2. Road Safety Training Handicap International Belgium

3. Contents Global Road Safety Road crash spots and clips Road safety situation in the Lao PDR Causes of road crashes Advice on safe driving Advice on prevention and reduction of head injuries and road deaths In case of a road crash UNICEF situation + local examples

4. Global Road Safety Mike Goodge presentation…

5. UNICEF Road Safety among UNICEF staffs…

6. Driving license

7. Accident experiences

8. Accident causes All accident causes reported by female staff were being ‘hit by others’ Other causes… 1.Did not watch other vehicles carefully 2.Hit the car's door, which was parked at road side and while the car's driver opened the car's door suddenly without attention to other vehicles 3.No significant accident, but many close misses

9. Use of helmet and seat belt

10. I don’t like wearing helmet because... I don’t like wearing seatbelt because…

11. Other information

12. UNICEF’s 20 driving principles

13. Road safety situation in the Lao PDR Road crashes nationwide 2001-2009 Data source: MPWT

14. Road Safety situation in the Lao PDR

15. Road safety situation in the Lao PDR

16. Road crash break down by type of vehicles Source: HIB FSH HospitalSurveys 2007-2009

17. Road safety situation in the Lao PDR Road accident break down by age group Data source: HIB FSH HospSurvey 2009

18. The causes of road crashes…  Road environment  Vehicle condition  Human error 95% of all road crashes are caused by human error!!

19. Road environment Do you know what will be under- neath the water?

20. Road environment If heavy rain, slow down!! Potholes

21. Road environment Be careful when students go to school

22. Vehicle condition Your vehicle must be in a safe condition!!! Working lights are life-saving!!!

23. Human error The owner of the animal is at fault in case of an accident!

24. Running red right ! Human error

25. No helmets Speeding Carelessness Talking while driving

26. Human error Don’t Drink and Drive!!!

27. Human error Don’t drive on the wrong side!!!

28. The danger of driving on the wrong side

30. 1 2 Turning into a main road

31. 5. Check again behind and on your left, as somebody might overtake you! 2. Indicate to the left! 4. Stop at the turning point and let oncoming traffic pass! The oncoming traffic has priority! 3. Carefully move to the center of the road! 6. Make a wide left turn! 1. Check the traffic behind you! Correct left turn

32. How to use a roundabout correctly Who should go first?

33. Visibility Make yourself visible at night time

34. Front light Mirrors Tires Signal light Chain Break system Back light Vehicle check-up

35. Stop when using your mobile… Talking on the phone + driving = Accident

36. How to prevent head injuries and death Always wear your helmet! Choose a good quality helmet! Close your chinstrap tightly! Wear the helmet to protect your head!!!

37. Good quality helmet Strong outer shell made special plastic material! Hard and thick inner styrofoam shell! Chinstrap made from good material! Must have quality label of country of origin!

38. Bad quality helmet You can avoid being fined by the Traffic Police… But… Can you avoid head injury?

39. About seatbelts Seatbelts hold you back in case of a crash, preventing severe internal, facial and head injuries. must be used by all people in the car (front & back seated). still must be used, even if your car has an airbag. Always fasten your seatbelt while driving!

40. I n case of accident… P P Protect the scene and yourself! (to avoid other vehicles crashing into the accident site) A A Assess the problem! N N Number of people I I Injuries C C Call for help!

41. UNICEF situation The questionnaires resulted on 7 th -27 th Nov 2009  37% response rate (23/62)  43.5% males (10); 56.5% females (13)  60.9% (14) of staff want a driving training  81.8% (18) of staff want a driving test  14 family members want driving training  09 family members want a driving test

42. Group discussion... Picture…. ….. Black spot improvement

43. UNICEF’s 20 driving principles

44. Thanks Road safety begins with you!!