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Presentation Contents
• 1. Introduction - Background• 2. Road Safety Education and Awareness:
– Safe Routes to School
• 3. Appropriate Infrastructure– Pedestrian Grade Separation: Case Studies
• 4 ITS and Road Safety– Freeway Management Systems to enhance
safety
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National Road Network in South Africa
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Road Safety Status in South/ern Africa• SA 2010: 13 738 Fatalities
– Drivers: 4 066 – Passengers: 5 023– Pedestrians: 4 678
Drivers, 4066, 30%
Passengers, 5023, 36%
Pedestrians 4678, 34%
Pedestrians 34%
Drivers 30%
Passengers 36%
SADC 2007: +/- 63 000 Fatalities
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Plot of Number of Pedestrian Fatalities per Age Group
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
0 to 4
5 to 9
10 to 1
4
15 to 1
9
20 to 2
4
25 to 2
9
30 to 3
4
35 to 3
9
40 to 4
4
45 to 4
9
50 to 5
4
55 to 5
9
60 to 6
4
65 to 6
9
70 to 7
4
75 to 7
9
80+
Age Group
%
Female
Male
Road Safety Status in South Africa
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Road Safety Status in South Africa
Contributory Factors to Crashes (2010)
Human Factor:
83%
Vehicle Factor:
9%
Road / Environment
Factors:8%
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Road Safety Challenge
• Key Road Safety Challenges– Different types and needs of road users
• Vulnerable Road Users –Pedestrians• Poorest of the poor - Captive Road Users
Accommodating the needs of all our road users
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Road Authority Approach to Road Safety
• Solutions that balances mobility and accessibility needs.
• Solutions not limited to the National Road reserve.
• Combining road safety infrastructure provision with appropriate road safety education and awareness programmes is essential.– Comprehensive School Road Safety Education
programme
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2. Road Safety Education and Awareness Programme
• Road Safety in Schools– Integrated with Road Safety Infrastructure Projects in
Communities – In SA Road Safety not part of the School Curriculum – However, it can be a Theme to a Lesson, e.g. English,
Mathematics– With the permission of the Department of Education, we train
and resource Educators at selected schools
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Safe Routes to School Project
• Safe Routes to School Project aimed at grades 10-11.• Dual Purpose:
– Learners had to identify a major a Real Road Safety Problem along any of the roads followed to school.
– Stimulate interest in the Engineering Profession: teach learners basic concept of research and finding solutions to challenges.
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Safe Routes to School
• OBJECTIVES:– Encourage learners to be aware of road safety
issues.– Take ownership of road safety within
community.– Develop & Empower learners with practical
research skills.– Develop and enhance presentation skills.– Promote teamwork and participatory learning.
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Safe Routes to SchoolTraining
• Seven Participating Schools• Learners attended a one day
workshop.– Representative of 10 learners
per school.– Identify a major road safety
problem along any routes followed to school.
– Road safety problem to be researched, analysed and a solution proposed.
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Safe Routes to SchoolLearner Programme
• Learners were given 2 months to develop their proposals.
• Their progressed was monitored and help provided.
• Learners were to present their proposals by – Power Point Presentation– Posters– Plans– Models, etc.
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Safe Routes to SchoolAdjudication
• Adjudicators – Professional Consulting Engineers– Municipal: Engineer and Traffic– SANRAL Engineers– Road Safety Education Specialists
• Adjudication Criteria– Research and Methodology (20%)– Quality of the Proposed Solution (30%)– Presentation / Technique (20%)– Model Evaluation (30%)
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Safe Routes to School: Results
• Learners were: – Innovative in their
presentation of the research material.
– Took ownership – Well prepared– Projects were well
researched – Very proud of their
achievements– Real Practical and
Implementable solutions
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Safe Routes to School: Winners
• 4 Top Schools have had their Road Safety Infrastructure remedial measures refined by Professionals and implemented.
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3. Appropriate Infrastructure
• Focus on Pedestrian Grade separation infrastructure– Importance of Channelisation where topography
is not always ideal– Measures effected outside of the road reserve
determines the success inside the road reserve– Focus on three case studies
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Pedestrian Bridge Case Study #1
• Approximately 12 000 pedestrians need to travel across the R300 Freeway Daily
• About 30% (3 600) of them risk their lives by crossing the Freeway the at-grade (level)
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ChannelisationPedestrin Bridge Case Study #1
Location: Major existing pedestrian desire lineMore than 1500 illegal and unsafe Pedestrian crossings at this
location daily
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ChannelisationPedestrian Bridge Case Study #1
• Construction
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ChannelisationPedestrian Bridge Case Study #1
• Importance of appropriate Fencing
Use of steel and concrete composite fencing to prevent vandalism
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ChannelisationPedesrian Bridge Case Study #1
• Taking bridge approach ramps into communities Speed humps to calm “new” traffic
in residential streets
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• Although topography was not ideal, this bridge enjoys a 99% pedestrian usage rate
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Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2
• Pedestrian crossing activity and congregation
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Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2
• The result
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Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2
• Solution: Pedestrian Bridge and Drop off and collection Zone
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Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2
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Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2
• Completed product
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Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2
3017228
82%
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Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2
1611 323
92%
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– Expanded in Gauteng +/- 220 km– KZN +/- 100 km– Western Cape +/- 150 km
4. ITS and Road Safety
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Real –time traffic data
CCTV Surveillance
Information Dissemination
Information is processed
FMS Operations Centre
How does Freeway Management System work ?
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Primary Benefits of FMS
Accident happens
---Traffic flow
disrupted
Accident reported
Emergency
Services dispatche
d
Arrive on scene
Leave scene
Traffic flow back to normal
Reduce length of Incident Timeline
Life
Death
Minimise Road
User Costs
Incident Timeline
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Cape Town FMS
Cape Town FMS
154 km
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197 CCTV Cameras197 CCTV Cameras
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48 Variable Message Signs48 Variable Message Signs
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Cape Town FMS Operations• Commenced in March 2010
– Source and Train FMS Operators– Multi Skilled ( Not just Spotters !!)– New skills source in Western Cape
Incident Detection
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Cape Town FMS Operations
• IMS– Average Response Times for Emergency Vehicles
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Cape Town FMS Operations
• IMS– Average Clearance Times
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• Incidents (accidents, stationary vehicles) > 4400 on the Freeways• Major Events, e.g. Major CT Stadium events, Road Clsoures• Freeway Construction & Maintenance, Road / Lane Closures
Cape Town FMS Operations…continued
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Real Time Information Dissemination
http://twitter.com/CapeTownFreeway
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Data Collection: Accidents
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Data Collection: Stationary vehicles
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Addressing Hazardous Locations: Resource Allocation
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Summary
• Infrastructure is only as safety as the manner in which it is being used.
• Road Safety Education and Awareness should compliment all new road safety infrastructure
• Road Safety Infrastructure must attempt to address the source of the road safety problem, not just the symptom.
• The source of pedestrian road safety problems are often a genuine transportation needs.– Attempts to address pedestrian needs holistically will yield
better results• Technology can play a useful role in facilitating incident
response.• Accurate data can pinpoint hazardous locations and there
causes.
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