improving national and regional road safety system, management, & enforcement 4. Make vehicles safer and encourage responsible ads

8 ESCAP Regional Road Safety Goals, Targets and Indicators Developed through a series of consultations with member States during at the expert group meetings and legislative meetings Contains one overall objective, eight broad goals (similar to the pillars of the draft planning document), 25 targets and 36 indicators to monitor progress: Draft planning document for the Decade International coordination ESCAP goals, targets and indicators Overall objective Pillar 1 Goals 1, 6 Pillar 2 Goals 3, 7 Pillar 3 Goal 4 Pillar 4 Goals 2, 5, 8 Pillar 5 Goal 5

9 ESCAP Road Safety Goals, Targets and Indicators for the Decade of Action, Goals and Targets Indicators for monitoring achievements Overall Objective: 50% reduction in fatalities and serious injuries on the roads of Asia and the Pacific over the period 2011 to 2020 a) Reduce the fatality rates by 50 per cent from 2011 to 2020 (or reduce it to less than 5 per 10,000 motor vehicles by 2020). 1) Number of road fatalities (and fatality rates per 10,000 motor vehicles, per motor vehicle-km and per passenger-km). 2) Number of road crashes. b) Reduce the rates of serious road injuries by 50 per cent from 2011 to Goal 1: Making road safety a policy priority a) Create a road safety policy/strategy, designate a lead agency and implement a plan of action, by b) Allocate sufficient financial and human resources to improving road safety. 3) Number of serious road injuries (and injury rate per 10,000 motor vehicles, and per motor vehicle-km). 4) Information on existing national road safety policy, strategy, and plan of action. 5) Name of designated lead agency. Description of responsibilities of local, regional and national government organizations. 6) National road safety reports or impact evaluation reports of government programmes. 7) Amount of funding allocated to road safety programmes (public, private and donors) and research and development to create safer road

10 50% reduction in fatalities and serious injuries on the roads of Asia and the Pacific over the period 2011 to Thank you