4th June 2002

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4th June 2002 Safety Technology
Symposium Who should do what to STOP the
killing on our roads?? by Tony van Thiel,
PDO-CSM/5Head Corporate Road Safety
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Road transport in the world

• Road transport is the backbone of
• modern society economy
• Fast
• Comfortable convenient
• Provides communication links
• Generates jobs income
• It is fun
• It is essential
• We can not do not want to live without it

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Road transport in the world

• Road transport was the number 9 killer
• in 1990 and will be number 3 in 2020
• 2000 die on the road every day
• same as 6 full 747s every day
• 25-35 pedestrians
• 10-20 children under 15
• cost 1 billion US every day
• the suffering is NOT measurable
• this is a world wide problem

NOT ACCEPTABLE
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Oman Strong growth in vehicle numbers
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Oman 614 fatalities in 1998, 499 in 2001
NOT ACCEPTABLE
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PDO Contractors Road Safety Performance
Road Traffic Accidents per Million Km driven
Improving
RTAs / Million Km
BUT !
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PDO Contractors Road Safety Performance
1998 1999 2000 2001 Millions km driven 149
116 118 123 Road Accidents 231
144 158 160 Rollovers 51 32 43 33 Dead
8 0 10 81ptd 2002 4 Dead
4 LTIs
NOT ACCEPTABLE
Road Safety 40 of the LTIs (Lost Time Injury)
90 of the Fatalities
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The tragedy behind the statistics
NOT ACCEPTABLE
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Stop the killing on our roads

• Who are the players that can/must act
• Gover5nment
• Private sector
• Media press, radio, TV
• Drivers
• Citizens
• Parents
• Schools/Teachers
• All play a role co-ordinated by the Nat Road
  Safety Committee/Plan

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Road Fatalities Holland 1946-99
This is achieved by rigorous development
implementation of a National Road Safety
Plan
Road Fatalities x 1000
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Stop the killing on our roads
The National Road Safety Committee in Oman
development implementation of the National
Road Safety Plan
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Stop the killing on our roads

• Key Road Safety Problems in Oman
• Speeding
• Driver behaviour (overtaking, tailgating)
• Young drivers
• Driver training and testing
• Impaired drivers fatigue
• Dangerous road locations
• Pedestrians
• Passenger protection (rear seat belts, children)
• Rescue system (communications, ambulances)

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Stop the killing on our roads

• Typical Nat Road Safety Plan
• Safer speeds
• Safer drivers
• training and testing
• general road behaviour
• fatigue
• Safer passengers
• Safer pedestrians
• Safer infrastructure
• Safer vehicles
• Safer rescue and post crash care
• Safer systems

• Education
• Enforcement
• Engineering
• Encouragement
• Evaluation/adjust

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Stop the killing on our roads

• Who are the players that can/must act
• Gover5nment Nat Road Safety Committee
• ROP
• Health
• Municipalities
• Education
• Finance
• Transport
• Economy
• Information

• Defence
• Town planning
• Environment
• Housing
• Religious affairs
• Chamber of commerce
• MOG

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Stop the killing on our roads

• Who are the players that can/must act
• Private sector
• Vehicle manufacturers/importers Toyota, a.o.
• Insurance companies
• Oil companies PDO, a.o.
• Al-Maha / Shell / BP
• ONTC
• Transport companies
• Galfar, Desert Line, a.o.
• Retailers/marketers/restaurants/advertisers
• OPAL

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Stop the killing on our roads

• Who are the players that can/must act
• Media press, radio, TV
• Radio Oman
• Oman TV
• Arabic newspapers Al Shabiha, Oman, Watan
• English newspapers Observer, Times of Oman
• Magazines

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Stop the killing on our roads

• Who are the players that can/must act
• Drivers you, me, us, them
• Citizens you, me, us, them
• Parents you, me, us, them
• Schools/Teachers
• Play acts
• Religious bodies
• Women associations
• etc, etc

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Stop the killing on our roads

• Conclusion
• Many actions (not a single golden
  bullet)
• Many players/sectors (no one can do it alone)
• Strong co-ordination required NRSC
• NRSC supported by RS secretariat/specialists
• YOU can and MUST play a role
• as an institution and as a person

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Stop the killing on our roads
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