ADB Road Safety Action Plan

ADB Transport Forum 7 November 2012 Xiaohong Yang, Lead Transport Specialist, ADB

10 Reasons +10 Years = Decade of Action (2011-2020)

1. 1.3 million people are killed on the worlds roads each year, almost 60% of these are in Asia Pacific. 2. Road crashes kill more people than Malaria 3. 50 million people are injured, many disabled as a result. About 30 million in Asia Pacific. 4. 90% of these casualties occur in developing countries, about 95% in Asia. 5. Annual deaths are forecast to rise to 1.9 million by 2020. Predicted increases 2000-2020: South Asia: +144%, East Asia and Pacific: 80% 6. It is the No.1 cause of death for young people worldwide 7. By 2015 it will be the leading health burden for children over the age of five in developing countries 8. The economic cost to developing countries is at least $100 billion a year 9. Injuries place immense burdens on hospitals and health systems 10.Road crashes are preventable
Source: WHO

Road Safety is a problem

Economic Problem
ADBs developing member countries are losing at least $96 billion every year due to road accidents (based on 2% of GDP in 2007) Economic losses are greater than the total development aid received annually in the region Road crashes are impeding economic development in the Asia Pacific region

Poverty and Social Dev Problem

Road deaths are concentrated among vulnerable road users who are generally poorer households (50% in Western Asia/ Pacific and 75% in South Asia) 7 out of 10 poor families suffer decreased income after a road death or disability 2/3 of families have to arrange loans to cover loss of income from someone killed or disabled in a road accident Many families are driven into a spiral of poverty or debt as a result of road accidents Women of families affected by road accidents typically become care givers of disabled family members and consequently have less opportunities in life In the last 5 years, around 22 million families had someone killed or permanently disabled due to road accidents, causing severe financial strain and hardship, and in the next 5 years another 32 million families will be affected

Health Problem
Over 645,000 deaths and 30 million injuries every year Around 3.5 million deaths and 18 million permanently disabled in the last 5 years * 2nd leading cause of death for 6-14 year olds Road deaths exceed those from malaria, and by 2030 will be double those from HIV/ AIDS and four times those from tuberculosis

Source: WHO. Road Safety in the Western Pacific Region and ADB Road Safety Action Plan

Safe System Approach Safer Travel

Admittance to the system Alert and compliant road users
Safer speeds (lower speeds more forgiving of human errors)

Understanding crashes and risk

Human tolerance to physical force Education and information supporting road users
Safer Vehicles

Safer roads and roadsides (more forgiving of human errors)

Legislation & Enforcement of road rules

Source: Australias System Approach, OECD: Towards Zero Ambitious Road Safety Targets and the Safe System Approach

Road Causalities are preventable (Shared Responsibility)

System designers and system users must all share responsibility for managing crash forces to a level that does not result in death or serious injury
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Safe Planning and Design Roads Safety Funding Coordination And Management Of Road Safety Cooperation And Collaboration Road Accident Data System Road Safety Research Accident Costing Improvement Of Hazardous Locations Road Safety Education

System designers: planners, engineers, policy makers, educators, enforcement officers, vehicle importers, suppliers, utility providers, insurers..

10. Driver Training And Testing 11. Road Safety Publicity Campaigns 12. Vehicle Roadworthiness And Safety Standards 13. Traffic Legislation 14. Traffic Police And Law Enforcement 15. Emergency Assistance To Traffic Victim

System users: drivers, vehicle passengers, motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians etc. Source:

ADB ASEAN Regional Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan (2006-2010) New Zealand Safe System Approach

Five Pillars of the Plan for the Decade

SWOT Analysis
Strengths
Large sector portfolio and good country experience in DMCs ADB Strategy 2020 ADB Sustainable Transport Initiatives mainstreamed road safety ADB Operational Plan for Improving Health Access and Outcome Trust partner of the governments and donor communities Past ADB Road Safety Support

Weaknesses Lack of internal road safety experts Lack of data and analytical information Inadequate internal procedures in place Inadequate awareness, analyses and understanding of the problem Lack of state-of-art tools to meet rapid development and demands of DMCs Limited collaboration, partnerships and knowledge sharing on common issues Lack of coordination arrangement Threats Rapid motorization and urbanization Lack of Political will and ownership Strategies and plans were not implemented Inadequate budget and funding Lack of effective public education and gradual driver training program Fragmented institutional framework Inadequate capacity Weak regulatory framework Ineffective monitoring and evaluation

Opportunities
Road crashes are preventable Good practice available in developed countries can be modified/applied to DMCs Financial and technical support are readily available from IFI, private sectors, and NGOs Huge pressure on DMCs to tackle the problem Awareness of the developing worlds road safety issues is increasing United Nation Decade of Action MDBs shared approach to manage road safety Developed countries have successfully reduced the incidence and severity of road accidents through coordinated multisector remedial programs

ADB Road Safety Support

Numerous projects in road transport sector covering road safety components

1970-1999
Projects 30 Projects

1999 -2006 2007-2012 Scale up.

50 Projects Regional TAs to reach more..
ROAD SAFETY AUDIT FOR ROAD PROJECTS AN OPERATIONAL TOOL KIT ADB

All road projects More RETAs, PATA, CDTA

Standalone road safety projects Government / Private / Users

DMCs

15 DMCs

KPS

Approved in Jan 2012

ADB Road Safety Action Plan (RSAP) Result Framework

TARGET Development progress in Asia and the Pacific IMPACT ADB will contribute to.. UN Decade of Action, save 5 million lives and prevent 50 million serious injuries over the period 20112012 A sustainable, effective, and costefficient improvement of road safety in the DMCs Improved ADB road safety capacities and portfolio of projects to support road safety improvement in DMCs. Formulated and implemented country specific road safety action plans, and specific road safety components and projects

OUTCOME ADB will assist DMCs in managing safety more effectively OUTPUT ADB will support DMCs in formulating And implementing RSAPs

Key Areas for Action

ADB Operations A: Strengthening ADB Internal Road Safety Capacity B: Developing and Operationalizing procedures, guidelines and related tool C: Identify opportunities for scaling up road safety in DMCs D: Mainstreaming and Strengthening Road Safety Components E: Establishing standalone road safety pipelines D: Incorporate safety each stage of the ADB project cycle Coordination and Partnerships E: Establishing Standalone Road Safety Pipelines F: Collaborating and Coordinating with MDBs, Donors and UN Agencies to Support the UN Decade of Action on Road Safety

How Can ADB support DMCs to improve road safety? promote comprehensive, eec0ve, and sustainable ac0on

RESULTS

INTERVENTIONS

INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

Conduct Policy dialogue Assess the social, economic implications Formulate Intermediate action plans Planning, design, and operation of the road environment Entry and exit of vehicles and people to the road environment Recovery and rehabilitation of crash victims Improve the coordination between police, fire, ambulance services, hospitals, and road administrations. Improve legislation Funding and resource allocation Promotion with help from NGOs and Communities. Monitoring and evaluation Plans Research and development knowledge transfer
Budgets

Example 1: Road S321 PRC (Potential countermeasures)

iRAP Risk assessment (total road network screening)

Head on risk profile for S321 Run-off road risk profile for S321

Example 1: Star Rating Road Designs

No footpath or non-motorised vehicle lane
No paved shoulder Steep slope Narrow median Vehicle occupants: 3-star Motorcyclists: 2-star Bicyclists: 2-star Pedestrians: 1-star

2 lanes

Speed: 80km/h No intersections/access Straight

Example 1: Strengthening Road Safety Components Road Safety Programs in Selected Corridors
MEDIUM-COST bus stop bays, pedestrian sidewalks, sealed shoulder, rumble strips, speed management, lighting, roadside hardware, clear zones, road widening etc HIGH-COST frontage roads, roundabouts, divided roadways, bypasses, cantilever ped sidewalks, bridge widening, ped overpasses, curve flattening etc Road safety capacity of road agencies in charge Coordination of counterparts Safety conscious planning, operation and maintenance LOW-COST road marking, delineation and signing, rural-urban thresholds etc Fully equipped and staffed mobile patrol units Fully equipped and staffed stationary traffic police posts

Training

Road Safety and Traffic Enhancement Engineering

Enforcement

New MVA Police Record Form, software and hardware Institutional arrangements, staffing and training Equipment and software

Road Safety Management Functions

HIGH-RISK CORRIDOR

Accident Information System

Emergency Response System

Dispatch center, 911 number, rescue network (cranes, ambulances, hospitals), equipment, staffing, training

Example 2:Strengthening Road Safety Management Capacity

Example 3: Establishing Standalone Road Safety Pipeline to Bangladesh; Bhutan and Nepal

Year 1 R-TA or TA on Road Safety

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

PPTA Preparing standalone multi-sectoral Road Safety Project Feasibility level

Implementation of multi-sectoral Road Safety Investment Project Implementation

Component A (Investment): Selected components of the road safety programs

Prefeasibility level
Task 1: Conduct road safety diagnosis Task 2: Prepare road safety programs on selected high risk corridors Task 3: Strengthen road safety management capacity Task 4: Propose and facilitate establishing regional road safety collaborative mechanisms Task 5: Develop road safety policies and business procedures to incorporate road safety into the lifecycle of roads Task 6: Identify sustainable funding arrangements for road safety Task 7: Identify and prepare for subsequent design and implementation road safety programs Task 8. Prepare draft Design and Monitoring Frameworks (DMFs) for subsequent investment projects

Design of the Road Safety Investment Project and its preparation for ADB financing

Capacity building, advisory support in operations, dedicated training, on-the job training, knowledge transfer

Component B (Institutional Building): Advisory support in operations, training, knowledge transfer

Example 4: Scaling up Road Safety (Regional Approach) ADB Road Safety in ASEAN (2003-2006), Successfully completed

Improving Road Safety in ASEAN (2012-2014), ongoing

Address common issues of road safety, maximize eciency

Key Areas for Implementation of the Road Safety Action Plan

Thank you
xyang@adb.org