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ROAD SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT Pradeep S Mehta Pradeep S Mehta Secretary General, CUTS International Jaipur Chairman, Working Group on Road Safety Education Chairman Working Group on Road Safety Education Stop accidents before Stop accidents before Stop accidents before Stop accidents before they stop youyou they stop they stop youyou they stop Road Safety Education (RSE) Road Safety Education (RSE) Consensual and coordinated action succeeds Single most potent tool Cuts across all other E’s Alert today Alert today –– Alert today Alert today –– Alive tomorrow Alive tomorrow Alive tomorrow Alive tomorrow I Action Plan for Road Safety – I Action Plan for Road Safety National Road Safety Policy Drivers Improving Data Reporting Reporting System Imparting Safety Education Education to Children Broadening Ambit of RSE Look every way Look every way Look every way Look every way every day every day every day every day Action Plan for Road Safety – II Urban‐Rural Divide Mobilising Resources Resources Nodal Agency: Strengthening Laws & their & th i L Enforcement Education to Accompany Enforcement t E f Political Will and Support and Support “Safety First” is “Safety First” is “Safety First” is “Safety First” is afety Always” ““SSafety Always” afety Always” ““SSafety Always” National Road Safety Policy Finalise and adopt the National Road Safety Policy Finalise and adopt the National Road Safety Policy The Government of Tamil Nadu has adopted a State Road Safety Policy National Road Safety be adopted on May 11 to coincide with the launch of Decade of Action for Road Safety National Road Safety Road Safety Policy Targetting Drivers Improving Data Reporting System Imparting Safety Ed Education ti to Children Broadening Ambit of Ambit of RSE doesn’t make you safe driver, licence doesn’t make you safe driver, licence doesn’t make you safe driver, doesn’t make you safe driver, A A licence A A licence any more than having a lottery ticket any more than having a lottery
 ticket any more than having a lottery ticket any more than having a lottery ticket makes you a millionaire makes you a millionaire makes you a millionaire makes you a millionaire Targetting Drivers About 80 percent of the accidents are caused by drivers fault: Illiteracy Easy licence issuance Easy licence issuance Inadequate training National Road Safety Road Safety Policy Targetting Drivers Improving Data Reporting System Imparting Safety Ed Education ti to Children Broadening Ambit of Ambit of RSE Safety doesn’t happen Safety doesn’t happen Safety doesn’t happen Safety doesn’t happen by accident by accident by accident by accident Improving Data Reporting System Improving Data Reporting System di N d f Need for disaggregated data t d d t Under reporting Tamil Nadu’s Road Accident Data Management System Tamil Nadu s Road Accident Data Management System National Road Safety Policy Targetting Drivers Drivers Improving Data Reporting Reporting System Imparting Safety Education Education to Children Broadening Ambit of RSE RSE Don’t learn safety by Don’t learn safety by Don’t learn safety by Don’t learn safety by accident accident accident accident Imparting Safety Education to Children Imparting Safety Education to Children Several issues: environment, consumer education, health, sex, financial S l h lth l i ti fi d t i i literacy, road safety etc.
Need a holistic life/value package National Road Safety Policy Targetting Drivers Drivers Improving Data Reporting Reporting System Imparting Safety Education Education to Children Broadening Ambit of RSE RSE Safety is as simple as Safety is as simple as Safety is as simple as Safety is as simple as ABC ABC –– Always ABC ABC –– Always be careful Always be careful Always be careful be careful Broadening Ambit of RSE B d i A bit f RSE Besides students, include paramedics, nurses, traffic police, transport B id t di t d t l d ffi li t t i departments, NGOs, drivers etc.
Redesign outreach campaign to encourage discipline National Road Safety Policy Targetting Drivers Drivers Improving Data Reporting Reporting System Imparting Safety Education Education to Children Broadening Ambit of RSE RSE For Safety is not a gadget For Safety is not a gadget For Safety is not a gadget For Safety is not a gadget but a state of mind but a state of mind but a state of mind but a state of mind Urban‐Rural Divide 70 percent accidents occur on roads other than national highways State Accident Prevention Committee in Maharashtra identifies hot spots in rural areas and suggests remedies Urban‐Rural Divide Mobilising resources Nodal Agency: Nodal Agency: Strengthening Laws & their Enforcement Education to Accompany Enforcement Political Will and Support Safety is a cheap and Safety is a cheap and Safety is a cheap and Safety is a cheap and effective insurance policy effective insurance policy effective insurance policy effective insurance policy g Mobilising Resources Meagre budget – that too unspent Cess on petrol/diesel Cess on petrol/diesel Allocation of part of traffic violation on fines Involve auto manufacturers, insurance companies etc.
Larger plan allocation Urban‐Rural Divide Divide Mobilising resources Nodal Agency: Strengthening g g Laws & their Enforcement Education to Accompany Accompany Enforcement Political Will and Support and Support Nodal Agency: Strengthening Laws and their Enforcement Strengthening Laws and their Enforcement Safety isn’t expensive, Safety isn’t expensive, Safety isn’t expensive, Safety isn’t expensive, its priceless its priceless its priceless its priceless y g g A nodal agency to coordinate all road safety activities including strengthening legislation: Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 C t Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989 1989 R l National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board l M t V hi l y Urban‐Rural Divide Mobilising Resources Resources Nodal Agency: Strengthening Laws & their Laws & their Enforcement Education to Accompany Enforcement Enforcement Political Will and Support Safety isn’t just a slogan, Safety isn’t just a slogan, Safety isn’t just a slogan, Safety isn’t just a slogan, it’s a way of life it’s a way of life it’s a way of life it’s a way of life Education to Accompany Enforcement d f i Improve Road User Behaviour I R d U B h i Deterrent Compliance everywhere all the time Urban‐Rural Divide Mobilising Resources Resources Nodal Agency: Strengthening Laws & their Laws & their Enforcement Education to Accompany Enforcement Enforcement Political Will and Support Safety never Safety never Safety never Safety never takes a holiday takes a holiday takes a holiday takes a holiday Political Will and Support P liti t l Will d S t t b I t Intent to be articulated by President, Prime Minister, chief ministers of all ll states at special occasions and otherwise id t P i Mi l t d b P hi f i t i t ti f i Urban‐Rural Divide Mobilising Resources Nodal Agency: Strengthening Laws & their Enforcement Education to Accompany Enforcement Political Will and Support The Way Forward The Way Forward Better a Better a Better a Better a thousand times
 thousand times thousand times thousand times careful than careful than careful than careful than once dead once dead once dead once dead Comprehensive Plan of Action C i f A ti Pl h Like the Millennium Development Goals, to reduce accidents in India by half by 2020 to coincide with the conclusion of Decade of Action for Road half by 2020 to coincide with the conclusion of Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011‐2020 Monitor the above goals Monitor the above goals