Assignment on Bangladesh Road Safety Program
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Assignment on Bangladesh Road Safety Program
Added on 2021-02-02
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Working PaperonBangladesh Road Safety Program 2020-2030Program Title: Bangladesh Road Safety Program 2020-2030Introduction:Road traffic accident is one of the leading causes of deaths and injuries in Bangladesh.According to the police report almost 2500 road accidents occur every year in Bangladeshwhich is responsible for more than 3000 deaths. It costs almost 2 percent of GDP or around35,000 crores annual loss in the country.Detailed analysis and findings of accident investigation reveals that the distribution of totalaccidents according to road types is national highways 38 percent, 12 percent regional roads,15 percent feeder roads, and others (including city streets) 35 percent. More importantly, ithas been observed that accident and fatalities per km is far higher in Highways than otherfeeder or local roads.The Government is already taking initiative to address this situation. Bangladesh is workingwith various plan and programs to meet the goal to reduce the number of road fatalities 50%by 2020 as per UN decade of action for road safety and Sustainable Development. However, ,to meet the targets under the UN decade of Road Safety and SDG, there is a need to launch adedicated road safety program to reduce fatalities during road crashes in the country, led bythe Government and to bring all ongoing initiative under a common platform or umbrella. UN Decade of Action for road safety:UN Decade of Action for road safety (2010-2020) is comprises of five pillars. They are-Pillar 1: Road safety managementPillar 2: Safer roads and mobilityPillar 3: Safer VehiclesPillar 4: Safer Road UsersPillar 5: Post crash ResponseBased on these pillars Government has adopted-National Road Safety Strategic action Plan (2017-2020):The Road Safety Action Plan identified the nine priority sector activities for improving road safety. The nine sectors including the lead Agency(s) can be identified as follows:I. Planning, Management and Co-ordination of Road safety-DTCA, RHD,BRTA,ARI, Highway Police, LGED etc.II. Road Traffic Accident Data System-RTHDIII. Road Safety Engineering-Highway Police, ARI, BRTAIV. Road and Traffic Legislation- Highway Police, BRTAV. Traffic Enforcement- Highway Police/Metropolitan PoliceVI. Driver Training and Testing-BRTA, BRTC, ARIVII. Vehicle Safety-BRTA, ARIVIII. Road Safety Education and Publicity- BRTA, ARI, Ministry of information/primary education1
IX. Medical Services for Road traffic Accident Victims-Ministry of Health, Fire service and civil defense, RHD, BRTA, LGED, Highway policeProposed program Component and Framework:Phasing and SequencingA realistic, phased approach (shown below) should be applied to road safety management. Itneeds to acknowledge the time needed to implement interventions in an appropriatesequence, and the need for sustained, long term efforts. However, it is also crucial to preparetargeted, short-term action plans that are constantly monitored and evaluated but the timehorizon and planning must ensure commitment for at least ten to twenty years ahead.The key tasks of the proposed program are outlined below-1.Regulatory Framework and Institutional Development – (a) Formation of Road Safety Cell to Empowered Secretariat of NRSCThe National Road Safety Council (NRSC) was established in 1995. Initially with support ofWB funded road improvement project of RHD. The NRSC acts as apex body for approvingand driving forward the national policy and plans. NRSC is responsible for holding periodicmeetings to provide policy level guiding decisions and directives to road safety relatedstakeholder organizations.A separate co-coordinating Agency like Road Safety cellat RTHD , needs to be created orresourced in the interim period or mid-term basis, with national specialists from RHD,BRTA, Police, MoH, MoE, BUET, DTCA to ensure effective human capacity building. Sothat, these can lead to establish as an Authority/Agency in long term, under the presidency2
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