Presentation Contents

• 1. Introduction - Background• 2. Road Safety Education and Awareness:

– Safe Routes to School

• 3. Appropriate Infrastructure– Pedestrian Grade Separation: Case Studies

• 4 ITS and Road Safety– Freeway Management Systems to enhance

safety

National Road Network in South Africa

Road Safety Status in South/ern Africa• SA 2010: 13 738 Fatalities

– Drivers: 4 066 – Passengers: 5 023– Pedestrians: 4 678

Drivers, 4066, 30%

Passengers, 5023, 36%

Pedestrians 4678, 34%

Pedestrians 34%

Drivers 30%

Passengers 36%

SADC 2007: +/- 63 000 Fatalities

Pedestrians don’t walk into each other and die……………

Plot of Number of Pedestrian Fatalities per Age Group

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

0 to 4

5 to 9

10 to 1

4

15 to 1

9

20 to 2

4

25 to 2

9

30 to 3

4

35 to 3

9

40 to 4

4

45 to 4

9

50 to 5

4

55 to 5

9

60 to 6

4

65 to 6

9

70 to 7

4

75 to 7

9

80+

Age Group

%

Female

Male

Road Safety Status in South Africa

Road Safety Status in South Africa

Contributory Factors to Crashes (2010)

Human Factor:

83%

Vehicle Factor:

9%

Road / Environment

Factors:8%

Road Safety Challenge

• Key Road Safety Challenges– Different types and needs of road users

• Vulnerable Road Users –Pedestrians• Poorest of the poor - Captive Road Users

Accommodating the needs of all our road users

Road Authority Approach to Road Safety

• Solutions that balances mobility and accessibility needs.

• Solutions not limited to the National Road reserve.

• Combining road safety infrastructure provision with appropriate road safety education and awareness programmes is essential.– Comprehensive School Road Safety Education

programme

2. Road Safety Education and Awareness Programme

• Road Safety in Schools– Integrated with Road Safety Infrastructure Projects in

Communities – In SA Road Safety not part of the School Curriculum – However, it can be a Theme to a Lesson, e.g. English,

Mathematics– With the permission of the Department of Education, we train

and resource Educators at selected schools

Safe Routes to School Project

• Safe Routes to School Project aimed at grades 10-11.• Dual Purpose:

– Learners had to identify a major a Real Road Safety Problem along any of the roads followed to school.

– Stimulate interest in the Engineering Profession: teach learners basic concept of research and finding solutions to challenges.

Safe Routes to School

• OBJECTIVES:– Encourage learners to be aware of road safety

issues.– Take ownership of road safety within

community.– Develop & Empower learners with practical

research skills.– Develop and enhance presentation skills.– Promote teamwork and participatory learning.

Safe Routes to SchoolTraining

• Seven Participating Schools• Learners attended a one day

workshop.– Representative of 10 learners

per school.– Identify a major road safety

problem along any routes followed to school.

– Road safety problem to be researched, analysed and a solution proposed.

Safe Routes to SchoolLearner Programme

• Learners were given 2 months to develop their proposals.

• Their progressed was monitored and help provided.

• Learners were to present their proposals by – Power Point Presentation– Posters– Plans– Models, etc.

Safe Routes to SchoolAdjudication

• Adjudicators – Professional Consulting Engineers– Municipal: Engineer and Traffic– SANRAL Engineers– Road Safety Education Specialists

• Adjudication Criteria– Research and Methodology (20%)– Quality of the Proposed Solution (30%)– Presentation / Technique (20%)– Model Evaluation (30%)

Safe Routes to School: Results

• Learners were: – Innovative in their

presentation of the research material.

– Took ownership – Well prepared– Projects were well

researched – Very proud of their

achievements– Real Practical and

Implementable solutions

Safe Routes to School: Winners

• 4 Top Schools have had their Road Safety Infrastructure remedial measures refined by Professionals and implemented.

3. Appropriate Infrastructure

• Focus on Pedestrian Grade separation infrastructure– Importance of Channelisation where topography

is not always ideal– Measures effected outside of the road reserve

determines the success inside the road reserve– Focus on three case studies

Pedestrian Bridge Case Study #1

• Approximately 12 000 pedestrians need to travel across the R300 Freeway Daily

• About 30% (3 600) of them risk their lives by crossing the Freeway the at-grade (level)

ChannelisationPedestrin Bridge Case Study #1

Location: Major existing pedestrian desire lineMore than 1500 illegal and unsafe Pedestrian crossings at this

location daily

ChannelisationPedestrian Bridge Case Study #1

• Construction

ChannelisationPedestrian Bridge Case Study #1

• Importance of appropriate Fencing

Use of steel and concrete composite fencing to prevent vandalism

ChannelisationPedesrian Bridge Case Study #1

• Taking bridge approach ramps into communities Speed humps to calm “new” traffic

in residential streets

• Although topography was not ideal, this bridge enjoys a 99% pedestrian usage rate

Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2

• Pedestrian crossing activity and congregation

Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2

• The result

Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2

• Solution: Pedestrian Bridge and Drop off and collection Zone

Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2

Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2

• Completed product

Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2

3017228

82%

Channelisation N2 Plettenberg Bay Case Study #2

1611 323

92%

– Expanded in Gauteng +/- 220 km– KZN +/- 100 km– Western Cape +/- 150 km

4. ITS and Road Safety

Real –time traffic data

CCTV Surveillance

Information Dissemination

Information is processed

FMS Operations Centre

How does Freeway Management System work ?

Primary Benefits of FMS

Accident happens

---Traffic flow

disrupted

Accident reported

Emergency

Services dispatche

d

Arrive on scene

Leave scene

Traffic flow back to normal

Reduce length of Incident Timeline

Life

Death

Minimise Road

User Costs

Incident Timeline

Cape Town FMS

Cape Town FMS

154 km

197 CCTV Cameras197 CCTV Cameras

48 Variable Message Signs48 Variable Message Signs

Cape Town FMS Operations• Commenced in March 2010

– Source and Train FMS Operators– Multi Skilled ( Not just Spotters !!)– New skills source in Western Cape

Incident Detection

Cape Town FMS Operations

• IMS– Average Response Times for Emergency Vehicles

Cape Town FMS Operations

• IMS– Average Clearance Times

• Incidents (accidents, stationary vehicles) > 4400 on the Freeways• Major Events, e.g. Major CT Stadium events, Road Clsoures• Freeway Construction & Maintenance, Road / Lane Closures

Cape Town FMS Operations…continued

Real Time Information Dissemination

http://twitter.com/CapeTownFreeway

Data Collection: Accidents

Data Collection: Stationary vehicles

Addressing Hazardous Locations: Resource Allocation

Summary

• Infrastructure is only as safety as the manner in which it is being used.

• Road Safety Education and Awareness should compliment all new road safety infrastructure

• Road Safety Infrastructure must attempt to address the source of the road safety problem, not just the symptom.

• The source of pedestrian road safety problems are often a genuine transportation needs.– Attempts to address pedestrian needs holistically will yield

better results• Technology can play a useful role in facilitating incident

response.• Accurate data can pinpoint hazardous locations and there

causes.

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