Association for Safe International Road TravelASIRT

Sustainable TransportationSustainable Transportation

ASIRT

Sustainable TransportationSustainable TransportationKocaeliKocaeli, Turkey, Turkey66‐‐8  April 2011 8  April 2011 

ARON ARON SOBEL SOBEL age 25age 25Killed on May 3, 1995 along with 22 other passengers in a bus crash on the Bodrum‐Izmir Highway near Lake Bafa in Turkey

Anatomy of a CrashAnatomy of a Crash•The Driver•The Driver•The Road•The Vehicle

Th Ti d C di i•The Time and Conditions•Emergency Medical Response•Emergency Medical Response

ASIRT’s MissionASIRT s MissionASIRT was founded in 1995 to

promote global road safety through education and advocacy

- - - - - - - One World – One Road - - - - - - -

Current Global Crisis

1.3 Million people are killed in road crashes every year

An additional 20-50 Million people are injured

Over 1000 young people die every day in road crashes worldwideworldwide

Over 90% of the world fatalities occur in middle and l i t ilow income countries

Predicted road traffic deaths Predicted road traffic deaths 100 000 l b i100 000 l b i

REGION 2000 2020 TRENDper 100,000 people by regionper 100,000 people by region (source WHO)(source WHO)

East Asia and Pacific 10.9 16.8 54%54%

East Europe & Central Asia 19.0 21.2 12%12%

Latin America & Caribbean 26.1 31.0 19%19%

Middle East & North Africa 19.2 22.3 16%16%

South Asia 10.2 18.9 85%85%Sub-Saharan Africa 12.3 14.9 21%21%

High Income Countries 11.8 7.8 34%34%

Five U.N. Resolutions since April 2004• U.N. General Assembly recognized importance of

global road safety; designated World Health O i ti di t f d f t iOrganization as coordinator for road safety issue.

• Established U.N. Road Safety Collaboration• Focused particular attention on 5 major factors:• Focused particular attention on 5 major factors:

helmets, seatbelts and child restraints, speed, drinking and driving, and infrastructure

• Called for Global Road Safety Week, World Day of Remembrance

• Called for Global Ministerial meeting• Called for Global Ministerial meeting

Goals of the Decade of Action 2011-2020

Stabilize and then reduce the level of road Stabilize and then reduce the level of road fatalities

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Accelerate the adoption of good practices in lower- and middle-income countries

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International coordination

ASIRT’s Agenda

Civil SocietyCivil Society

Media Corporations Civil Society Civil Society

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MedicalMedicalCommunityCommunity

Tourist Industry

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• Easy multi-sector partnering collaborativeEasy multi sector partnering, collaborative• Works from bottom up and from top down• Independent commitment• Independent commitment• Firsthand knowledge and awareness• Targeted campaigns• Hands on experience• Local focus - know the problems, the

community, the resources

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STATISTICS ON ROAD CRASHES IN TURKEYSTATISTICS ON ROAD CRASHES IN TURKEY

• Casualties per year: 10,000; Injuries per year: 200,000

• Majority of deaths are drivers and passengers in 4-wheel vehicles (55%)( )

• Pedestrians (19%), cyclists and motorcyclists count for one third of all deaths on the road.count for one third of all deaths on the road.

• Speed, drink-driving, seatbelt- and helmet-wearing laws are inadequately enforcedwearing laws are inadequately enforced.

• Turkey’s road crash rates are 3-6 times higher than those of European Union (EU) countriesthan those of European Union (EU) countries

Factors Contributing to Turkey Crash Rate (Court of Audits Aug 12 2008)(Court of Audits, Aug 12, 2008)

• 95% of passengers, 92% of cargo use highways

• Speeding, aggressive driving, ignoring lanes, inadequate training

• Inadequate traffic signs/lane designations

• Lack of adequate enforcement• Lack of adequate enforcement

• Better roads have led to increased speeding

• Low priority given to pedestrian safety

• Low seat belt usageLow seat belt usage

• Lack of adequate bus safety

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Popular Tourist DestinationsPopular Tourist Destinations

COUNTRY FATALITY RATE How Safe Are Their How Safe Are Their

Mexico 10.4Turkey 7.1S i 3 1

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Spain 3.1Greece 2.7Italy 2.7 Statistics given in

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fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle Kms (compared

to 0 9 in the UnitedCanada 0.9United States 0.9United Kingdom 0.6

to 0.9 in the United States)

ASIRT in TURKEY 

Building Coalitions, Gaining SupportBuilding Coalitions, Gaining SupportRotary

Medical Community

Community leadersEd ti l I tit ti

Governments

Law Enforcement

Community leaders Educational Institutions

Victims & families

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Local Problems, Local SolutionsBuilding a Safer Community

Collect data

Determine priorities Safe

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Plan targeted actions

Assign tasks

Institute intervention

Evaluate results

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safety initiativesinitiatives

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Turkish Turkish Highway Traffic Law Article Highway Traffic Law Article 78/1b78/1bMotorcycle drivers and passengers must wear helmetsMotorcycle drivers and passengers must wear helmets

ROTARY accomplishments in TurkeyROTARY accomplishments in TurkeyEstablished Safe Communities coalitions in 4 Rotary districts (Cankaya,

Mersin, Samsun, Eskisehir), formed partnerships with businesses, government, police, medical community, schools/universities, other NGOs

VisibleVisibleRoadRoad signssigns

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Traffic Traffic lightslightsBetter Better IncreasedIncreasedlightslightslightinglighting

Increased Increased Police PatrolsPolice Patrols

ROTARY accomplishments in TurkeyROTARY accomplishments in Turkey• Collected and evaluated data on fatal and non-fatal

crashes on certain roads

• Collected and presented list of black spots to national and local governmentsnational and local governments

• Organized non-speeding and seatbelt campaigns

• Campaigned for higher fines for violators

• Lobbied for a new traffic bill• Lobbied for a new traffic bill

• Encouraged building of roads with median dividers

ROTARY accomplishments in TurkeyROTARY accomplishments in Turkey

• Published a manual on how to establish aPublished a manual on how to establish a Safe Community in Turkey

Involved Roteract (young Rotarians) in road• Involved Roteract (young Rotarians) in road safety projects

• Developed universityfaculty and studentinvolvement

Bilkent University

ROTARY accomplishments in TurkeyROTARY accomplishments in Turkey

• Introduced road safety programs in schools. Local police participated in trainingLocal police participated in training

• Created a road safety theater for schools(Th l i ht i th D t Di t f th TNP)(The playwright is the Deputy Director of the TNP)

• Provided community first-aid training• Advocated for official recognition of Road

Safety Week and World Remembrance Day for road crash victims

A Road Safety Education Center and Traffic Park in Denizli – Dayged ISHAD

A community resource for information and

Park in Denizli – Dayged, ISHAD

ytraining in road safety

ASIRT works in TURKEY• Met and corresponded with political leaders,

MPs police embassies media universityMPs, police, embassies, media, university professors, medical community, traffic planners, Education department, NGOs, p , p , ,Corporations, World Health Organization, victims

• Wrote articles in newspapers • Campaigned to legislate useCampaigned to legislate use

of child safety seats

Road Safety in Ten Countries Road Safety in Ten Countries In 2010, a consortium of partners received

funding from The Bloomberg Family g g yFoundation to expand road safety to 10 low- or middle-income countries.

ASIRT partners with nongovernmental i ti t bili itorganizations to mobilize community

support

EMBARQ works with State partners in the area of sustainable transportarea of sustainable transport

RS-10 Goals for Turkeyy• Support Turkish government to implement

good practices in road safety in order to reduce deaths, injuries and disabilities

• Focus on speed control and increasing t b lt i t i th iti fseat-belt-wearing rates in the cities of

Afyonkarahisar and Ankara

RS-10: ASIRT in TURKEY• Along with local groups, conduct public awareness

campaigns to improve the current low compliance rates for child restraint usage – Afyon (2.4%) and Ankara (11.7%) – by:

publicizing the 2009 child restraint law in Turkey– publicizing the 2009 child restraint law in Turkey,– emphasizing the importance of using child restraints, and– demonstrating their proper usageg p p g

• Foster the creation of road safety yorganizations within universities

• Conduct seminars on speed reduction and seatbelt• Conduct seminars on speed reduction and seatbelt use

A call to actionA call to action

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Embracing the WorldEmbracing the World