Thailand Road Safety Management

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Thailand Road SafetyManagement Strategy

• Road Safety Directing Center Secretariat
• Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
  (DDPM)
• Ministry of Interior

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Presentation Outline
Situation
Roles of RSDC
Policy and Strategy
Helmet Wearing Campaign
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Deaths from Road Crashes 1994-2011
Average (17 yrs) 12,809
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Roles of RSDC

• Bridge that connects policy makers and
  implementers
• Supporter (technical, tools, budget)
• National Contact Point on Road Safety
• An organ of DDPM and MOI

Govt.
RSDC
Government Schools Child Center Factory,
shops Local govt.
Stake- holders
Province
Part ners
Areas
Thanapongs Model
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Government Policy
4.5 Security of Life and Society
(The government shall) reduce damage and loss
from road traffic accidents to the minimum.
Promote understanding on traveling and using
transportation safely. Putting His Majesty the
Kings principles on solving traffic problems
into actions and making it a national agenda to
strictly implement these principles in all parts
of the country
PM Yingluck Shinnawattra delivered the Policy
Statement (August 2011)
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Thailand Road Safety Master Plan (2009-2012)
Vision On our roads all lives are safe
accordingly to international standard
Goal To foster sustainable safety culture and
road safety system in Thailand
Objective To reduce of loss of life ratio
due to road traffic accident to meet the
international standard of 14.15 deaths per
100,000 populations within the year 2012.
Strategy
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The Decade of Action in Thailand

• Goal reducing fatalities from to below 10
  persons per 100,000 population within the year
  2020

1. Promotion of Helmet Wearing
5. Safer Vehicles
6. Safer Road Users
2. Drink Driving
8 Issues
7. Emergency Medical Service (EMS)
3. Black Spots
8. Capacity Development of Road Safety Management
4. Safe Speed Behavior
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Organization Chart
National Policy Committee
RSDC Committee
Sub-Committee No.1 Road Safety Management
RSDC Center
Sub-Committee No.2 Safe Road
Sub-Committee No.3 Safe Vehicle
RSDC Secretariat
Sub-Committee No.4 Safe Behavior
Provincial RS Committee
BMA RS Committee
Sub-Committee No.5 Post-crash Care
Sub-Committee No.6 Data Management
District Committee
Local Gov RS Op Center
BMA DistrictRS OpCenter
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100 Safety Helmet Wearing Campaign
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The Decade of Action in Thailand

• Goal reducing fatalities from to below 10
  persons per 100,000 population within the year
  2020

1. Promotion of Helmet Wearing
5. Safer Vehicles
6. Safer Road Users
2. Dont Drunk Driving Behavior
8 Issues
7. Emergency Medical Service (EMS)
3. Black Spots
8. Capacity Development of Road Safety Management
4. Safe Speed Behavior
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How worse is the situation?

• 3/4 of the injured is associates with MC
• 1/2 of the injured is associated with their
  head
• 36 of the injured is associated with alcohol
• Only about 14 percent wear the MC Safety Helmet
• Low rate of wearing helmet is found in youth

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10 reasons whey I dont ware helmet
It is not far
Im on a small road
Im in a hurry
Its uncomfortable/dirty
It destroys my hair dress
I dont want to carry it along
Police wont arrest me
I dont have a helmet
Low risk
My passenger dont wear either
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on 4 Jan 2010 Cabinet Endorsement
1. Promote this as a high priority
2. Public Relations Awareness Building
3 Enforcement
4. Supply and Distribution of safety helmet
5. Monitoring and evaluation
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Helmet Wearing Rate 2010-2011
Nationwide Survey 2010 2011
Rider Passenger 44 47
Rider 53 55
Passenger 19 25
Size of sample 954,956 1,230,197
Source Thai Roads Foundation
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