Punjab Road Safety & Traffic Way AheadGurmehar Singh, Assistant Professor, Regional Institute of Management & Technology (RIMT), Punjab

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Navdeep Asija (Research Scholar, IIT – Delhi)

Gurmehar Singh (Assistant Professor, RIMT – Punjab)

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Punjab- India

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Transportation and Road Safety Characteristics of Punjab Road Transportation System of Punjab is Divided into Three

Categories Urban Transport – Intracity Transport City/Town to City/Town Transport – Intercity Transport City to Rural Transport – Mainly Informal (Rural to Rural)

About 13 People die everyday on Punjab’s Road 83-85% deaths are occurring at 5% of the road network mainly

National Highways, State Highways and Major District Roads. Every fifth Patient in our Hospitals is a Road Accident Victim A total 143 Cities/towns/urban agglomeration in Punjab- Public

Transport System available only in 4 cities. About 60 million passenger trips are generated everyday in Punjab.

Majority of the passenger trip start and end within the state and only 3-4% of the total traffic is through traffic.

Informal Sector Transport is Playing Important Role in Punjab’s Transportation.

More than 21 Departments are working in the area of Road Safety – Integration and Accountability

Source : http://www.citypopulation.de/India-Punjab.html

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Present Road Safety Approach

Pragmatic

To

More Scientific

•Road safety is largely preventable and predictable phenomena•Road Safety is No Accident•Act of GOD?

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Understanding Road Crash..

Environment

Humans

Vehicle

Accident is a failure in a subsystem, or the system as a whole that damages one or more unit

54-62%

8-12%

28-34%

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Hand Railing Design

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Design : Open Drain

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Fixed Hazards in Clear Zone

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Trends & Practices

Understanding Road Safety in Punjab..

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Punjab Infrastructure

Regulatory Authority

Privatization Started

10%

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Factor Responsible for Reduction in Road Fatalities

Transport Policy Fuel Price Excise Policy Land Price – Land Use Road Infrastructure Enforcement Level Evacuation Mechanism : Post Crash

Scenario (108 & 1073)

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Public Transport- State Transport Undertaking (Intercity Travel) Occupancy Ratio : PUNBUS = 100.3% Punjab Roadways : 90.3% 64 Buses Per million Population (Karnataka :

348)

Source :Review of the Performance of State Road Transport Undertakings 2010-11

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Speed on Punjab State Road Sector Project Source : Consultancy Services for Undertaking Road Surveys for Monitoring

and Evaluation of Project Indicators : Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Board

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Fuel Pricing/Parking Policy 10% increase in fuel price typically reduces vehicle travel 2-

3% (Johansson and Schipper 1997; Goodwin, Dargay and Hanly 2004) so as Crashes and Fatalities.

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Punjab Road Network

Road Type Length in State Fatalities Percentage

National Highways (NH) 1,739 Kms (2.79%) 36%

State Highways (SH) 1,503 Kms (2%) 46%

Major District Roads (MDRs)

2,107 Kms

Other District Roads (ODRs)

4,658 Kms

Link Roads (LR)

(PWD-27,229 Kms, PMB – 26,801 Kms)

54,030 Kms

Total 62,298 Kms 83%

Urban; 1119; 35%

Rural; 2087; 65%

Rural Vs Urban Area Road Fatality Ratio

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Traffic on different types of roads & fleet composition in Punjab (2010)

National Highways

State Highways

MDR ODR Modal Share

0%

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Bus Agro Car/Jeep/Taxi 2-W LCV, Truck Others

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Registered Vehicle Vs. Involvement in Road Crash

Tractors, Jeeps and Truck are the vulnerable vehicles (2011)

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Road Crash Trends

Overturning1% Head-on

19%

Head Tail Collision15%

Side Swipe2%

Right Angle20%

Pedestrian18%

Others25%

Road Safety Assessment Report- PRBDB

Urban Areas

Overturning1%

Head-on31%

Head Tail Collision12%Side Swipe

1%Right Angle

15%

Pedestrian13%

Others27%

Rural Areas

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Health Index Fatality Map-District Wise 2009-11

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Fatality Rate 2009,2010 & 2011

Fatality Per Million Population

Fatality Rate 2009 : 133Fatality Rate 2010 : 124Fatality Rate 2011 : 122

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Fatality Map-District Wise2009 2010

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Fatality Map-District Wise2011 2010

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Average Consumption of Alcohol by Person above the age of 18.

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Source : People for Transparency, Kamal Anand, Sangrur

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Non Motor Transport

Motor Vehicles Non-Motor Transport

5,274,254 (2010)5,71,1715 (2011) – 8%

Growth 4,091,480Animal Driven/Animal Slow Moving

Total NMT

Horses and Ponie

sMule

sDonke

y

Buffalo

(Male)Cow

(Male) Camel

Cycle Rickshaw (Passeng

er)

Cycle Rickshaw

(Cargo)/Rehri

Rehri (Four

Wheel) Bicycle

29810

96480 23390 85060

163130 21610 300000 120000 Unknown

3252000 4,091,480

Source :Statistical Abstract of Punjab 2010

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Traffic Police

Enforcement…

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Multiple agencies Handling Road Safety in the State-Multidisciplinary Approach

State and District Punjab State Road Safety Council Assembly Committee on Road Safety Punjab State Transportation Society Public Works Department (B &R) Punjab Infrastructure Development Board Punjab Road & Bridges Development Board Punjab Urban Planning & Development Authority Punjab Mandi Board and Market Committees Local Bodies Department Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Company State Transport Authority Regional Transport Authority Punjab Roadways Punjab State Bus State Management Company Limited Punjab Police (Traffic) Punjab Infrastructure Regulatory Authority Punjab State Health Department

Road Traffic Injury

Prevention

Health

Media

PWD/:Local Body

Highway Authorit

y

Police

Judiciary

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Challans – Enforcement Drive

Type of Challans Number of Challans

Amount Collected (Rs)

2010 (Non-Compoundable)2010 (Compoundable)

4,96,0853,10,532

15,35,70,824.00 3,30,80,500.00

8,06,637 18,66,51,324.00

2011(Non- Compoundable)2011(Compoundable)

6,18,352

3,60,362

16,20,74,960.00

3,81,42,540.00

9,78,714 20,02,17,500.00

January 2012 to July 2012 (Non- Compoundable)January 2012 to July 2012 (Compoundable)

4,01,754

2,30,276

12,05,29,483.00

2,97,50,409.00

6,32,030 15,02,79,892.00

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Moving vs. Static ViolationsStatic

Moving

Total Challans

9,42,043 (2011)

Drink and Drive = 0.2% (1049)Over speeding = 0.5% (2699)

Moving Violatio

ns

Static Violatio

ns

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Database Management : Under Reporting of Data

Ambulance Hospital Data Insurance Police

26,000 + 12,000 people evacuated by Ambulances

-Not Available- 21.5% in the case of Cars. Average 10% vehicles are taking claim back.6 Lakhs

3389 (Fatal)Total FIR Registered : 5731

1 Fatal : 20 Non Fatal Serious : 70 Minor Injured

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Key Interventions

Actions

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Key Interventions Integral Approach Towards Road Safety- Safety

Council Enforcement Agencies Human Resource Development Research and Development Road Safety Database Road Design Standard and Recognizing Non-

Motor Transport Legal Framework – State Road Safety Policy Black Spot Improvement- Corridor Approach

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Implementation : Road Safety Database Management System

www.punjabroadsafety.org

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National Urban Transport Policy-GoI• “Bringing about a more equitable allocation of

road space with people, rather than vehicles and by encourage greater use of public transport and non-motorized modes”

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NMT Inclusion : Approach to Golden Temple, Amritsar- Before

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NMT Inclusion : Approach to Golden Temple, Amritsar - After

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Near Bharawan Da Dhaba,Amritsar- Present

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Near Bharawan Da Dhaba,Amritsar- After

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NH1-Junction (Sirhand-Patiala)

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More View of NH Junction Improvement

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6-2 Lane Converging Section

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Night Vision

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Khanpur Junction near Chandigarh

One Fatality Per Month

Zero Fatality : Three Months Observation

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