1. Opportunities for Road Safety in India Presentation in Inaugural Session National Workshop on Road Safety, Visakhapatnam August 2016 Dr. Soames Job Global Lead Road Safety & Head of the Global Road Safety Facility World Bank

2. Overview of Talk Costs of crashes Strong steps to date Next steps These can be ‘sold’ The role of the World Bank

3. Costs of crashes to India In addition to the human loss and suffering Huge hard economic costs Estimated 3% of GDP Under-estimate: deaths are under-estimated (WHO) & the ratio of deaths to injuries is out -At 4% of GDP, that is the full time contribution of over 52 million people just to pay for crashes ROAD SAFETY IS NOT JUST CHARITY WORK, BUT IS A SOUND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT, WITH SUBSTANTIAL RETURNS Age

4. Strong steps to date in road safety Attending the Brasilia meeting & Signing up to the Brasilia Declaration (committing to halve deaths by 2020) Tabled significant amendments: penalties (up 5 to 10 fold) for drink driving, speeding, non-use of seat belts/helmets, etc. Significant resources (about $1.7 billion) to fix over 700 crash blackspots Actions addressing post-crash care, auditors, …. Creates broader opportunity from increased political/public focus on road safety WE NEED TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM FROM THESE STEP GOING

5. Strong steps to date The focal points are sound - Infrastructure (area of major opportunity) -speeding (key opportunity- large and under-estimated issue) My small surveys show huge issues -seat belts In cities: Riders: 42% Passengers: 3% (rural worse) -helmets Drivers: 38%; passengers close to 0% (rural worse) Failure of deterrence

6. Possible Next Steps The easy actions don’t work (education has limited effect; advanced/defensive driver training will do no harm at best) The effective actions are possible and can be ‘sold’ 1.More funding for genuine road safety infrastructure, not just maintenance 2.Pedestrian safety, without pedestrian blaming 3.Deterrence (esp. for speed, helmets, seat belts) ∞ penalty enforcement unavoidability of consequence promotion of enforcement 3. Lead agency leadership, accountability, responsibility monitoring helps sell the actions needed & reduce political capital required

7. The importance of relative judgements- We are better at them The importance of relative judgements Why deterrence (not crash risk) is critical: Most of us think we are better drivers than others Worse than averageAbove averageBetter than average 2.1%

8. Success: properly resourced Lead Agency working on this basis % Change in Fatalities 2002-2011 Rest of Australia (red) - harsh comparison 2002 Year 2011

9. Success: properly resourced Lead Agency working on this basis NSW (blue) & Rest of Australia (red) - harsh comparison Note: NSW & Victoria were the leaders 2002 Year 2011

10. The World Bank is ready, able, and motivated to assist Thank you Soames Job

11. Relationship between speed and traffic flow (Source: OECD, 2006)