Analyzing and Managing Transport Safety Data: A Namibian Case Study

This report examines the effective management of transport safety data, focusing on the context of Namibia. It discusses the importance of updating and securing transport-related data, including vehicle information, regulations, and access control. The report then analyzes the methods used in Namibia for identifying road hazards, such as the use of cameras, traffic guards, and traffic flow management. Furthermore, it addresses the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) of Namibia's need for advice on risk mitigation approaches. The report suggests ten factors that NRSC can assess to determine the success of a risk mitigation approach, including insurance structure clarity, supply chain policies, corporate insurance understanding, key performance indicators (KPIs) for cargo loss, vehicle risk assessment, documentation practices, insurance coverage, end-to-end supply chain transparency, corporate structure for loss assessment, and awareness of knowledgeable insurance agents. The report concludes with a bibliography of relevant sources.

How can you effectively manage transport safety Data?
Safety management is one of the key areas of focus of any government system, and given the
situation at Namibia, the government, of the country, Namibia, is taking serious steps to guide
and manage the Transportation of the country and the data regarding the same. The transport
safety department includes the data related to the transit system made specially to manage the
transit safety by the governments. The data includes all the information related to the urban
transit system, and includes the quantity and types of the vehicles, available in the urban
territory. Also, information related to non- urban vehicles and the purchased vehicles are also
included in the data sheet. Therefore, in order to manage the data sheet, first, it needs to be
updated. Secondly, all the rules and regulations related each type of the vehicle should be
updated and informed across the country. since, each jurisdictions and territory have different
rules and policies, related to different types of vehicles, therefore, that must be conveyed and
confirmed as well. After that, the information related to who has the access, must be decided,
shared and known. Second, segments should be made, to understand which of the data is most
important and third, a data security plan must be developed in order to ensure the safety and
security of the data.
Which method do you think is used in Namibia to identify hazards when it
comes to roads accidents or incidents? Justify your answer.
In order to identify the road hazards, the intersections are to be guided and be provided with
cameras and traffic guards. Also, in the non- urban areas there are traffic tolls to supervise the

road accidents or rather road incidents. The country also, majorly focuses on the flow of traffic
and the pause timings at the most popular and busy roads of the country.
National Road Safety Council (NRSC) of Namibia conducted investigation on
reoccurring road accidents in Namibia. The investigation team has suggested
several mitigations approaches that can be implemented to prevent accidents
from happening again. NRSC needs your advice on which approach / method
to implement considering its success of the approach. In your advice, discuss
at least ten factors that NRSC can assess to determine if a risk mitigation
approach will be successful or not?
In order to ensure the success of a risk mitigation approach, the National Road Safety Council
(NRSC), cam follow the following ten steps.
1. Have a simple insurance structure, that can be easily understandable by all, as having the
awareness of the insurance policies are very important.
2. The supply chain policies must also be made clearer and the civilians must have the
concept and idea of INCO terms, and all these must be ensured by the NRSC.
3. Understanding of the corporate insurances is one of the important aspects and all the
civilians must have the understanding, therefore, the NSRC must make unambiguous
insurances policies on the part of the corporate houses.
4. The NSRC must also prepare KPIs, to ensure penalization and incentivization in case of
Cargo loss.

5. The NSRC must also make provisions for the assessment of the risk factors associated
with the vehicles.
6. Practice of proper documentation related to each of the shipment policies must also be
ensured and the explanations must be in simpler terms so that it becomes easier for the
civilians to understand and further practice.
7. The coverage by the insurance firms must also be made proper and unambiguous.
8. The end to end supply chain and the policies to mitigate the risk factors must also be
ensured and there should be a transparency in the whole process.
9. The corporate houses must be asked to make a proper structure for the area that will be
covered and also must be asked to make a structure of how much and in hat ways a loss
swill affect the company.
10. The NSRC must ensure the awareness among the people regarding the insurance agents
who have the end to end knowledge and the agents must be asked to provide proper
guidance all through the insurance policy steps in case of a loss.

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