Road Traffic Injury Research & Prevention Centre Half Yearly Report Jan to Jun 2 & Half Yearly Comparison of 29 & 2 Department of Neuro-Surgery, Ward 6, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Rafiquee Shaheed Road, Karachi 755, Pakistan Tele: 9927377, Email: rtiproject@gmail.com, rtiresearchcentre@gmail.com
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C O N T E N T S JAN TO JUN 2 ANALYSIS Pages No. Total Injury & Accidents. Injury Severity. Month Wise Casualties. 5 Hospital Wise Casualties. 6 Gender. 7 Mode of Arrival. 8 Vehicle Involvement. 9 Road User Group. Helmet Usage. 2 Type of Collision. 3 Town Wise Casualties. Age Group. 6 Vehicle Involvement by Road User Group. 7 Road User Group W.R.T. Injury Severity. 9 Road User Group W.R.T. Age Group. 2 Road User Casualties on Major Arterials. 2 Injury Severity W.R.T. Major Arterials. 23 Per Km Casualties & Fatal. 25 Brief of Accident Contributing Factors. 29 HALF YEARLY COMPARISON OF 29 & 2 Road User Group. 3 Injury Severity. 3 Mode of Arrival. 32 Vehicle Involvement. 33 FSI of Major Arterials. 35 Vulnerable Road Users on Major Arterials. 37 3
ROAD TRAFFIC INJURY RESEARCH & PREVENTION CENTRE JAN TO JUNE 2 RESULTS TOTAL INJURY & ACCIDENTS Frequency Total Injuries 55 Total Accidents 35 INJURY SEVERITY Disposal Frequency Percent Minor 33 73% Serious 367 2% Fatal 53 3% Total 55
MONTH WISE CASUALTIES Months Frequency Percent Jan 25 6% Feb 237 5% Mar 265 7% Apr 283 8% May 27 7% June 2625 7% Total 55 The highest casualties were recorded during the month of April constituting 8% of the total casualty data. 5
HOSPITAL WISE CASUALTIES Center Frequency Percent JPMC 6593 3% ASH 855 3 CHK 38 2 LNH 53 3% AKU 7 3% Total 55 3% casualties were reported in JPMC followed by 3 in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. 6
GENDER Gender Frequency Percent Male 387 85% Female 237 5% Total 55 The male casualties cover a high percentage of 85%. 7
MODE OF ARRIVAL Arrived by Frequency Percent Ambulance 5962 38% Police 55 Private 8375 5% Public 298 2% Other 8 5% Total 55 The half yearly data indicates that the highest mode of arrival was through private means covering 5% followed by ambulance covering 38% respectively. 8
VEHICLE INVOLVEMENT Vehicle Involvement Frequency Percent Motorbike 927 55% Mini Van / Coaster 65 3% Bus / Mini Bus / Coach 393 7% Truck 55 3% Taxi 269 Bicycle 38 2% Car 258 2% Water / Oil Tanker 5 Rickshaw 79 6% Dumper 7 Trailer 2 Loading Pickup 876 % Others 62 3% Animal Cart 55 Push Cart 29 Train 57 Total 985 Of all the vehicles involved in the road accidents the most frequent vehicle involvement comes out to be motorbike covering 55%. 9
ROAD USER GROUP Road User Group Frequency Percent Rider/Pillion Rider 859 55% Pedestrian 3859 25% Passenger 952 3% Drivers 52 3% Unknown 7 5% Total 55 The half yearly data indicates that the riders & pillions constitute the highest number of road casualties covering more than 5 of the total casualty data followed by Pedestrians covering 25%.
HELMET USAGE Motorbike Rider Frequency Percent Wearing Helmet 27 5% Not Wearing Helmet 787 95% Total 79 From a total of 5,5casualties during the first 6 months of 2, the information regarding the helmet usage was obtained from only 79 casualty cases. The above analysis is done on the basis of those 79 cases which shows that the percentage of persons wearing helmet is considerably lower than those who are not wearing helmet. 2
TYPE OF COLLISION Type of Collision Frequency Percent Head-on 895 8% Rear-end 859 38% Hit Object 355 7% Merging 22 Side swipe 2 23% Right angle 66 3% Total 897 Unknown 67-3
TOWN WISE CASUALTIES Towns Frequency Percent Saddar Town 9 2% Liaquatabad Town 58 9% Jamshed Town 366 9% Korangi Town 7 7% Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town 882 6% New Karachi Town 875 6% North Nazimabad Town 787 5% Site Town 62 % Gulberg Town 3% Bin Qasim Town 3 3% Gadap Town 3 3% Baldia Town 38 2% Landhi Town 32 2% Orangi Town 32 2% Malir Town 35 2% Kiamari Town 298 2% Lyari Town 296 2% Shah Faisal Town 9 Faisal Cantonment 388 3% Karachi Cantonment 5 % Malir Cantonment 8 DHA 788 5% Out of City 282 8% Total 55 The highest casualties were reported in Saddar town town covering 2% followed by Liaquatabad and Jamshed town constituting 9% each respectively.
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AGE GROUP Age Group Frequency Percent <= 5 2376 5% 6-2 2 2-25 288 9% 26-3 23 5% 3-35 536 36-23 8% - 5 87 6% 6-5 7 5% 5-55 39 3% 56-6 63 3% 6 + 65 3% Unknown 93 Total 55 The half yearly data of 2 shows that the highest proportion of recorded casualties belongs to 2-25 demographics covering 9 percent. 6
VEHICLE INVOLVEMENT BY ROAD USER GROUP Vehicle Involvement Rider/ Pillion Rider % Pedestrian % Passenger % Drivers % Motorbike 87 7 26 5% 3 5% 5 7% Mini Van / Coaster 95 2% 7 3% 2 9% 6% Bus / Mini Bus / Coach 3 3% 2 5% 76 28% 5 6% Truck 25 2% 79 2% 86 7% 5 6% Taxi 3 7 2% 6 2% 23 3% Bicycle 325 3% 36 5 Car 285 57 3 3% 9 25% Water / Oil Tanker 2 2 26 2 2% Rickshaw 359 3% 93 5% 386 2 27% Dumper 6 8 67 2% 6 2% Trailer 57 2 7 3% 38 5% Loading Pickup 267 2% 7 % 338 3% 56 7% Others 28 2% 2 6% 83 3% 2 3% Animal Cart 32 3 6 3 Push Cart 5 Train 2 Total 952 3952 2697 778 The data indicates that motorbike involvement is greatest in Rider/ Pillion Rider and Pedestrian cases covering 7 percent and 5 percent respectively. For Passengers, the highest vehicle involvement is of Bus/Minibus/Coach. The highest vehicle involvement in driver accident cases comes out to be rickshaw covering 27 percent respectively. 7
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ROAD USER GROUP W.R.T. INJURY SEVERITY Road User Group Rider/Pillion Rider Pedestrian Passenger Drivers Unknown Total Minor % Serious % Fatal % 65 59% 78 52% 2 38% 259 2% 66 32% 23 38% 78 3% 399 2% 75 37 3% 3 % 8 3% 37 9 3 6% 6 3323 53 The data shows that Pedestrians are the highest victims of road accident fatalities whereas rider/pillion riders are more involved in minor and serious injury cases. 9
ROAD USER GROUP W.R.T. AGE GROUP Age Group <= 5 6-2 2-25 26-3 3-35 36 - - 5 6-5 5-55 56-6 6 + Total Rider/Pillion Rider 977 357 85 7 98 65 32 58 3 7 835 % 2% 6% 22% 7% 8% 5% % 2% 2% Pedestrian 5 36 397 333 23 269 23 23 6 23 28 387 % 28% 9% 6% 7% 6% 6% % 6% 7% Passenger 266 22 389 3 23 52 9 95 6 8 53 925 % 3% 2 6% 2% 8% 5% 5% 2% 2% 3% Drivers 3 5 8 8 78 75 53 2 2 5 % 9% 2 2 5% 5% % 2% 2% The casualty data indicates that the highest Pedestrians involved in road accidents are of the age group -5 years. For riders/pillions, passengers and drivers the 2-25 demographic are most frequently reported in road accidents. 2
ROAD USER CASUALTIES ON MAJOR ARTERIALS Roads MA Jinnah Road Shahrah-e-Faisal Korangi Road Shahrah-e-Shah Suri National Highway Nawab Sadiq Ali Khan Road Ch Fazal Ellahi Road Main Korangi Road Nishtar Road Site Avenue Mauripur Road University Road SM Toufiq Road Shahrah-e-Orangi Hakim Ibn-e-Sina Road Hub River Road Super Highway Korangi Industrial Area Road Sea View Road Rashid Minhas Road Rafique Shaheed Road MT Khan Road Shahrah-e-Pakistan Manghupir Road Ch Khaliq-uz-zaman Road Sarwer Shaheed Road Shahrah-e-Liaquat Khy-e-Iqbal Residential Road Low Road Rider/Pillion Rider 2 5 385 239 336 32 25 3 57 5 9 2 9 92 57 82 6 3 7 93 6 93 29 9 9 7 7 63 66 85 Pedestrian 7 85 57 79 72 7 2 72 53 38 3 9 62 32 9 6 58 3 22 56 53 9 26 552 5 Passenger 57 76 3 25 3 3 35 35 9 39 8 9 5 9 9 55 6 8 2 3 22 9 29 9 2 3 2 Drivers 8 3 6 6 5 8 6 9 5 9 5 2 9 3 6 5 6 7 9 6 3 5 The half yearly data shows that the highest casualties of rider/pillion, pedestrians and drivers were reported from Shahrah-e-Faisal whereas the highest passenger casualty cases were reported from Korangi Road. 2
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INJURY SEVERITY W.R.T. MAJOR ARTERIALS Roads MA Jinnah Road Shahrah-e-Faisal Korangi Road Shahrah-e-Shah Suri National Highway Nawab Sadiq Ali Khan Road Ch Fazal Ellahi Road Main Korangi Road Nishtar Road Site Avenue Mauripur Road University Road SM Toufiq Road Shahrah-e-Orangi Hakim Ibn-e-Sina Road Hub River Road Super Highway Korangi Industrial Area Road Sea View Road Rashid Minhas Road Rafique Shaheed Road MT Khan Road Shahrah-e-Pakistan Manghupir Road Ch Khaliq-uz-zaman Road Sarwer Shaheed Road Shahrah-e-Liaquat Khy-e-Iqbal Residential Road Low Road Minor Serious Fatal Total 565 678 55 277 323 36 288 228 82 7 79 2 9 95 8 98 2 28 86 2 59 2 38 7 2 7 95 85 98 37 3 39 8 2 79 28 27 8 56 57 85 5 5 65 57 63 2 5 2 75 52 2 6 2 297 2 2 3 3 2 2 9 5 6 7 2 2 5 2 8 7 2 23 3 679 836 685 362 83 35 2 258 232 236 28 35 5 55 2 75 79 286 2 83 6 8 22 2 3 9 2 7 3 6 The maximum number of fatalities were reported on National Highway. For Minor and serious cases, the highest frequency was reported on Shahrah-e-Faisal road and Korangi Road respectively. 23
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PER KM CASUALTIES & FATAL PER KM CASUALTIES & Fatal National Highway Korangi Road Shahrah-e-Faisal Super Highway MA Jinnah Road Hub River Road Mauripur Road Shahrah-e-Pakistan Nawab Sadiq Ali Khan Road Site Avenue University Road Rashid Minhas Road Hakim Ibn-e-Sina Road MT Khan Road Shahrah-e-Orangi Korangi Industrial Area Road SM Toufiq Road Ch Fazal Ellahi Road Shahrah-e-Sher Shah Suri Main Korangi Road Manghupir Road Nishtar Road Ch Khaliq-uz-zaman Road Road Length 3 3.5 2 5 6 7 2 7.75 3.5 3 8 3 3.5 8 3.5 6 5.7 2 Injury 83 685 836 79 679 75 28 22 35 236 35 83 2 8 55 286 5 2 362 258 2 232 3 Per Km Injury 6. 68.5 6.9 9. 6.7.7 62. 37.3 8.8 33.7 25. 23.6 68.9 9.3 9. 22.. 52.5 9.5 73.7 2.6.7 6.5 Fatal 3 2 2 2 2 9 8 7 7 6 5 5 3 2 2 Per Km Injury2.3 3..8..3.8 3..8 2.5..8. 2. 2.3.8...5..9... 25
ACCIDENT CONTRIBUTING FACTORS Contributing Factors Pedestrians Frequency 88 Percent Road Crossing 3297 Hit while walking/standing/sleeping on the roadside 8 2% Child action 76 3% Dangerous action (e.g. playing on road) 7 Working on the road 259 Wearing dark cloths 33 Driver/ Rider Error or Reaction 2 8% Out of control/ Roll Over 227 5% On turnings 33 5% Sudden Application of brake 73 3% Sudden appearance of vehicle 97 2% Parked Vehicle 237 No indication/care while turning 2 Hit while reversing (Vehicle reverse on slope(improper chocking)) 82 Hit while sleeping under vehicle 3 Passenger 69 3% Fall/Hit while ascending/descending from the vehicle Sitting on Roof top/open dala 6 3 3% Human Body projected out of vehicle frame 5 Disbalance Impairment or Distraction 36 Medical Related (Disabled, Mentally, Physical, dizziness, drowsiness, Fatigue/stressed, eyesight) 29 Impaired by Alcohol/Drug 7 Inattention (Mobile / Hoarding & etc) 3 Behavior 728 3% Adventure/ Risky/ Reckless 33 2% Unskilled Driving (Novice driving/ Learner) 279 Vandalisms 5 Aggressive Confused 2 26
Vision Obstruction 29 Glare(headlight) 29 Injudicious Action 892 38% Over speeding 867 2 Lane jumping/overtaking 279 2% Wrong Way/Oncoming traffic lane 676 3% Under Age Driving 238 Signal Violation 35 2% Roads / Environment 872 8% Deposit on road (e.g. oil, mud, construction material, garbage) 2% Speed Calming device (e.g. Speed Breaker) 285 Insufficient Illumination (Bad Light) 2 2% Dilapidated road 8 Animal on carriageway 67 Rain Under construction road 7 Open main holes/ Unleveled main holes 5 Improper / missing guide signs or road markings 7 Drive Thru (vehicle coming out from petrol pumps & others areas). 52 Open sewerage line Fog Encroachment 3 Wire lying/hanging on road 22 Storm Vehicular 697 7% Vehicle Part broke/jam/fault 66 2% Foot /Scarf / Clothing entangled. 2 Overloaded goods/passengers 63 3% Defective Brakes Tire Burst 23 Mudguard broke 6 Injured due to interior of vehicle Indicators or Light not working. Injured due to exterior of vehicle Chain out 5 Goods projected out of vehicle frame Special Codes 75 27
Opening of door 39 Kite flying/cord entangled 22 Others Sudden Stop by Police 9 Towing 5 Stolen vehicle Total 23322 28
BRIEF OF ACCIDENT CONTRIBUTING FACTORS Contributing Factors Number Percent Pedestrians 88 2 Driver/ Rider Error or Reaction 2 8% Passenger 69 3% Impairment or Distraction 36 Behavior 728 3% 29 Injudicious Action 892 38% Roads / Environment 872 8% Vehicular 697 7% 75 Vision Obstruction Special Codes 29
HALF YEARLY COMPARISON OF 29 & 2 %Change Over 2929 2 2 877 55 % Jan to June Frequency ROAD USER GROUP Road User Group Rider/Pillion Rider Pedestrian Passenger Drivers Unknown Total 29 2 82 859 375 3859 9 952 7 52 785 7 877 55 % Change Over 29-6% % 2% -9% % The half yearly comparison shows that the casualties of vulnerable road user groups i.e. rider/pillion and Pedestrian increased by 6% and % respectively. It is worth mentioning to note that the highest increase in casualties are of drivers with a percentage variation of. 3
INJURY SEVERITY Disposal Minor Serious Fatal Total 29 2 % Change over 29-382 33-2885 367 27% 6 53-3% 877 55 % The data shows that the serious injury cases have considerably increased by 27 percent. 3
MODE OF ARRIVAL Mode of Arrival Ambulance Police Private Public Other Total 29 758 6 8792 279 932 877 2 5962 55 8375 298 8 55 % Change Over 29-25% -53% -5% 7% -3% % The Ambulance service has been enhanced to a greater extent which is shown from the data. A considerable increase of 25% is observed in the involvement of Ambulance as the arrival mode. 32
VEHICLE INVOLVEMENT Vehicle Involvement Motorbike Mini Van / Coaster Bus / Mini Bus / Coach Truck Taxi Bicycle Car Water / Oil Tanker Rickshaw Dumper Trailer Loading Pickup Others Animal Cart Push Cart Train Total 29 2 989 772 9 68 26 33 228 8 95 86 93 722 777 8378 927 65 393 55 269 38 258 5 79 7 2 876 62 55 29 57 985 % Change Over 29- -2 -% 8% 3% 8% 2% 2% -2 % 2-23% 8% It is worth mentioning to note that the involvement of water/oil tanker in road accident cases has considerably increased in the half yearly data of 2.A change over of 2 percent has been observed. 33
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FSI OF MAJOR ARTERIALS Seriously Injured Fatal 29 2 %Change over 292 MA Jinnah Road 87 5% Shahrah-e-Faisal 36 3-3 2-23% Korangi Road 2 39 2% 32 3-3% Shahrah-e-Shah Suri 37 8 9% 9-56% National Highway 2 8% 3 8% NawabSadiq Ali Khan Road 25 79 26% 9 ChFazalEllahi Road 65 28 97% 2-67% Main Korangi Road 25 27 8% 3-25% Nishtar Road 8 23% 2 Site Avenue 38 56 7% 8 25% Mauripur Road 7 57 2 9 2-37% University Road 9 85-6% 6 9 -% SM Toufiq Road 3 33% 6 5-7% Shahrah-e-Orangi 3 5 7% 9 6-33% Hakim Ibn-e-Sina Road 2 5 37% 7 6 Hub River Road 5 65 2 2 9% Super Highway 77 57-26% 3 2-33% Korangi Industrial Area Road 33 63 9 5 5-67% Sea View Road 2 2 2 Road 29 2 % Change over 292 35
Rashid Minhas Road 59 5-8% 3 8-38% RafiqueShaheed Road 8-5 2-5 MT Khan Road 2 2 75% 7 75% Shahrah-e-Pakistan 75 7 8-39% Manghupir Road 29 52 79% 2-82% ChKhaliq-uz-zaman Road - SarwerShaheed Road 9 2-78% Shahrah-e-Liaquat 7 6 29% -75% Khy-e-Iqbal 5 2 2-5 Residential & Low Roads 232 38 37% 26 26 36
VULNERABLE ROAD USERS ON MAJOR ARTERIALS Rider/Pillion Rider Pedestrian Road 29 2 % Change Over 29 29 2 % Change Over 29 MA Jinnah Road 53 2-79 7-3% Shahrah-e-Faisal 33 5 8% 25 85 - Korangi Road 7 385-5% 69 57-7% Shahrah-e-Shah Suri 227 239 5% 62 79 27% National Highway 62 336 7% 87 72-7% NawabSadiq Ali Khan Road 28 32 3% 5 7 ChFazalEllahi Road 95 25 26% 2 2 8% Main Korangi Road 3 3 2% 3 72 67% Nishtar Road 62 57-3% 56 53-5% Site Avenue 2 5 2 5 38-6% Mauripur Road 9 9% 3 3% University Road 6 2-2 9 -% SM Toufiq Road 89 9 2-5% Shahrah-e-Orangi 96 92 -% 5-9% Hakim Ibn-e-Sina Road 3 57 2 52 62 9% Hub River Road 96 82-5% 35 32-9% Super Highway 79 6-23% 5 - Korangi Industrial Area Road 9 3 3% 55 9 6% Sea View Road 6 7 363% 6 5 37
Rashid Minhas Road 6 93-2% 76 58-2% RafiqueShaheed Road 3 6 7% 8 3 89% MT Khan Road 82 93 3% 29 22-2% Shahrah-e-Pakistan 9 29 2% 7 56 9% Manghupir Road 38 9-2 6 53-3% ChKhaliq-uz-zaman Road 9 25% SarwerShaheed Road 8 7-6 2-5 Shahrah-e-Liaquat 67 7 9 9 Khy-e-Iqbal 6 63 3% 8 26 % Residential & Low Roads 728 79 3% 596 63 38