The Bangladesh Country PaperThe Bangladesh Country Paper

Road Safety Measures Road Safety Measures Management In Management In

BangladeshBangladesh

Syed Mahboob HasanAdditional Secretary

Local Government DivisionMinistry of Local Government, Rural

Development & Cooperatives

Bangladesh

PreludePrelude Promote regional and sub regional Promote regional and sub regional

cooperation among member cooperation among member countries. Asian Highway (AH) has countries. Asian Highway (AH) has 141000 km long road network 141000 km long road network crisscrossing 32 Asian countries, out crisscrossing 32 Asian countries, out of which Bangladesh Part is 1769 km.of which Bangladesh Part is 1769 km.

AH-1,AH-2 AH-41AH-1,AH-2 AH-41

Keenly interested to see that the Keenly interested to see that the goals and objectives of AH are not goals and objectives of AH are not only conceived but also achieved.only conceived but also achieved.

Road Safety SituationsRoad Safety Situations

YearNo. of Accidents No. of Fatalities

FIR MAAP FIR MAAP

1998 4769 3533 3085 2358

1999 4916 3948 3314 2893

2000 4357 3970 3430 3058

2001 4091 2925 3109 2388

2002 4918 3941 3398 3053

2003 4749 4114 3289 3334

2004 3917 3566 2968 3150

2005 4949 3322 3187 2960

2006 3794 3544 3193 3160

2007 4869 3910 3749 3250

FIR: First Investigation Report ( by Police)MAAP: Micro-computer Accident Analysis PackageNote : Annual actual estimated fatalities::10,000 – 12,000

Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

YearNo. of Injuries Total Casualties

FIR MAAP FIR MAAP

1998 3997 3297 7082 5655

1999 3453 3469 6767 6362

2000 1911 3485 5341 6543

2001 3127 2565 6236 4953

2002 3772 3285 7170 6338

2003 3818 3740 7107 7074

2004 2752 3026 5720 6176

2005 2754 2570 5941 5530

2006 2409 2123 5602 5283

2007 3273 2102 7022 5352

Number of Injuries and Number of Injuries and CasualtiesCasualties

Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET and MAAP database

Pedestrian Fatalities Pedestrian Fatalities

YearPedestrian fatalities per 10,000

vehicles *

1998 53.2

1999 61.2

2000 59.6

2001 46.9

2002 58.4

2003 55.5

2004 50.3

2005 45.7

2006 19

2007 18

Note:No. of vehicles 923785 (2006), 1054057 (2007) .No. of vehicle increasing at the rate of 11.2%.

The statistics revealed that the pedestrian fatalities shows decreasing trend

during 2002-2005. It sharply declined in

2006-07.

Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET and MAAP database.

Child Fatalities Child Fatalities Year

Total children

fatalities (age 0-15)

Percent children fatalities (out of

all)

1998 414 18%

1999 440 15%

2000 473 15%

2001 343 14%

2002 385 12%

2003 395 12%

2004 371 12%

2005 316 11%

2006 406 12%

2007 446 14%

Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

It shows that the percentage of child fatalities is almost static during 2002-2007 though there is slight fall from previous years.

Vehicle Statistics and their Involvement in Road Vehicle Statistics and their Involvement in Road

FatalitiesFatalities Vehicle Types

Number of Vehicles (Registered)

Number of Vehicles (On Road)

Percent Death

Percent Pedestrian Death

Bus/Minibus 40469 29717 36% 40%

Trucks 65239 48753 24% 32%

Jeep/Car/Taxi 189287 78236 5% 5%

Microbus/Pickup 18492 14743 7% 8%

Autorickshaw/Tempo 116242 77700 9% 4%

Motorcycle 328294 220225 5% 3%

Rickshaw/Rickshaw Van N/A N/A 5% 0%

Bi-cycle N/A N/A 4% 0%

Others 26324 15854 6% 7%

Total 784347 485228 100% 100%

Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

Prone areas of accidentsProne areas of accidents

Nearly 37 percent in National Nearly 37 percent in National Highways, Highways,

12 percent in Regional Roads 12 percent in Regional Roads 15 percent in Feeder Roads. 15 percent in Feeder Roads. Nearly 40 percent at junctions in urban Nearly 40 percent at junctions in urban

areas. areas. Accidents are highly clustered at some Accidents are highly clustered at some

locations.locations.

Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

Types of Accidents Types of Accidents Hit pedestrian (43.7%), Hit pedestrian (43.7%), Rear end collisions Rear end collisions

(16.4%), (16.4%), Head on collisions Head on collisions

(13.3%), (13.3%), Overturning (9.4%). Overturning (9.4%). These four accident types These four accident types

account for nearly 83 account for nearly 83

percent of the accidentspercent of the accidents Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

Vehicular Involvement in Accidents Vehicular Involvement in Accidents

Over involvement of Over involvement of Buses and TrucksBuses and Trucks

In Accidents,In Accidents, bus/minibus - 33%bus/minibus - 33% trucks - 27% and trucks - 27% and

In fatal accidents In fatal accidents bus/minibus - 38%bus/minibus - 38% trucks - 30%trucks - 30%

Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

FACTORS of ACCIDENTSFACTORS of ACCIDENTS

Road user errors Road user errors (90%) (90%)

Adverse road Adverse road conditions conditions or environment or environment (30%)(30%)

Vehicle defects Vehicle defects (10%)(10%)

Source: Accident Research Centre (ARC), BUET

Road Safety Policy PriorityRoad Safety Policy Priority

The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) was established in 1995. The The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) was established in 1995. The council formulatedcouncil formulated

““National Road Safety Strategic Action Plan 2008-2010”. The action plan National Road Safety Strategic Action Plan 2008-2010”. The action plan has identified the following priorities: has identified the following priorities:

Planning, Management and Co-ordination of Road Planning, Management and Co-ordination of Road

safetysafety

Road Traffic Accident Data SystemRoad Traffic Accident Data System

Road Safety EngineeringRoad Safety Engineering

Road and Traffic LegislationRoad and Traffic Legislation

Traffic EnforcementTraffic Enforcement

Driver Training and TestingDriver Training and Testing

Vehicle SafetyVehicle Safety

Road Safety Education and PublicityRoad Safety Education and Publicity

Medical Services for Road traffic Accident VictimsMedical Services for Road traffic Accident Victims

Measures for road safety Measures for road safety National Land Transport Policy has been prepared.National Land Transport Policy has been prepared. Establishment of Establishment of Highway PoliceHighway Police Strict Strict control of overloadingcontrol of overloading of heavy vehicles of heavy vehicles Enhancement of EnforcementEnhancement of Enforcement and Regulations and Regulations Road safety component has now been given Road safety component has now been given

explicit consideration in the upgrading, explicit consideration in the upgrading, rehabilitation and new roadrehabilitation and new road schemes schemes

Motor vehicle Act updated with stringent provisionsMotor vehicle Act updated with stringent provisions Road safety issues are initiated to include in Road safety issues are initiated to include in

primary and secondary curriculum.primary and secondary curriculum.

Suggestions:Suggestions:

Regional co-operationRegional co-operation Soft funding windows from development Soft funding windows from development

partners partners

Thanks Thanks for for

patience patience