National Road Safety Committee Cambodia’s response to the Decade of Action Mr. CHAN Dara Deputy Director General of Transport, Deputy General Secretary, National Road Safety Committee ( NRSC)

1. Road Safety Issues Cambodian Context Road traffic crashes in Cambodia: 46% of all kinds of recorded injuries in the countries almost 7% towards the causes of physical impairment and disability The total economic loss of road traffic accidents was estimated at 248 million US$ (HIB) in 2009

1. Road Safety Issues Cambodian Context Sources: RTAVIS annual report 2009 Evolution of road fatalities, vehicles and population and casualties (base 100 = 1998) Road crashes increase more proportionally than road traffic and population. Every day, more than 4 persons die and many others are injured. Over the last 5 years, the number of fatalities increased almost double.

As a consequence: Motorbikes’ riders account for the large majority of casualties (77%) and fatalities (71%), 13% of fatalities are pedestrians 76% of motorbike fatalities get head injuries Source: RTAVIS annual report Road Safety Issues Cambodian Context

As a consequence, human error is responsible more than 90% of casualties. Road crash injuries are largely preventable Source: RCVIS annual report Road Safety Issues Cambodian Context

1. Road Safety Issues Cambodian Context More than 50% of fatalities are due to speeding and other 17% caused by drunk driving.

Source: RTAVIS report Road Safety Issues Cambodian Context 50% of casualties take more than 1 hour to reach the first health facility.

In 2004, the Cambodian Government developed the first National Road Safety Action Plan , In early 2010, the government started to develop the second Action Plan , to respond to the “Decade of Action for Road Safety” and based on the international framework 2. National Road Safety Action Plan

Pillar 7 Driving Licenses Pillar 6 Law Enforcement 2. National Road Safety Action Plan

Pillar 7: Driving Licenses:- Improvement of the driving training system - Initiate a driver license demerit point system Pillar 6: Law Enforcement : - Traffic police capacity building - Check point operations Pillar 1: Road Safety Management: - Develop the required expertise and capacity - Improve the quality of the RCVIS database Pillar 2: Infrastructure: - Engineering solutions to reduce speed - Black spot improvement programmes Pillar 3: Safe Vehicles: - improvements and expansion of fleet safety - New Car Assessment Programme Pillar 4: Road user behavior: - Helmets, motorcyclists,… - Speeding, Drink Driving,…. Pillar 5: Post crash care : - First Aids - Physical rehabilitation of the victim post-crash Example of activities 2. National Road Safety Action Plan

National Targets National Target 1: To reduce number of fatalities by 30% in 2020; National Target 2: To reduce fatality rate (per 10,000 registered vehicles) by 30% in  4700 lives can be saved in 10 years through the implementation of the Action plan 2. National Road Safety Action Plan

Estimated numbers of fatalities: Note: with a prediction that the number of registered vehicles will be increased to around 5.4 Millions in National Road Safety Action Plan

Estimated fatality rate (per 10,000 registered vehicles) National Road Safety Action Plan

Road Safety Performance Indicators Safety Performance Indicator 1: Helmet –To reduce number of fatalities caused by head injuries by 30% in 2020; –To increase helmet wearing rate to 85%. Safety Performance Indicator 2: Speeding –To reduce number of fatalities caused by speed related crashes by 30% in 2020; –To reduce over speeding rate by 30%. Safety Performance Indicator 3: Drink Driving –To reduce number of fatalities caused by drink driving crashes by 30% in 2020; –To reduce drink driving rate by 30%. 2. National Road Safety Action Plan

Estimated numbers of fatalities caused by head injuries: National Road Safety Action Plan

Estimated numbers of fatalities caused by speeding: National Road Safety Action Plan

Estimated numbers of drink driving related fatalities from National Road Safety Action Plan

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