ROAD INJURY PREVENTION
Western Cape Health and Wellness Summit
Outline of presentation
• Road traffic injuries as contributor to the burden of
disease: Cost of crashes
• Link to Provincial Strategic Objective 3
• Projects
• Decade of action
• Desired outcomes
Cost of crashes
YEAR
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 TOTAL
COST (R billion) 6,187 7,090 7,933 8,155 8,383 8,978 9,688 10,450 11,268 12,266 90,398
25%OF COST 1,547 1,773 1,983 2,039 2,096 2,245 2,422 2,613 2,817 3,067 22,600
Research as done by the CSIR for the Department of Community Safety
25% of cost as related to Drunken Driving and as per evidence given in S v Hendricks
Provincial Strategic Objective 3
• Outcome 1: 13% modal shift, private to public
transport by 2014,
• Outcome 2: Shift in freight haulage from road to rail
increasing by 10% by 2014
• Outcome 3: Reducing road fatalities by 50% by 2014
• Outcome 4: Reduce the transport infrastructure
backlog by 16% by 2014
Projects
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Average speed over distance
Shadow Centres (Alcohol Evidence Centres)
Digital communication platform (website)
Intelligence and data centre (crash statistical
analysis)
Average speed over distance
• A new approach to
provincial speed
enforcement
• Identified road:
Beaufort West to
Aberdeen : R61
• Project Start Date
– 1 July 2011
• Launched
– 30 October 2011
ASOD: location
ASOD: the sites
ASOD: intended outcome
ASOD: Italian outcome
• Fewer Accidents = Fewer Injuries + Deaths
• Survey Italy
– Source: Autostrade
– Operational since 2009 on 2,220 km of roads
• Statistics:
• Accidents dropped 19%
• Injuries dropped 27%
• Deaths dropped 51%
ASOD: impact
Shadow Centres
• PPP with SAB Miller to establish
Alcohol Evidence Centres (Safely
Home Anti Drunk Driving
Operational War Rooms:
contributing a maximum of R1
000 000 per centre)
– Athlone
• Opened December 2009
– George
• opened December 2010
– Worcester
• completed and to open soon
– West Coast
• in planning process of site
identification
Impact of S v Hendricks
• Major findings
– Breath alcohol testing is Constitutional
– State must use all means at disposal to fight the scourge of drinking
and driving, inclusive of Breath Alcohol Testing devices
– The Dräger machine can be reliable if used in basic specification form
(problems with type endorsement, accreditation, regulations,
calibration, servicing, standard operating procedures and training)
• Way forward
– Task team has been created to address all issues and good progress is
being made
Website development
Digital Communications
Platform
• The development and
implementation of a fully
fledged platform that will
incorporate all aspects of
modern electronic media
• www.safelyhome.co.za
Intelligence and data
• Need for
– Interaction with all role players
• Forensic Pathology Service
• Freeway Management System
• All local authorities and South African Police
– Availability and sharing of up to date statistical
information
– Study of trends and management of outcomes
Fatalities: monthly comparison
160
148
140
120
128
122
115
125
112
102
102
103
108 111
108
100
83
2010/11
80
61
60
40
20
0
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
2011/12
Crash deaths projection
2000
1800 January 2009: Forensic Pathology Services report 1739 RTC deaths
1600
1400
September 2011: Forensic Pathology Services report 1335 RTC deaths
1200
1000
800
December 2014: Projected total of 874 RTC deaths in the last year
600
Projected
400
Actual
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Jan-09
200
Decade of Action
• Pillar 1• Pillar 2• Pillar 3-
Road safety management
Safer roads and mobility
Safer vehicles
• Pillar 4-
Safer road users
• Pillar 5-
Post-crash response
PLTF, ITSG and WG’s
Engineering
Rolling Enforcement
Plan and VTS
Liaison with Vehicle
manufacturers
Awareness and
education
EMS/Trauma Society
right patient
right hospital
right time
Halving death by 2014?
• Annual Death Toll At Jan 2009: 1739
• Projected Death Toll At Dec 2014: 874
• Death Toll Reduction: 49.75%
Contact Details
• Yasir Ahmed
yasir.ahmed@pgwc.gov.za
021- 483-2317
083-646-8100
• David Frost
david.frost@pgwc.gov.za
021-483-5818
082-576-2159
• Kenneth Africa
kafrica@pgwc.gov.za
021-483-7823
084-562-4574
• Kevin October
kevin.october@pgwc.gov.za
021-483-7882
083-393-1669