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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

5th APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting Adelaide, Australia: 28 - 30 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

Malaysia: Integrated approach 16m vehicles (49% motorcycles; 60% fatalities) 5 year plan (2006-2010): 2 deaths per 10,000 vehicles by 2010, 2006 = 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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)

“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)