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Planning and Design to support Safe Transport including Provisions for
NMT-The African Experience
Presentation by Paul KwamusiRoad Safety Coordinator, Africa
FIA FoundationUS/Africa Workshop.
Arusha, Tanzania
Presentation Outline
• Road safety characteristics in Africa• Un favorable safety situation.• Non motorized traffic and safety• Need for safer roads• Way forward• Conclusion
Safe Transport in Africa is a challenge
www.fco.gov.uk Travel advisory on Uganda• By far the biggest hazard you will encounter in
Uganda is travelling on the roads. Driving standards are low, vehicles are often poorly maintained and the accident rate is high… Common forms of public transport are matatus and boda-bodas (scooter taxis), …if doing so you should select a vehicle that appears in good condition, consult other passengers and if using a boda-boda always wear a crash helmet.
Road safety in Africa
Killer Buses
Killer Drivers
Killer Roads
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Road SafetyLegislations
Road safety Campaigns
Road SafetyCapacity and capability
Road safety Policies
Road safety Funding
are Scarce
R. Safety Funds
is Poor
Traffic Enforcement
Emergency Care
is Scarce
Accidents in Africa are generally rising!Case study is Uganda
Regional Forecast for Growth in Road Traffic Fatalities
World Bank Region % Change2000 - 2020
South Asia 144%
East Asia & Pacific 80%
Sub-Saharan Africa 80%
Middle East & North Africa 68%
Latin America & Caribbean 48%
Europe & Central Asia 18%
Sub-total 83%
High-income countries -28%
Global total 66%
Road Safety: has been ignoredas an African Policy Issue
But Road safety is highly relevant to key priorities of today’s global policy agenda. Road safety is about all of the following:• Partnership and international cooperation – • Developing international standards• Good governance and rule of law – avoiding corruption especially in enforcement agencies and respecting rights of other road users.• Public health and humanitarian assistance• Promoting sustainable development and the MDGs
Accidents in Developed countries are decliningDue to safer designs and other interventions
Ghana's Fatality Rate (death per 10,000 vehicles in 2005) compared to other African Countries
105.98
16.27
26.84
21.35
29.20
52.87
23.93
42.61
20.1221.64
35.79
23.26
111.60
26.68
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Country
Fata
litie
sAccident rate in selected African Countries
NM
Ts are
Un welcome in Urban areas
NM
Ts are
Extremely unsafe.
Some N
MTs
Need more than a vehicle space
NMT characteristics in Africa
• Few dedicated cycle lanes and pedestrian lanes are diminishing.
• Vehicular traffic is the priority in the design and planning and not NMT
• Planners and Policy makers are concerned with traffic flow
NMT characteristics in Africa…2
• NMT growth is partly due to inefficient public transport services
• It is a response to personalized demand schedules.
• Many policy makers associate NMTs are associated with Poverty & source of pity
NMT users are major victims of Road deaths in Kenya.
NMT users are major victims of Road deaths inUganda.
Human Survival and Collision Speeds
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Collision speed km/h
Pedestrrian or cyclist
Frontal or hard object collision
Sidecollision
Way Forward:It is Time for ActionDecade for Road safety action 2010-2020.
Creating Vaccines for Roads - iRAP
Building on successful programmes in the EU, USA,and Australia, iRAP is an innovative and transparentsystem of road inspection to encourage governmentsto apply safer road design countermeasures thatpromote self-explaining and forgiving roads. It hasrun pilot projects in Chile, Costa Rica, Malaysia& South Africa showing positive cost benefit ratios.
Safer Roads
For pedestrians in urban areas
Express way in South Africa Safer Roads
For Africa’s growing traffic
Express way in Abuja, Nigeria Safer Roads
For reduced traffic conflicts
Separation of fast traffic from the slow one in China
Safer Roads
For Africa’s 2 and 3 wheelers
Conclusion
Thank You!
