1. Outcomes from Automotive Dialogue Road Safety Summit
and
5th Transportation Ministerial Meeting
Joe Motha
Australia

2. AUTOMOTIVE DIALOGUE ROAD SAFETY SUMMIT
Adelaide, Australia, March 29, 2007
Organised by APEC Automotive Dialogue
Opened by the Hon. Mark Vaile MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Transport and Regional Services (Australia)
Report and recommendations provided to the 5th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting

3. AUTOMOTIVE DIALOGUE ROAD SAFETY SUMMIT
Objectives:
Increase visibility of road safety
as a public health challenge
as an economic challenge
Share information about effective ways of reducing the human and economic cost of road crashes
Encourage Transportation Ministers to make road safety an APEC priority

4. ROAD SAFETY SUMMIT: themes and presentations
Public Health and Economic Development Challenges of Road Traffic Safety
presentations from:
World Health Organization
World Bank
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Why APEC must make road safety a priority: Lord Robertson, Commission for Global Road Safety

5. ROAD SAFETY SUMMIT: themes and presentations
Lessons learned from work underway in low- and middle-income economies
presentations:
Thailand’s Data System Evaluation Project
Thai Ministry of Transport
Tropical Helmet Program in Vietnam
Asia Injury Prevention Foundation
Towards Enhancing Road Safety in Malaysia
Malaysian Ministry of Transport/Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research
Seatbelt Project in Guangzhou, China
George Institute for International Health

6. ROAD SAFETY SUMMIT: themes and presentations
Regional engagement
presentations:
Make Roads Safe – The Global Campaign for Road Safety
Make Roads Safe
Integrating Safety into Infrastructure Development
Asian Development Bank
UNESCAP Ministerial Road Safety Resolution
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
UN Collaboration’s Good Practice Guides
Global Road Safety Partnership
International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP)
ARRB Group

7. Key messages: the problem
Data: dimensions of the problem
Priority is growth in Asia – impacts on road safety
Public health problem
Transport missing in UN Millennium Development Goals

8. Key messages: commitment and response
Shared responsibility
High level political commitment (eg President Chirac)
UN involvement in awareness raising (four UN General Assembly resolutions since 2003; another resolution in late 2007)
Busan Declaration (Nov 2006)

9. Key messages: commitment and response
Asian Highway Intergovernmental Agreement (July 2005)
Robertson Report: $300m 10-year action plan; minimum 10% road safety budget allocation for infrastructure projects; UN-sponsored Global Road Safety Ministerial Summit in 2008
APEC has 61% of ADB voting power: as shareholders can influence thinking; as donors can contribute grant and concessional funds and influence uses of these funds
Lessons from AIDS

10. Key messages: Principles and practice
Evaluation important
Systems approach (infrastructure, vehicle, road user)
Helmets, alcohol/drugs, seat belts & child restraints, speed, visibility, low-cost engineering measures, first aid training
WHO World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention (2004)
Global Good Practice Guides (helmets, drink driving now available)
Emergency medical care: OPALS study (high tech vs low tech) - low-cost rural emergency systems very effective; emergency rural taxi service in Ghana

11. Key messages: Actions
Data/policy framework  Implementation recommendations  Action
Improve data collection (eg Thai data systems evaluation project)
Data collection and analysis workshops in the US
Tropical helmet program in Vietnam
Local, practical, do-able solutions
APEC members have the power to effect change

12. APEC Auto Dialogue recommendations to Ministers
Improving road safety should be high priority for APEC economies
Engage with counterparts in Health and Public Security Ministries to ensure each economy has comprehensive national road safety plan that includes realistic but challenging fatality and injury reduction objectives
Welcome global good practice guides addressing key risk factors and support use of guides in developing strategies and programs

13. APEC Auto Dialogue recommendations to Ministers
Continue to share knowledge and resources across economies through APEC Transportation Working Group, particularly to implement further initiatives in low/middle income economies
Recommend to APEC leaders that improving road safety be a priority for APEC and that progress be reviewed from 2008

14. 5th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting
Adelaide, Australia: March 2007
Discussions focussed on three broad themes:
transport’s role in trade liberalisation and facilitation
transport safety
transport security
Ministerial keynote speeches on road safety by Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam

15. Malaysia: Integrated approach
16m vehicles (49% motorcycles; 60% fatalities)
5 year plan ( ): 2 deaths per 10,000 vehicles by 2010, = 3.97; 10 deaths per 100,000 population, 2006 = 23; 10 deaths per billion VKT, 2006 = 18)
Establishment of: National Road Safety Dept in Dec 2004; State Road Safety Dept in Nov 2006; Malaysian Road Safety Research Institute (MIROS) in Dec 2006
Cabinet Committee chaired by PM; Steering Committee chaired by Minister of Transport; Inter-agency Planning and Coordination Committee chaired by DG Road Safety Dept

16. Malaysia Proposed Road Safety and MIROS Act
Education in schools; camera surveillance; driver training and assessment; motorcycle lanes for new Federal roads; community programs

17. Vietnam
Significant problem: rapid urbanisation, poor infrastructure, inefficient state governance, low awareness, rapid increase in vehicles
Reduction from 13.9 deaths per 10,000 vehicles in 1995 to 6.3 in 2006
Safety legislation; road safety audits and black spot treatment; communications/education campaigns; improving driver training and licensing; law enforcement; comprehensive database; emergency rescue and support systems; financial resources; international cooperation

18. Thailand Global ‘plague’ 13,000 deaths; 25m vehicles (61% motorcycles)
Design, development and maintenance of infrastructure; collaboration between Government and private sector
Peak agency - Road Safety Operations Centre: Committee (DPM); Ministers of Health, Interior; Transport; Education; Justice, Royal Thai Police; NGOs

19. Thailand
Road safety strategy based on 5Es: Education; law Enforcement; traffic Engineering; Emergency service system; Evaluation and monitoring
Funds: health fund (alcohol and cigarette taxes); road safety fund (custom made numberplate auctions)
Drink driving (public awareness campaigns); strict rules for licence applications; roadworthiness checks for vehicles over 7 years old; NHTSA data collection project
Transport Safety Centre and Accident Investigation Unit

20. Transportation Ministerial Meeting (TMM5)
Joint Ministerial Statement:
Continuing efforts to improve road traffic safety should be a high priority for APEC economies
Agree to recommend to APEC Leaders that improving road safety be a priority for APEC and that progress be reviewed periodically
Mix of issues and responses vary across member economies

21. TMM5 agreed actions on road safety
Work with other authorities in each economy to ensure that each APEC economy has a comprehensive road safety strategy including:
realistic but challenging fatality and injury reduction objectives
wide scope: including road network, traffic regulation, road user behaviour, driver training and licensing, vehicle standards and enforcement
arrangements for monitoring road crash trends and publishing progress against the targets
a mechanism for continuous improvement and updating of the strategy
strategies for assistance measures to be explored

22. TMM5 agreed actions on road safety
Welcome global good practice guides and support use of guides in developing strategies and programs
Share knowledge & resources with a view to implementing further road safety initiatives in low and middle income APEC economies
Encourage participation in activities targeted specifically at road safety for youth (eg UN Global Road Safety Week April 07)
Encourage all economies to consider measures to ensure adequate ongoing funding for implementing road safety initiatives
Encourage economies to develop strategies which reduce risks to vulnerable road users including young people, the aged, motor cyclists, cyclists & pedestrians
Encourage economies to develop strategies to deal with identified problem areas such as failure to wear seat belts, driving under the influence of alcohol and promote positive behaviours (wearing helmets)

23. TMM5 agreed actions: other issues for LEG
Promote environmentally sustainable transport, fuel efficiency etc (§ 19)
note potential links to safety strategies (speed management, eco-driving)
Focus on working with industry on issues including harmonisation of standards and regulatory practices (§ 26)

24. TMM5 agreed actions: all TPT-WG Expert Groups and Sub Groups
Items directly relevant to LEG’s work include:
Urge member economies to continue to enhance cooperation with the World Bank & Asian Development Bank through appropriate APEC channels (§ 40)
Encourage cooperative arrangements for technical assistance and technology transfer (§ 22)
Working Group to establish a register of transport safety training capabilities in member economies to assist with capacity building (§ 58)
Working Group to complement work of other international forums without duplication (§ 24)

25. “Complement work of other international forums without duplication” (§ 24)
Some of the relevant agencies and forums include:
UN/WHO/World Bank (UN Road Safety Collaboration)
partners include UN Regional Commissions
Global Road Safety Facility (World Bank)
Asian Development Bank
UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
ASEAN
Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP)
hosted by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Global Road Safety Initiative (GRSI)
Commission for Global Road Safety (FIA Foundation)
Asia Injury Prevention Foundation
Transport departments in member economies
Research agencies (transport, public health) in member economies
World Road Association (PIARC)