Thailand Road SafetyThailand Road SafetyManagement & StrategyManagement & Strategy

Road Safety Directing Center SecretariatDepartment of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM)

Ministry of Interior

Presentation Outline

Situation

Roles of RSDC

Policy and Strategy

Helmet Wearing Campaign

Deaths from Road Crashes 1994-2011

Average (17 yrs): 12,809

Roles of RSDCRoles of RSDC

• Bridge that connects policy makers and implementers

• Supporter (technical, tools, budget)

• National Contact Point on Road Safety

• An organ of DDPM and MOI

Govt.

RSDC

ProvinceStake-holders

Thanapong’s Model

Partners

Areas

GovernmentSchoolsChild CenterFactory, shopsLocal govt.

4.5 Security of Life and Society

Government Policy

“(The government shall) reduce damage and loss from road traffic

accidents to the minimum. Promote understanding on traveling and using

transportation safely. Putting His Majesty the King’s principles on

solving traffic problems into actions and making it a national agenda to

strictly implement these principles in all parts of the country”

PM Yingluck Shinnawattradelivered the Policy

Statement(August 2011)

Thailand Road Safety Master Plan (2009-2012)

Strategy

The Decade of Action in ThailandGoal : reducing fatalities from… to below 10 persons per

100,000 population within the year 2020

8 Issues

1. Promotion of Helmet Wearing

2. Drink Driving

3. Black Spots

4. Safe Speed Behavior

5. Safer Vehicles

6. Safer Road Users

7. Emergency Medical Service (EMS)

8. Capacity Development of Road Safety Management

National Policy Committee

National Policy Committee

RSDC CommitteeRSDC Committee

Provincial RS Committee

Provincial RS Committee

BMA RS CommitteeBMA RS Committee

District Committee

District Committee

Local GovRS Op Center

Local GovRS Op Center

BMA DistrictRS OpCenterBMA DistrictRS OpCenter

Organization ChartOrganization Chart

RSDC CenterRSDC Center

Sub-Committee No.1Road Safety Management

Sub-Committee No.1Road Safety Management

Sub-Committee No.2Safe Road

Sub-Committee No.2Safe Road

Sub-Committee No.3Safe Vehicle

Sub-Committee No.3Safe Vehicle

Sub-Committee No.4Safe Behavior

Sub-Committee No.4Safe Behavior

Sub-Committee No.5Post-crash Care

Sub-Committee No.5Post-crash Care

Sub-Committee No.6Data Management

Sub-Committee No.6Data Management

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100100% Safety Helmet % Safety Helmet Wearing CampaignWearing Campaign

The Decade of Action in ThailandGoal : reducing fatalities from… to below 10 persons per

100,000 population within the year 2020

8 Issues

1. Promotion of Helmet Wearing

2. Don’t Drunk Driving Behavior

3. Black Spots

4. Safe Speed Behavior

5. Safer Vehicles

6. Safer Road Users

7. Emergency Medical Service (EMS)

8. Capacity Development of

Road Safety Management

How worse is the situation?

• 3/4 of the injured is associates with MC• 1/2 of the injured is associated with their “head”• 36% of the injured is associated with alcohol • Only about 14 percent wear the MC Safety Helmet • Low rate of wearing helmet is found in youth

10 reasons whey I don’t ware helmet

It is not far

I’m on a small road

I’m in a hurry

It’s uncomfortable/dirty

It destroys my hair dress

I don’t want to carry it along

Police won’t arrest me

I don’t have a helmet

Low risk

My passenger don’t wear either

1. Promote this as a high priority1. Promote this as a high priority

2. Public Relations & Awareness Building

2. Public Relations & Awareness Building

3 Enforcement3 Enforcement

4. Supply and Distribution of safety helmet

4. Supply and Distribution of safety helmet

5. Monitoring and evaluation

5. Monitoring and evaluation

on 4 Jan 2010: Cabinet Endorsement

Nationwide Survey 2010 2011Rider + Passenger 44% 47%Rider 53% 55%Passenger 19% 25%Size of sample 954,956 1,230,197

Source: Thai Roads Foundation

Helmet Wearing Rate 2010-2011Helmet Wearing Rate 2010-2011

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