Status of National Effort to Enhance Road Safety in Ethiopia

Presented by National Road Safety Coordinating Office

9th Meeting of the UNRSC, 17-18 November 2008

Highlights of Road Traffic Accident In Ethiopia

In Year 2007/08• 2,160 people died due to road accident

• 8,958 people were injured

• Fatality per 10,000 vehicles is 80• Fatality per 100,000 population is 2.7

Fatality Rate Per 10,000 Vehicles Trend

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Fatality Rate per 100,000 Population Trend

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Main Risk Factors for Road Traffic Injuries in Ethiopia

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Specific interventions implemented in Ethiopia

1. Strengthened drivers’ training, testing and licensing 2. Defensive driving training for professional drivers 3. Strengthened road safety responsibilities in transport

associations and organizations4. Freight vehicles for passenger transport controlled5. Strengthened vehicle inspection and spot checking

1. National and Regional Road Safety Coordination2. Local Level Road Safety Coordination

1. Awareness training in targeted traffic control 2. Targeted traffic control implemented in pilot areas3. Accident data collection and reporting system

Implemented Road Safety Coordination

Implemented Drivers Licensing and Vehicle Inspection

Traffic Law Enforcement

1. Legal provisions relevant to traffic safety2. Mandatory 3rd party vehicle insurance law

1. Traffic safety education for children2. Mass media road safety campaign 3. Community road safety campaigns

1. Emergency medical service in Addis Ababa and regions

Implemented Road Safety Engineering Measures1. Road safety audit units in roads authorities2. Studies of hazardous road locations3. Road safety measures at hazardous locations

Strengthened Legal Provisions

Implemented Road Safety Education and Publicity

Implemented Emergency Medical System

Monthly Traffic Speed Violations in Eastern Shewa Cities along the Addis Ababa Awassa Highways

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May to September 2006 compared to same period of 2005

2005 

2006 

Reduction in%

Death 84 44 -47.6

Serious injury 59 27 -54.2

Light injury 25 11 -56.0

Property damage

168 110 -34.5

Total accidents 336 192 -42.9

Targeted traffic law enforcement result in East Shewa zone

The way forward1. Establish the transport management and road

safety training institution for sustained capacity building at federal and regional levels

2. Strengthen traffic control to enforce speed limit and drink driving laws

3. Expand the Accident data system improvement 3. Strengthen the good practices obtained in

previous community awareness creation effort4. Strengthen the children road safety education. 5. Strengthen the ongoing mass media campaigns. 7. Strengthen the road safety efforts in transport

associations and organizations8. Strengthen road safety audit and measures9. Support Emergency Medical Service improvement

efforts of the Ministry Of Health

Thank you