road safety in bangladesh: issues, challenges and the way
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Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
(BUET)
ACCIDENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ARI)
Road safety in Bangladesh:
Issues, Challenges and The Way
Forward
Dr. Md Mizanur Rahman
Director, Accident Research Institute , (ARI)
and Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET
Outline of the Presentation
To present the road safety perspectives in Bangladesh.
To highlight the striking characteristics of road accident in
Bangladesh
To outline the recent activities of ARI, BUET
To outline the “The Way Forward” to road safety Situation
To propose our requirements and expectation
Brief Details Of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a country in SouthAsia
About 167 million inhabitants
Area of 147,570 sq. km
About 1,116 inhabitants per sq. km.
GDP of around $1,919 (US) perhead.
Population growth remains high at1.00 per annum
About 36 percent of the populationis living in the urban areas
Source: banglapedia.org
Road Transport In Bangladesh
Road Transport plays an important part of the Bangladesh
economy
Some 12.5% of the annual development budget is spent on
transport sector
Bangladesh, has about 4 million registered motorized
vehicle and more than 8 million non-motorized vehicles
There has been a continued increase in the shares of
passengers and freights carried by road compared to rail and
water; currently over 75% of passenger and nearly 70% of
freight is carried by road transport
Accident Rates in Bangladesh
According to police statistics, Road accidents in Bangladeshclaim, on average 3500 lives and injure another more than 3000a year.
Other sources estimated road fatalities each year about 10,000to 21,000
In Current prices, road accident in Bangladesh is costingcommunity at least Tk. 40,000 crore per annum (2-3 % of GDP)
Nearly 70% of road fatalities occurred on rural sections of themain highways as the metropolitan cities accounted for only about20%
Over 80% of fatalities are vulnerable road users e.g.pedestrian, bicyclists & motorcyclists.
Accident and Fatality Trend Of
Bangladesh
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1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Num
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Year
Total Accidents in BD Total Fatalities in BD
Alarmingly Increasing very recently…
Accidents by Severity
Fatal 77%
Grievous 16%
Simple 4%
Motor Collision 3%
Demonstrates the prevalence of significant
underreporting of Injury accidents
Road Traffic Injury Pyramid in
Bangladesh
Source: Bangladesh Health & Injury Survey Report, January 2005
For every injury death, 50 injured attend emergency care
500,000 people are estimated to visit emergency room
Where Do Accidents Occur?
National Highways 47 %(responsible for 50 % fatalities)
Regional Highways 14 %
Feeder Road 11%
Rural Road 9%
City Road 18%
Straight Section 90%
Curve 7%
Slope 1.5%
Curve and Slope 1.5%
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By Road
Geometry
By
Road
Class
Non Junction 72%
Junctions 16%
Others 12%
By Road
Features
How Accidents Happen?
Most common accident types are
Hit pedestrian (45%)
Head on Collision (16%)
Rear end collisions (15%)
Overturning (9%)
These four accident types account for nearly 85
percent of the accidents
Who Are Involved In Accidents
Over involvement of Buses and
Trucks
In Accidents,
– bus/minibus - 42%
– trucks - 37% and
• In fatal accidents
– bus/minibus - 38%
– trucks - 30%
Fatality by Road Users
Pedestrians alone are involved in more than 45 % of road
accidents and 44 % of all fatalities
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Perc
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tage
Year
Fatality by Road Users
Pedestrian Fatalilities in BD
Passenger Fatalilities in BD
Driver Fatalilities in BD
Contribution of Metro Cities in Urban
Fatalities
DMP CMP RMP SMP KMP BMP
48.4%
9.7% 9.7%5.1% 2.8% 1.3%
Fatalities in Metro Cities by Total Urban Fatalities
% of Urban Fatalities
DMP contributes almost half of the urban fatalities, other metro cities
contribute almost 29%.
Contribution of DMP in Urban
Fatalities
14.47%
44.91%48.41%
22.99% 23.36%
15.09%20.51% 19.52%
54.85%
0.00%
36.11%
% of DMP Fatalities by Urban Fatalities by Collision Types
% of DMP Fatalities by Total Urban fatalities
DMP is responsible for 55% of urban pedestrian fatalities, 48%
urban right angle and 45% urban rear end fatalities
Factors: Unskilled Driver
Courtesy: dhakatribune.com
20 Lac Drivers without legal
Driving license.
Factors: Unfit Vehicles
Unfit Vehicles: Results are higher
Accident Severity
Courtesy: BDNews24.com
Factors: Competition among Buses
Courtesy: The Daily Prothom Alo
Common phenomenon in Urban area.
Competition of the Buses: Results
Courtesy: The Daily Prothom Alo
College student RAJIB lost his hand and finally life.
Factors: Roadside Environment
Forced pedestrians to come on road
Factors: Roadside Environment
Courtesy: BDNews24.comNew problem in Urban area.
Factors: Pedestrian Mobility
Behavior of pedestrians some times causes accidents.
Factors: Pedestrian Mobility…
Are they escaping
from jail???
Courtesy: BDNews24.com
Factors: Pedestrian Mobility…
Courtesy: BDNews24.comDon’t obey rules and regulations
Factors: Pedestrian Mobility…
Courtesy: BDNews24.com
Crosses road and rail crossing dangerously.
Factors: Faulty Road Design
What Factors Contribute Accidents
Over speeding & Careless driving 90%
Pedestrian 5%
Adverse road conditions or environment 2%
Overtaking, Overturning and others 2%
Vehicle defects 1%
(According to Police reported data)
Our Road Safety Priorities
Setting realistic problem specific goals and
targets
Systematic understanding and investigation
of the accident problems
Use of correct procedures
Some Priority Issues Include
Control of speeds
Promote pedestrian safety
Treatment of Hazardous Road Locations
Introduction of the road safety audit process
Prevention and reduction of dominant accident types and
their severities
Traffic law enforcement is critical component
Road safety education, especially for children
Vehicle standard and fitness
Some Priority Issues Include
Prompt emergency assistance and efficient trauma
care management
Accurate and comprehensive accident and injury data
collection and management
Research and professional capacity building
Secure legitimate and adequate road safety funding
Strengthening institutional capacity
ACCIDENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
(ARI), BUET
Brief History
The only national institute in Bangladesh which conductsscientific research on road safety
Formerly known as accident research centre (ARC) which wasestablished in 2003
Launched as an institute with its organogram and rules-regulations in 2007
Approved by the syndicate of BUET in its 418th meeting held on12 January 2008 following the recommendation of the financecommittee on 08/01/2008
Contributing to the national decision making and strategic actionsto reduce the road crash in Bangladesh
VISION
“We are committed to achieve
sustainable safer transportation for all
users in Bangladesh through excellence in
road safety research, crash investigation
and safety education “
Objectives of ARI
Maintain a comprehensive accident and injury database
Ascertain the causes and factors of accidents and injuries
Develop accident countermeasures and safety interventions on the
basis of scientific studies and engineering knowledge
Monitor and evaluate road safety programs and countermeasures
Provide training and education on accident prevention and safety
management
Foster safety research through exchange and linkage with organizations
Provide advisory and expert services to the relevant organizations
Divisions of ARI
I) Research and Investigation
• Accident data analysis, investigation, countermeasures design and monitoring and publications
II) Education and Training
• Disseminate road safety knowledge, capacity
building, awareness program
Researches and Publications
More than 40 publications including 4 Mannuals
Accident Investigations
Short Courses and Trainings
More than 110 short courses and training programs…
Seminars and Workshops
Conference, Poster and News
Letter
Others: Safety Campaign and So
on…
Some Recent Activities of ARI
Manuals for Rural Road Safety
Safe Design Templates for Rural Road
Manual for Vehicle Inspection
Interventions for National Highways
Addressing the Safety of Ride
Sharing Services
National Commitments
Initiated Collaborate Programs with different
government organizations
Select two low cost and easily implementable
programs by analyzing last 17 years crash data
Prepare DPP of those project and handed over to
the implementing agency
Project 1: “Speed Enforcement, Incident Detection and
Emergency Management System for Safer Bangladesh
National Highways”Main objectives of the project are:
To reduce the road accidents by controlling over speeding of the driversthrough punitive ticketing based on auto recording by radar speedenforcement camera
To reduce the accident casualties by emergency response and rescuesystem based on digital communication.
To monitor risky behaviors like dangerous overtaking, over speeding andtake on site actions against responsible drivers.
To ensure digital monitoring system of the roads at adverseweather, nighttime and other critical environmental conditions
To reduce the traffic congestion and other risky activities by managingroad and traffic system form a Operation Control Center (OCC)cooperation with field road monitoring officers
Implementing Agencies
Roads and Highways Department (The main project steering counterpart)
Accident Research Institute (ARI), BUET,
Highway Police,
Fire Service and Civil Defence,
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).
Project-2: Institutional Development of Driving Instructors
and Drivers Training and Introduction of Driving Simulator
based Training and Testing.
Main objectives of the project are:
To produce educated and skilled drivers by initiating
institutional driving learning system
Implementing Agencies
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA)(The
main project steering counterpart)
Accident Research Institute (ARI), BUET
ARI Needs….
Updated database system
Modern laboratory
Research fund
The Way Forward
Improvement of road safety is a multi-
disciplinary task and does not occur by itself.
Road accidents are problems that cover many
sectors (social, health and economic), which
can only be tackled effectively if the state takes
a leading role and responsibility with due
commitment.
Government of Bangladesh
worked hard to bring down to
half the number of casualties
in road accidents by 2020.
