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Page 1: Parliament of Victoria€¦ · Inquiry into the nature and extent of serious injury in motor vehicle accidents in Victoria 22 April 2013 Correspondence to: Professor Russell Gruen
Page 2: Parliament of Victoria€¦ · Inquiry into the nature and extent of serious injury in motor vehicle accidents in Victoria 22 April 2013 Correspondence to: Professor Russell Gruen

Parliament of Victoria Road Safety Committee

Inquiry into Serious Injury

The Alfred’s submission to the Road Safety Committee’s

Inquiry into the nature and extent of serious injury in motor vehicle accidents in Victoria

22 April 2013 Correspondence to: Professor Russell Gruen Director, National Trauma Research Institute t +613 9076 2561 e [email protected]

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The Alfred Hospital’s submission to the Road Safety Committee’s Inquiry into the nature and extent of serious injury in motor vehicle accidents in Victoria

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Road Safety and reduction of serious injury is the main goal of the UN Decade of Action on Road Safety, an international effort to reduce death and disability from road trauma. (see Attachment 1). The Decade was approved UN General Assembly in 2010. The Decade of Action addresses 5 pillars of response, all of which are essential to achieve and maintain low road toll: 1. Road Safety Management 2. Safer Roads & Mobility 3. Safer Vehicles 4. Safer Road Users 5. Post Crash Response

Alfred Health staff and its broader community have been particularly active over many decades in advocating for improvements in all aspects of road safety. The major role of The Alfred as a designated Major Trauma Service within the Victorian State Trauma System, however, is in the fifth pillar, Post Crash Response, which is the provision of care for the injured. Victoria has reduced the road toll through injury prevention policies, campaigns, better vehicle designs, and safer roads, since 1970 (see Attachment 2). Since 2001, with the inception of the Victorian State Trauma System, the likelihood of death due to injury, once it has occurred, has been reduced by almost 60%. The combination of successful injury prevention initiatives and a high-performance population-wide integrated trauma system has made Victoria peerless in its success at reducing the road toll. The development of the VSTS was a success of professional organisations, academic institutions and government working together, with bipartisan political support, to develop a world-class system that best meets the needs of the severely injured Victorians. Key elements of the system are: 1. Designation of 2 adult and 1 paediatric major trauma services, where case volume

and investment in facilities and expertise would be concentrated. 2. Triage and transport protocols that ensure every injured patient is taken to the

right hospital in the right time according to their injuries and need for timely care 3. Investment in road and helicopter pre-hospital services that deliver patients

promptly to the needed level of care 4. A system of monitoring and oversight, with dedicated and funded data collection

of pre-hospital & hospital care of severely injured people, and monitoring of outcomes including long-term outcomes.

5. A governance structure that ensures system oversight by experts in the field, using data about performance of the system, and with an established deliberative forum (the State Trauma Committee) that reports to and advises the Minister of system changes needed.

This integrated trauma system is one of the most advanced and high-performing in the world, and is widely regarded as a benchmark for advanced trauma system design. For

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The Alfred Hospital’s submission to the Road Safety Committee’s Inquiry into the nature and extent of serious injury in motor vehicle accidents in Victoria

Page 3 of 5

example, the NHS Clinical Advisor for Trauma Care recently used the VSTS on which to model the trauma system for all of England. Alfred Health’s National Trauma Research Institute is currently documenting the history of the Victorian State Trauma System in a book entitled “From Roadside to Recovery: the first ten years of the successful Victorian State Trauma System.” The Alfred & Monash University, through the Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre, is now one of the world’s leading centres for clinical care, research and education about the treatment and prevention of severe injury. Key concerns: 1. The Victorian State Trauma Committee is coordinated by the Department of

Health. For over 12 months in 2011-2012 it did not meet due to inactivity. Membership should include clinical and managerial representation of key stakeholders in the trauma system. This could undermine its ability to provide the oversight that a high-performing system needs.

2. Proper investment in training and quality control/improvement is required

within the system, through the VSTC. There has been an education subcommittee without any resources to undertake its work.

3. As the NDIS and NIIS come into existence, the VSTS has enormous potential

to contribute to the understanding of how injury and its treatment leads to disability burden for individuals, families and society, through its long-term data collection about functional status, return to work, mental health status, etc. The gap at present is good data about what happens to patients after leaving acute hospital.

4. The Alfred is seen as a jewel in the crown of the VSTS, and one of the world’s

best trauma centres, profiled on the UK Documentary “Extreme ER” in 2012. However some of its core facilities, especially operating theatres, are in need of upgrading to modern best practice facilities that are being incorporated into other trauma centres in Australia and overseas. (eg the hybrid operating theatre that incorporates surgery, angiography, CT and resuscitation in one room). If Victoria is to continue to lead the world in minimising the effect of serious injuries from motor vehicle accidents, the government must maintain the facilities to enable that work to continue.

Contributors Mr Andrew Way Chief Executive Officer, Alfred Health Professor Russell Gruen Director, National Trauma Research Institute Professor of Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Monash University General and Trauma Surgeon, The Alfred

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The Alfred Hospital’s submission to the Road Safety Committee’s Inquiry into the nature and extent of serious injury in motor vehicle accidents in Victoria

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Attachment 1 UN Decade of Action for Road Safety

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f yo

u a

re a

ped

est

rian

or

a

cyclis

t, i

f yo

u l

ive a

lon

gsi

de t

he h

igh

ways

that

oth

-ers

sp

eed

th

rou

gh

. I

was

sho

cked

to

fin

d o

ut

that

100

0 c

hild

ren

an

d t

een

ag

ers

are

kill

ed

on

th

e r

oad

s each

an

d e

very

day.

Ro

ad

cra

shes

are

alr

ead

y t

he

nu

mb

er

on

e k

iller

of

yo

un

g p

eo

ple

over

the a

ge o

f 10

aro

un

d t

he w

orl

d. A

nd

th

is c

risi

s is

gett

ing

wo

rse.

Th

e w

orl

d h

as

un

ited

an

d d

ecid

ed

th

at

en

ou

gh

is

en

ou

gh

. T

he in

tern

ati

on

al

co

mm

un

ity –

the o

ne

hu

nd

red

go

vern

men

ts w

hic

h c

o-s

po

nso

red

th

e U

N

reso

luti

on

fo

r th

e D

ecad

e o

f A

cti

on

– h

as

mad

e

road

safe

ty a

new

pri

ori

ty.

Th

e U

N h

as

a c

on

cre

te

go

al:

to s

tab

ilise

an

d r

ed

uce g

lob

al ro

ad

death

s b

y

20

20

. B

ut

to a

ch

ieve t

his

go

al

will

need

bo

ld a

c-

tio

n a

nd

str

on

g l

ead

ers

hip

. A

ll o

f u

s w

ill n

eed

to

p

lay o

ur

part

, b

y b

eh

avin

g s

afe

ly o

n t

he r

oad

an

d

by d

em

an

din

g s

afe

ty f

rom

oth

ers

. A

nd

pro

tecti

ng

o

ur

ch

ildre

n w

hen

th

ey’r

e v

uln

era

ble

in

th

eir

sec-

on

d d

ecad

e o

f lif

e m

ust

be a

last

ing

leg

acy o

f th

is

Decad

e o

f A

cti

on

.

Th

e c

han

ge m

ust

sta

rt w

ith

each

an

d e

very

on

e o

f u

s. W

e c

an

beg

in s

imp

ly b

y r

eco

gn

isin

g t

hat

road

d

eath

s are

pre

ven

tab

le. T

hey a

re a

co

nse

qu

en

ce o

f h

um

an

neg

lect

an

d c

an

be p

reven

ted

by h

um

an

ac-

tio

n.

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er

pare

nts

mu

st n

ot

go

th

rou

gh

th

e p

ain

th

at

I am

su

fferi

ng

an

d w

ill c

on

tin

ue t

o s

uff

er. N

ow

is

th

e t

ime f

or

that

po

siti

ve a

cti

on

. E

very

lif

e w

e

save w

ill b

e a

pre

cio

us

vic

tory

”.

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leka M

an

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y t

yp

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use

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estri

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pass

enge

rs

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ad

tra

ffic

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juri

es

are

beco

min

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ne o

f th

e w

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ad

ing

cau

ses

of

death

an

d d

isab

ility

, co

mp

ara

ble

to

m

ajo

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su

ch

as

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nd

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berc

ulo

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s. T

he in

form

ati

on

on

th

is p

ag

e is

a s

nap

sho

t o

f w

hat

is a

t st

ake, o

f th

e s

cale

of

the e

pid

em

ic u

nle

ss w

e a

ct.

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t every

sta

tist

ic is

als

o a

real p

ers

on

, so

meo

ne w

ho

se

life is

en

ded

or

shatt

ere

d in

an

in

stan

t. O

ne t

rag

ic s

tory

th

at

cau

gh

t th

e w

orl

d’s

att

en

tio

n w

as

the d

eath

o

f yo

un

g Z

en

an

i Man

dela

, wh

ich

led

to

th

e N

els

on

Man

dela

F

ou

nd

ati

on

acti

vely

su

pp

ort

ing

th

e D

ecad

e o

f A

cti

on

.

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an

i M

an

dela

wit

h h

er

gre

at-

gra

nd

fath

er

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on

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dela

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urc

e: W

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bal B

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f D

isease

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an

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eth

er

we

can

save

5 m

illio

n liv

es

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Lau

nch

of

the

De

cad

e

of

Acti

on

fo

r R

oad

Safe

ty,

May 1

1, 2

011

“Th

e la

un

ch

to

day o

f th

e D

ecad

e o

f A

cti

on

fo

r R

oad

Safe

-ty

can

help

all

co

un

trie

s d

rive a

lon

g t

he p

ath

to

a m

ore

se

cu

re f

utu

re.

Tod

ay,

part

ners

aro

un

d t

he w

orl

d a

re r

e-

leasi

ng

nati

on

al

or

cit

yw

ide p

lan

s fo

r th

e D

ecad

e,

ho

st-

ing

po

licy d

iscu

ssio

ns

an

d e

nab

ling

peo

ple

aff

ecte

d b

y

road

cra

shes

to s

hare

th

eir

sto

ries

wid

ely

. N

ow

we n

eed

to

mo

ve t

his

cam

paig

n in

to h

igh

gear

an

d s

teer

ou

r w

orl

d

to s

afe

r ro

ad

s ah

ead

”.

Ban

Ki-

mo

on

Un

ite

d N

ati

on

s S

ecre

tary

Ge

ne

ral

De

cad

e o

f A

cti

on

Lau

nch

Un

ited

Nati

on

s S

ecre

tary

Gen

era

l B

an

Ki-

mo

on

lau

nch

es

the D

ecad

e o

f A

cti

on

fo

r R

oad

Safe

ty i

n N

ew

Yo

rk C

ity,

to

geth

er

wit

h t

he M

ayo

r o

f N

ew

Yo

rk C

ity,

an

d r

oad

safe

ty p

hila

nth

rop

ist,

Mic

hael B

loo

mb

erg

.

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08

De

cad

e o

f A

cti

on

Lau

nch

Ach

im S

tein

er, E

xecu

tive D

irecto

r,

UN

Envir

on

men

t P

rog

ram

me:

“Th

e c

arn

ag

e o

n o

ur

road

s acro

ss

the w

orl

d o

f o

ver

1.3 m

illio

n v

icti

ms

a

year

is a

n in

dic

tmen

t o

f in

acti

on

. Th

e

Decad

e o

f A

cti

on

pro

vid

es

a f

ocu

s fo

r d

ecis

ion

make

rs a

nd

als

o f

or

the

pri

vate

secto

r to

beco

me e

ng

ag

ed

in

imp

rovin

g r

oad

safe

ty”.

Pre

sid

en

t D

mit

ry M

ed

ve

dev o

f R

uss

ia: “T

he in

tern

ati

on

al co

m-

mu

nit

y h

as

a d

uty

to

develo

p a

co

mm

on

str

ate

gy a

nd

jo

int

acti

on

to

en

han

ce r

oad

safe

ty”.

Pre

sid

en

t F

eli

pe

Cald

eró

n o

f M

exic

o: “I

am

delig

hte

d t

hat

the

Un

ited

Nati

on

s h

as

pro

cla

imed

20

11-2

020

to

be a

Decad

e o

f A

cti

on

fo

r R

oad

Safe

ty. In

Mexic

o, w

e w

ill

stri

ve t

o r

each

th

e w

orl

d-w

ide t

ar-

get

of

red

ucin

g r

oad

death

s b

y 5

0%

in

th

e n

ext

10 y

ears

”.

Rt.

Ho

n. D

avid

Cam

ero

n M

PP

rim

e M

inis

ter

of

the

UK

“E

very

six

se

co

nd

s so

meo

ne i

s kill

ed

or

seri

-o

usl

y i

nju

red

on

th

e w

orl

d’s

ro

ad

s.

We si

mp

ly can

no

t g

o o

n lik

e th

is.

Th

e U

N D

ecad

e o

f A

cti

on

fo

r R

oad

S

afe

ty i

s a v

ital

op

po

rtu

nit

y t

o i

m-

ple

men

t th

e p

olic

ies

that

can

make

road

tra

ffic

safe

r an

d m

ore

su

stain

a-

ble

, an

d p

rote

ct

futu

re g

en

era

tio

ns”

.

Pre

sid

en

t C

ald

eró

n o

f M

exic

o lau

nch

es

his

co

un

try’s

Decad

e o

f A

cti

on

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10

De

cad

e o

f A

cti

on

Lau

nch

Pro

f. J

eff

rey S

ach

s, U

N S

pe

cia

l A

d-

vis

or

on

th

e M

ille

nn

ium

Deve

lop

-m

en

t G

oals

: “T

here

is

trem

en

do

us

will

aro

un

d t

he w

orl

d t

o a

ch

ieve t

he

Mill

en

niu

m D

evelo

pm

en

t G

oals

an

d

we h

ave t

he p

ow

er

an

d t

ech

no

log

y

to d

o s

o. R

oad

safe

ty h

as

to b

e a

cru

cia

l p

art

of

this

overa

ll eff

ort

to

m

ake a

safe

, liv

ing

envir

on

men

t fo

r m

illio

ns

of

peo

ple

in

th

e d

evelo

pin

g

co

un

trie

s”.

Ro

be

rt Z

oe

llic

k, P

resi

de

nt

of

the

W

orl

d B

an

k: “U

nle

ss w

ell-

targ

ete

d

measu

res

are

taken

, th

ere

will

be a

n

esc

ala

tin

g d

eath

to

ll o

n t

he r

oad

s in

po

or

co

un

trie

s, w

hic

h w

ou

ld b

e

a t

err

ible

tra

ged

y. W

e m

ust

deliv

er

the n

eed

ed

reso

urc

es

to c

reate

tr

an

sfo

rmati

on

al ch

an

ge f

or

safe

ty”.

Arc

hb

ish

op

De

smo

nd

Tu

tu: “T

his

is

pre

do

min

ate

ly a

kill

er

of

the p

oo

r.

It is

the p

oo

rest

co

mm

un

itie

s w

hic

h

live a

lon

gsi

de t

he f

ast

est

ro

ad

s. It

is t

he p

oo

rest

ch

ildre

n w

ho

have

to n

eg

oti

ate

th

e m

ost

dan

gero

us

rou

tes

to s

ch

oo

l. N

ow

it

is t

ime f

or

tho

se w

ho

can

make a

real d

iffe

r-en

ce t

o s

tep

up

to

meet

this

ch

al-

len

ge a

nd

co

mm

it t

o t

he D

ecad

e o

f A

cti

on

fo

r R

oad

Safe

ty”.

Ju

lia G

illa

rd, P

rim

e M

inis

ter

of

Au

stra

lia: “W

ith

co

ord

inate

d g

lob

al

acti

on

th

rou

gh

th

e U

N D

ecad

e

of

Acti

on

fo

r R

oad

Safe

ty, le

t u

s en

sure

th

at

the t

en

years

ah

ead

m

ark

a t

urn

ing

po

int

for

glo

bal ro

ad

sa

fety

, th

us

spari

ng

peo

ple

fro

m

avo

idab

le d

eath

s an

d in

juri

es

that

cau

se s

o m

uch

an

gu

ish

an

d c

ost

fo

r o

ur

co

mm

un

itie

s”.

May

or

Mic

hael B

loo

mb

erg

: “I

mp

rov-

ing

ro

ad

safe

ty is

an e

pic

challe

ng

e

– b

ut

one t

hat

I th

ink is

our

resp

on-

sib

ility

to

co

nfr

ont

head

on. W

ith

im

po

rtant

forc

es

coale

scin

g, w

ith t

he

mo

mentu

m r

eally

sta

rtin

g t

o b

uild

, th

is is

our

op

po

rtunit

y t

o s

ave

mil-

lion

s o

f liv

es.

We r

eally

can

make a

d

iffe

ren

ce. L

et’

s n

ot

wast

e it”

.

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Glo

bal P

lan

fo

r th

e

De

cad

e o

f A

cti

on

fo

r R

oad

Safe

ty

“Ro

ad

tra

ffic

cra

shes

are

a p

ub

lic h

ealt

h a

nd

develo

pm

en

t cri

sis.

Th

is c

risi

s d

ese

rves

att

en

tio

n a

nd

dem

an

ds

co

llec-

tive a

cti

on

. T

he D

ecad

e o

f A

cti

on

fo

r R

oad

Safe

ty c

re-

ate

s th

e p

olit

ical p

latf

orm

need

ed

to

scale

up

so

me w

ell-

defi

ned

measu

res.

Evid

en

ce t

ells

us

that

these

measu

res

wo

rk, an

d c

an

save m

illio

ns

of

lives”

.

Marg

are

t C

han

Dir

ecto

r G

en

era

l, W

orl

d H

ealt

h O

rgan

izati

on

Glo

bal P

lan

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Ad

here

to

an

d/o

r fu

lly

imp

lem

en

t U

N

leg

al

inst

ru-

men

ts a

nd

en

co

ura

ge t

he c

reati

on

of

reg

ion

al

road

sa

fety

in

stru

men

ts.

En

co

ura

ge t

he c

reati

on

of

mu

lti-

secto

ral

part

ners

hip

s an

d d

esi

gn

ati

on

of

lead

ag

en

-cie

s w

ith

th

e c

ap

acit

y t

o d

evelo

p a

nd

lead

th

e d

eliv

ery

o

f n

ati

on

al

road

safe

ty s

trate

gie

s, p

lan

s an

d t

arg

ets

, u

nd

erp

inn

ed

by t

he d

ata

co

llecti

on

an

d e

vid

en

tial

re-

searc

h t

o a

ssess

co

un

term

easu

re d

esi

gn

an

d m

on

ito

r im

ple

men

tati

on

an

d e

ffecti

ven

ess

.

Acti

vit

y 1

: A

dh

ere

to

an

d/o

r fu

lly i

mp

lem

en

t th

e m

a-

jor

Un

ited

Nati

on

s ro

ad

safe

ty r

ela

ted

ag

reem

en

ts a

nd

co

nven

tio

ns;

an

d e

nco

ura

ge t

he c

reati

on

of

new

re-

gio

nal in

stru

men

ts s

imila

r to

th

e E

uro

pean

Ag

reem

en

t co

ncern

ing

th

e W

ork

of

Cre

ws

of

Veh

icle

s en

gag

ed

in

In

tern

ati

on

al

Ro

ad

Tra

nsp

ort

(A

ET

R),

as

req

uir

ed

, in

-clu

din

g:

Co

nven

tio

n o

n R

oad

Tra

ffic

, o

f 8

No

vem

ber

196

8,

aim

ing

at

facili

tati

ng

in

tern

ati

on

al ro

ad

tra

ffic

an

d

at

incre

asi

ng

ro

ad

safe

ty t

hro

ug

h t

he a

do

pti

on

of

un

ifo

rm r

oad

tra

ffic

ru

les;

C

onven

tio

n o

n R

oad

Sig

ns

an

d S

ign

als

, o

f 8

No

-vem

ber

196

8, s

ett

ing

up

a s

et

of

co

mm

on

ly a

gre

ed

ro

ad

sig

ns

an

d s

ign

als

;

AE

TR

, of

1 Ju

ly 1

970

, to

be u

sed

as

a m

od

el fo

r th

e

cre

ati

on

of

reg

ion

al le

gal in

stru

men

ts.

Acti

vit

y 2

: Est

ab

lish

a le

ad

ag

en

cy (

an

d a

sso

cia

ted

co

-o

rdin

ati

on

mech

an

ism

s) o

n r

oad

safe

ty invo

lvin

g p

art

-n

ers

fro

m a

ran

ge o

f se

cto

rs t

hro

ug

h:

desi

gn

ati

ng

a le

ad

ag

en

cy a

nd

est

ab

lish

ing

rela

ted

se

cre

tari

at;

en

co

ura

gin

g

the

est

ab

lish

men

t o

f co

ord

inati

on

g

rou

ps;

an

dd

evelo

pin

g c

ore

wo

rk p

rog

ram

mes.

Acti

vit

y 3

: D

evelo

p a

nati

on

al

stra

teg

y (

at

a c

ab

inet

or

min

iste

rial

level)

co

ord

inate

d b

y t

he l

ead

ag

en

cy

thro

ug

h:

co

nfi

rmin

g lo

ng

-term

invest

men

t p

rio

riti

es;

specif

yin

g

ag

en

cy

resp

on

sib

iliti

es

an

d

acco

un

t-ab

iliti

es

for

develo

pm

en

t an

d i

mp

lem

en

tati

on

of

co

re w

ork

pro

gra

mm

es;

iden

tify

ing

im

ple

men

tati

on

p

roje

cts

; b

uild

ing

part

ners

hip

co

alit

ion

s;p

rom

oti

ng

ro

ad

sa

fety

m

an

ag

em

en

t in

itia

tives

such

as

the n

ew

IS

O t

raff

ic s

afe

ty m

an

ag

em

en

t st

an

dard

IS

O 3

90

01;

an

d

Pil

lar

1: R

oad

safe

ty m

an

ag

em

en

t

est

ab

lish

ing

an

d m

ain

tain

ing

th

e d

ata

co

llecti

on

sy

stem

s n

ecess

ary

to

pro

vid

e b

ase

line d

ata

an

d

mo

nit

or

pro

gre

ss i

n r

ed

ucin

g r

oad

tra

ffic

in

juri

es

an

d f

ata

litie

s an

d o

ther

imp

ort

an

t in

dic

ato

rs s

uch

as

co

st, etc

.

Acti

vit

y 4

: S

et

realis

tic a

nd

lo

ng

-term

targ

ets

fo

r n

a-

tio

nal a

cti

vit

ies

base

d o

n t

he a

naly

sis

of

nati

on

al t

raff

ic

cra

sh d

ata

th

rou

gh

:

iden

tify

ing

are

as

for

perf

orm

an

ce i

mp

rovem

en

ts;

an

dest

imati

ng

po

ten

tial p

erf

orm

an

ce g

ain

s.

Acti

vit

y 5

: W

ork

to

en

sure

th

at

fun

din

g is

su

ffic

ien

t fo

r acti

vit

ies

to b

e im

ple

men

ted

th

rou

gh

:

bu

ildin

g

bu

sin

ess

case

s fo

r su

stain

ed

fu

nd

ing

b

ase

d o

n t

he c

ost

s an

d b

en

efi

ts o

f p

roven

invest

-m

en

t p

erf

orm

an

ce;

reco

mm

en

din

g

co

re

an

nu

al

an

d

med

ium

-term

b

ud

geta

ry t

arg

ets

;en

co

ura

gin

g t

he e

stab

lish

men

t o

f p

roced

ure

s fo

r th

e e

ffic

ien

t an

d e

ffecti

ve a

llocati

on

of

reso

urc

es

acro

ss s

afe

ty p

rog

ram

s;

uti

lizin

g 1

0%

of

infr

ast

ructu

re in

vest

men

ts f

or

road

sa

fety

; an

did

en

tify

ing

an

d i

mp

lem

en

tin

g i

nn

ovati

ve f

un

din

g

mech

an

ism

s.

Acti

vit

y 6

: E

stab

lish

an

d s

up

po

rt d

ata

syst

em

s fo

r o

n-

go

ing

mo

nit

ori

ng

an

d e

valu

ati

on

to

in

clu

de a

nu

mb

er

of

pro

cess

an

d o

utc

om

e m

easu

res,

in

clu

din

g:

est

ab

lish

ing

an

d s

up

po

rtin

g n

ati

on

al a

nd

local s

ys-

tem

s to

measu

re a

nd

mo

nit

or

road

tra

ffic

death

s,

inju

ries

an

d c

rash

es;

est

ab

lish

ing

an

d

sup

po

rtin

g

nati

on

al

an

d

local

syst

em

s to

m

easu

re

an

d

mo

nit

or

inte

rmed

iate

o

utc

om

es,

su

ch

as

avera

ge s

peed

, helm

et-

weari

ng

ra

tes,

seat-

belt

weari

ng

rate

s, e

tc.;

est

ab

lish

ing

an

d

sup

po

rtin

g

nati

on

al

an

d

local

syst

em

s to

measu

re a

nd

mo

nit

or

ou

tpu

ts o

f ro

ad

sa

fety

in

terv

en

tio

ns;

est

ab

lish

ing

an

d s

up

po

rtin

g n

ati

on

al a

nd

local s

ys-

tem

s to

measu

re a

nd

mo

nit

or

the e

co

no

mic

im

-p

act

of

road

tra

ffic

in

juri

es;

an

dest

ab

lish

ing

an

d

sup

po

rtin

g

nati

on

al

an

d

local

syst

em

s to

measu

re a

nd

mo

nit

or

exp

osu

re t

o r

oad

tr

aff

ic in

juri

es.

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lar

2: S

afe

r ro

ad

s an

d m

ob

ilit

y

Glo

bal P

lan

Rais

e th

e in

here

nt

safe

ty an

d p

rote

cti

ve q

ualit

y o

f ro

ad

netw

ork

s fo

r th

e b

en

efi

t o

f all

road

use

rs,

esp

e-

cia

lly t

he m

ost

vu

lnera

ble

(e.g

. p

ed

est

rian

s, b

icyclis

ts

an

d m

oto

rcyclis

ts).

Th

is w

ill b

e a

ch

ieved

th

rou

gh

th

e

imp

lem

en

tati

on

of

vari

ou

s ro

ad

in

frast

ructu

re a

gre

e-

men

ts u

nd

er

the U

N fr

am

ew

ork

, ro

ad

in

frast

ructu

re

ass

ess

men

t an

d i

mp

roved

safe

ty-c

on

scio

us

pla

nn

ing

, d

esi

gn

, co

nst

ructi

on

an

d o

pera

tio

n o

f ro

ad

s.

Acti

vit

y 1:

P

rom

ote

ro

ad

sa

fety

o

wn

ers

hip

an

d ac-

co

un

tab

ility

am

on

g r

oad

au

tho

riti

es,

ro

ad

en

gin

eers

an

d u

rban

pla

nn

ers

by:

en

co

ura

gin

g g

overn

men

ts a

nd

ro

ad

au

tho

riti

es

to

set

a t

arg

et

to “

elim

inate

hig

h r

isk r

oad

s b

y 2

020

”;

en

co

ura

gin

g r

oad

au

tho

riti

es

to c

om

mit

a m

ini-

mu

m o

f 10

% o

f ro

ad

bu

dg

ets

to

ded

icate

d s

afe

r ro

ad

in

frast

ructu

re p

rog

ram

mes;

m

akin

g

road

au

tho

riti

es

leg

ally

re

spo

nsi

ble

fo

r im

pro

vin

g r

oad

safe

ty o

n t

heir

netw

ork

s th

rou

gh

co

st-e

ffecti

ve m

easu

res

an

d f

or

rep

ort

ing

an

nu

ally

o

n t

he s

afe

ty s

itu

ati

on

, tr

en

ds

an

d r

em

ed

ial

wo

rk

un

dert

aken

;est

ab

lish

ing

a s

pecia

list

road

safe

ty o

r tr

aff

ic u

nit

to

mo

nit

or

an

d im

pro

ve t

he s

afe

ty o

f th

e r

oad

net-

wo

rk:

pro

mo

tin

g t

he s

afe

syst

em

ap

pro

ach

an

d t

he r

ole

o

f se

lf-e

xp

lain

ing

an

d fo

rgiv

ing

ro

ad

infr

ast

ructu

re;

Ad

here

to

and

/or

fully

im

ple

ment

the r

eg

ional ro

ad

in

frast

ructu

re

Ag

reem

ents

d

eve

lop

ed

und

er

the

ausp

ices

of

the U

nit

ed

N

ati

ons

reg

ional

com

mis

-si

ons

and

enco

ura

ge t

he c

reati

on o

f si

mila

r re

gio

nal

inst

rum

ents

, as

req

uir

ed

; and

mo

nit

ori

ng

the s

afe

ty p

erf

orm

ance

of in

vest

ments

in

road

infr

ast

ructu

re b

y n

ati

onal ro

ad

auth

ori

ties,

de-

velo

pm

ent

banks

and

oth

er

ag

encie

s.

Act

ivit

y 2

: P

rom

oti

ng

the n

eed

s o

f all

road

use

rs a

s p

art

o

f su

stain

ab

le u

rban p

lannin

g,

transp

ort

dem

and

man-

ag

em

ent

and

land

-use

manag

em

ent

by:

pla

nnin

g l

and

use

to

resp

ond

to

the s

afe

mo

bili

ty

need

s o

f all,

inclu

din

g t

rave

l d

em

and

manag

em

ent,

acc

ess

need

s, m

ark

et

req

uir

em

ents

, geo

gra

phic

and

d

em

og

rap

hic

co

nd

itio

ns;

inclu

din

g s

afe

ty i

mp

act

ass

ess

ments

as

part

of

all

pla

nnin

g a

nd

deve

lop

ment

decis

ions;

and

putt

ing

eff

ecti

ve a

ccess

and

deve

lop

ment

contr

ol

pro

ced

ure

s in

pla

ce to

pre

vent unsa

fe d

eve

lop

ments

.

Act

ivit

y 3

: P

rom

ote

safe

op

era

tio

n,

main

tenance

and

im

pro

vem

ent

of

exis

ting

ro

ad

infr

ast

ructu

re b

y r

eq

uir

ing

ro

ad

auth

ori

ties

to:

identi

fy t

he n

um

ber

and

lo

cati

on o

f d

eath

s and

in-

juri

es

by r

oad

use

r ty

pe,

and

the k

ey i

nfr

ast

ructu

re

facto

rs t

hat

influence

ris

k f

or

each u

ser

gro

up

;

iden

tify

h

azard

ou

s ro

ad

lo

cati

on

s o

r se

cti

on

s w

here

excess

ive n

um

bers

or

severi

ty o

f cra

shes

occu

r an

d t

ake c

orr

ecti

ve m

easu

res

acco

rdin

gly

;co

nd

uct

safe

ty a

ssess

men

ts o

f exis

tin

g r

oad

in

-fr

ast

ructu

re

an

d

imp

lem

en

t p

roven

en

gin

eeri

ng

tr

eatm

en

ts t

o im

pro

ve s

afe

ty p

erf

orm

an

ce;

take a

lead

ers

hip

ro

le in

rela

tio

n t

o s

peed

man

ag

e-

men

t an

d s

peed

sen

siti

ve d

esi

gn

an

d o

pera

tio

n o

f th

e r

oad

netw

ork

; an

den

sure

wo

rk z

on

e s

afe

ty.

Acti

vit

y 4

: P

rom

ote

th

e d

evelo

pm

en

t o

f sa

fe n

ew

in

-fr

ast

ructu

re t

hat

meets

th

e m

ob

ility

an

d a

ccess

need

s o

f all

use

rs b

y e

nco

ura

gin

g r

ele

van

t au

tho

riti

es

to:

take

into

co

nsi

dera

tio

n

all

mo

des

of

tran

spo

rt

wh

en

bu

ildin

g n

ew

in

frast

ructu

re;

set

min

imu

m s

afe

ty r

ati

ng

s fo

r n

ew

desi

gn

s an

d

road

invest

men

ts t

hat

en

sure

th

e s

afe

ty n

eed

s o

f all

road

use

rs a

re i

nclu

ded

in

th

e s

pecif

icati

on

of

new

pro

jects

;u

se i

nd

ep

en

den

t ro

ad

safe

ty i

mp

act

ass

ess

men

t an

d s

afe

ty a

ud

it f

ind

ing

s in

th

e p

lan

nin

g,

desi

gn

, co

nst

ructi

on

, o

pera

tio

n a

nd

main

ten

an

ce o

f n

ew

ro

ad

pro

jects

, an

d e

nsu

re t

he a

ud

it r

eco

mm

en

da-

tio

ns

are

du

ly im

ple

men

ted

.

Acti

vit

y 5

: E

nco

ura

ge c

ap

acit

y b

uild

ing

an

d k

no

wl-

ed

ge t

ran

sfer

in s

afe

in

frast

ructu

re b

y:

cre

ati

ng

part

ners

hip

s w

ith

develo

pm

en

t b

an

ks,

na-

tio

nal a

uth

ori

ties,

civ

il so

cie

ty, e

du

cati

on

pro

vid

ers

an

d t

he p

rivate

secto

r to

en

sure

safe

infr

ast

ructu

re

desi

gn

pri

ncip

les

are

well

un

ders

too

d a

nd

ap

plie

d;

pro

mo

tin

g r

oad

safe

ty t

rain

ing

an

d e

du

cati

on

in

lo

w-c

ost

safe

ty e

ng

ineeri

ng

, sa

fety

au

dit

ing

an

d

road

ass

ess

men

t; a

nd

develo

pin

g a

nd

pro

mo

tin

g s

tan

dard

s fo

r sa

fe r

oad

d

esi

gn

an

d o

pera

tio

n t

hat

reco

gn

ize a

nd

in

teg

rate

w

ith

hu

man

facto

rs a

nd

veh

icle

desi

gn

.

Acti

vit

y 6

: E

nco

ura

ge r

ese

arc

h a

nd

develo

pm

en

t in

sa

fer

road

s an

d m

ob

ility

by:

co

mp

leti

ng

an

d s

hari

ng

rese

arc

h o

n t

he b

usi

ness

case

fo

r sa

fer

road

in

frast

ructu

re a

nd

th

e i

nvest

-m

en

t le

vels

need

ed

to

meet

the D

ecad

e o

f A

cti

on

ta

rgets

;p

rom

oti

ng

rese

arc

h a

nd

develo

pm

en

t in

to i

nfr

a-

stru

ctu

re s

afe

ty i

mp

rovem

en

ts f

or

road

netw

ork

s in

lo

w-i

nco

me a

nd

mid

dle

-in

co

me c

ou

ntr

ies;

an

dp

rom

oti

ng

d

em

on

stra

tio

n

pro

jects

to

evalu

ate

sa

fety

im

pro

vem

en

t in

no

vati

on

s,

esp

ecia

lly

for

vu

lnera

ble

ro

ad

use

rs.

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co

ura

ge u

niv

ers

al

dep

loym

en

t o

f im

pro

ved

veh

icle

sa

fety

tech

no

log

ies

for

bo

th p

ass

ive a

nd

acti

ve s

afe

ty

thro

ug

h a

co

mb

inati

on

of

harm

on

izati

on

of

rele

van

t g

lob

al

stan

dard

s, c

on

sum

er

info

rmati

on

sch

em

es

an

d

incen

tives

to a

ccele

rate

th

e u

pta

ke o

f n

ew

tech

no

lo-

gie

s.

Acti

vit

y 1:

E

nco

ura

ge M

em

ber

Sta

tes

to ap

ply

an

d

pro

mu

lgate

mo

tor

veh

icle

safe

ty r

eg

ula

tio

ns

as

devel-

op

ed

by t

he U

nit

ed

Nati

on

’s W

orl

d F

oru

m f

or

the H

ar-

mo

niz

ati

on

of

Veh

icle

Reg

ula

tio

ns

(WP

29

).

Acti

vit

y 2

: E

nco

ura

ge i

mp

lem

en

tati

on

of

new

car

as-

sess

men

t p

rog

ram

mes

in a

ll re

gio

ns

of

the w

orl

d i

n

ord

er

to in

cre

ase

th

e a

vaila

bili

ty o

f co

nsu

mer

info

rma-

tio

n a

bo

ut

the s

afe

ty p

erf

orm

an

ce o

f m

oto

r veh

icle

s.

Acti

vit

y 3

: E

nco

ura

ge a

gre

em

en

t to

en

sure

th

at

all

new

mo

tor

veh

icle

s are

eq

uip

ped

wit

h s

eat-

belt

s an

d

an

ch

ora

ges

that

meet

reg

ula

tory

re

qu

irem

en

ts an

d

pass

ap

plic

ab

le

cra

sh

test

st

an

dard

s (a

s m

inim

um

sa

fety

featu

res)

.

Acti

vit

y 4

: E

nco

ura

ge u

niv

ers

al

dep

loym

en

t o

f cra

sh

avo

idan

ce

tech

no

log

ies

wit

h

pro

ven

eff

ecti

ven

ess

su

ch

as

Ele

ctr

on

ic

Sta

bili

ty

Co

ntr

ol

an

d

An

ti-L

ock

Bra

kin

g S

yst

em

s in

mo

torc

ycle

s.

Acti

vit

y 5

: E

nco

ura

ge t

he u

se o

f fi

scal

an

d o

ther

in-

cen

tives

for

mo

tor

veh

icle

s th

at

pro

vid

e h

igh

levels

o

f ro

ad

use

r p

rote

cti

on

an

d d

isco

ura

ge i

mp

ort

an

d

exp

ort

of

new

or

use

d c

ars

th

at

have r

ed

uced

safe

ty

stan

dard

s.

Acti

vit

y 6

: E

nco

ura

ge a

pp

licati

on

of

ped

est

rian

pro

-te

cti

on

reg

ula

tio

ns

an

d in

cre

ase

d r

ese

arc

h in

to s

afe

ty

tech

no

log

ies

desi

gn

ed

to

red

uce r

isks

to v

uln

era

ble

ro

ad

use

rs.

Acti

vit

y 7

: E

nco

ura

ge m

an

ag

ers

of

go

vern

men

ts a

nd

p

rivate

secto

r fl

eets

to

pu

rch

ase

, op

era

te a

nd

main

tain

veh

icle

s th

at

off

er

ad

van

ced

safe

ty t

ech

no

log

ies

an

d

hig

h levels

of

occu

pan

t p

rote

cti

on

.

Develo

p c

om

pre

hen

sive p

rog

ram

mes

to im

pro

ve r

oad

u

ser

beh

avio

ur. S

ust

ain

ed

or

incre

ase

d e

nfo

rcem

en

t o

f la

ws

an

d s

tan

dard

s, c

om

bin

ed

wit

h p

ub

lic a

ware

-n

ess

/ed

ucati

on

to

incre

ase

seat-

belt

an

d h

elm

et

wear-

ing

rate

s, a

nd

to

red

uce d

rin

k-d

rivin

g, s

peed

an

d o

ther

risk

facto

rs.

Acti

vit

y

1:

Incre

ase

aw

are

ness

o

f ro

ad

sa

fety

ri

sk

facto

rs a

nd

pre

ven

tio

n m

easu

res

an

d i

mp

lem

en

t so

-cia

l m

ark

eti

ng

cam

paig

ns

to h

elp

in

flu

en

ce a

ttit

ud

es

an

d o

pin

ion

s o

n t

he n

eed

fo

r ro

ad

tra

ffic

safe

ty p

ro-

gra

mm

es.

Acti

vit

y 2

: S

et

an

d s

eek c

om

plia

nce w

ith

sp

eed

lim

-it

s an

d e

vid

en

ce-b

ase

d s

tan

dard

s an

d r

ule

s to

red

uce

speed

-rela

ted

cra

shes

an

d in

juri

es.

Acti

vit

y 3

: S

et

an

d s

eek c

om

plia

nce w

ith

dri

nk–d

riv-

ing

law

s an

d e

vid

en

ce-b

ase

d s

tan

dard

s an

d r

ule

s to

re

du

ce a

lco

ho

l-re

late

d c

rash

es

an

d in

juri

es.

Acti

vit

y 4

: S

et

an

d s

eek c

om

plia

nce w

ith

law

s an

d

evid

en

ce-b

ase

d st

an

dard

s an

d ru

les

for

mo

torc

ycle

h

elm

ets

to

red

uce h

ead

-in

juri

es.

Acti

vit

y 5

: S

et

an

d s

eek c

om

plia

nce w

ith

law

s an

d e

v-

iden

ce-b

ase

d s

tan

dard

s an

d r

ule

s fo

r se

at-

belt

s an

d

ch

ild r

est

rain

ts t

o r

ed

uce c

rash

in

juri

es.

Acti

vit

y 6

: S

et

an

d s

eek c

om

plia

nce w

ith

tra

nsp

ort

, o

ccu

pati

on

al

healt

h an

d sa

fety

la

ws,

st

an

dard

s an

d

rule

s fo

r sa

fe

op

era

tio

n

of

co

mm

erc

ial

freig

ht

an

d

tran

spo

rt v

eh

icle

s, p

ass

en

ger

road

tra

nsp

ort

serv

ices

an

d o

ther

pu

blic

an

d p

rivate

veh

icle

fle

ets

to

red

uce

cra

sh in

juri

es.

Acti

vit

y 7

: R

ese

arc

h,

develo

p a

nd

pro

mo

te c

om

pre

-h

en

sive p

olic

ies

an

d p

racti

ces

to r

ed

uce w

ork

-rela

ted

ro

ad

tra

ffic

in

juri

es

in t

he p

ub

lic,

pri

vate

an

d i

nfo

r-m

al

secto

rs,

in s

up

po

rt o

f in

tern

ati

on

ally

reco

gn

ized

st

an

dard

s fo

r ro

ad

safe

ty m

an

ag

em

en

t sy

stem

s an

d

occu

pati

on

al h

ealt

h a

nd

safe

ty.

Acti

vit

y 8

: P

rom

ote

est

ab

lish

men

t o

f G

rad

uate

d D

riv-

er

Lic

en

sin

g s

yst

em

s fo

r n

ovic

e d

rivers

.

Pil

lar

3: S

afe

r ve

hic

les

Pil

lar

4: S

afe

r ro

ad

use

rs

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ess

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sh

em

erg

en

cie

s an

d im

pro

ve t

he a

bili

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f h

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h a

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oth

er

syst

em

s to

p

rovid

e a

pp

rop

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em

erg

en

cy t

reatm

en

t an

d lo

ng

er

term

reh

ab

ilita

tio

n f

or

cra

sh v

icti

ms.

Acti

vit

y 1

: D

evelo

p p

reh

osp

ital c

are

syst

em

s, in

clu

din

g

the e

xtr

acti

on

of

a v

icti

m f

rom

a v

eh

icle

aft

er

a c

rash

, an

d i

mp

lem

en

tati

on

of

a s

ing

le n

ati

on

wid

e t

ele

ph

on

e

nu

mb

er

for

em

erg

en

cie

s, t

hro

ug

h t

he im

ple

men

tati

on

o

f exis

tin

g g

oo

d p

racti

ces.

Acti

vit

y 2

: D

evelo

p h

osp

ital

trau

ma c

are

syst

em

s an

d

evalu

ate

th

e q

ualit

y o

f care

th

rou

gh

th

e i

mp

lem

en

ta-

tio

n o

f g

oo

d p

racti

ces

on

tra

um

a c

are

syst

em

s an

d

qu

alit

y a

ssu

ran

ce.

Acti

vit

y 3

: P

rovid

e earl

y re

hab

ilita

tio

n an

d su

pp

ort

to

in

jure

d p

ati

en

ts a

nd

th

ose

bere

aved

by r

oad

tra

ffic

cra

shes,

to

min

imiz

e b

oth

ph

ysi

cal

an

d p

sych

olo

gic

al

trau

ma.

Acti

vit

y 4

: E

nco

ura

ge t

he e

stab

lish

men

t o

f ap

pro

pri

-ate

ro

ad

use

r in

sura

nce s

ch

em

es

to f

inan

ce r

eh

ab

ilita

-ti

on

serv

ices

for

cra

sh v

icti

ms

thro

ug

h:

Intr

od

ucti

on

of

man

dato

ry t

hir

d-p

art

y li

ab

ility

; an

dIn

tern

ati

on

al

mu

tual

reco

gn

itio

n o

f in

sura

nce, e.g

. g

reen

card

syst

em

.

Acti

vit

y 5

: E

nco

ura

ge a

th

oro

ug

h i

nvest

igati

on

in

to

the c

rash

an

d t

he a

pp

licati

on

of

an

eff

ecti

ve l

eg

al

re-

spo

nse

to

ro

ad

death

s an

d i

nju

ries

an

d t

here

fore

en

-co

ura

ge f

air

sett

lem

en

ts a

nd

ju

stic

e f

or

the b

ere

aved

an

d in

juri

es.

Acti

vit

y 6

: P

rovid

e e

nco

ura

gem

en

t an

d i

ncen

tives

for

em

plo

yers

to

hir

e a

nd

reta

in p

eo

ple

wit

h d

isab

iliti

es.

Acti

vit

y 7

: E

nco

ura

ge r

ese

arc

h a

nd

develo

pm

en

t in

to

imp

rovin

g p

ost

cra

sh r

esp

on

se.

Th

e W

orl

d H

ealt

h O

rgan

izati

on

an

d t

he U

nit

ed

Nati

on

s re

gio

nal co

mm

issi

on

s w

ill c

oo

rdin

ate

reg

ula

r m

on

ito

r-in

g, w

ith

in t

he f

ram

ew

ork

of

the U

nit

ed

Nati

on

s R

oad

S

afe

ty C

olla

bo

rati

on

, of g

lob

al p

rog

ress

to

ward

s m

eet-

ing

th

e t

arg

ets

id

en

tifi

ed

in

th

e p

lan

of

acti

on

.

Acti

vit

y 1

: E

nco

ura

ge,

wh

ere

ap

pro

pri

ate

, an

in

cre

ase

in

fu

nd

ing

fo

r ro

ad

safe

ty t

hro

ug

h:

sup

po

rt f

or

reg

ion

al an

d g

lob

al ro

ad

safe

ty m

ech

-an

ism

s;n

ew

an

d in

no

vati

ve a

pp

roach

es

to f

un

din

g;

en

co

ura

gin

g c

ou

ntr

ies

to a

llocate

10

% o

f th

eir

ro

ad

in

frast

ructu

re invest

men

ts f

or

road

safe

ty; an

do

utr

each

to

new

pu

blic

an

d p

rivate

secto

r d

on

ors

.

Acti

vit

y 2

: A

dvo

cate

fo

r ro

ad

safe

ty a

t th

e h

igh

est

lev-

els

an

d f

acili

tate

co

llab

ora

tio

n a

mo

ng

mu

ltip

le s

take-

ho

lders

(su

ch

as

no

ng

overn

men

tal

org

an

izati

on

s, i

n-

tern

ati

on

al fi

nan

cia

l in

stit

uti

on

s), in

clu

din

g t

hro

ug

h;

Un

ited

Nati

on

s an

d W

orl

d H

ealt

h A

ssem

bly

ro

ad

sa

fety

reso

luti

on

s, w

here

ap

pro

pri

ate

; co

un

trie

s acced

ing

to

an

d/o

r im

ple

men

tin

g r

oad

sa

fety

UN

leg

al in

stru

men

tsco

un

trie

s si

gn

ing

up

to

reg

ion

al

or

inte

rnati

on

al

road

safe

ty c

am

paig

ns;

re

gio

nal

an

d s

ub

-reg

ion

al

org

an

izati

on

s an

d i

nst

i-tu

tio

ns

takin

g s

tep

s to

ad

dre

ss r

oad

safe

ty;

sett

ing

reg

ion

al

or

sub

-reg

ion

al

targ

ets

to

recu

e

road

tra

ffic

fata

litie

s b

y 2

020

; an

din

clu

din

g r

oad

safe

ty i

n a

pp

rop

riate

hig

h-p

rofi

le

meeti

ng

s su

ch

as

G8

/20

, W

orl

d E

co

no

mic

Fo

rum

, C

linto

n G

lob

al In

itia

tive, etc

;

Acti

vit

y 3

: In

cre

ase

aw

are

ness

of

risk

facto

rs a

nd

th

e

need

fo

r en

han

ced

pre

ven

tio

n o

f ro

ad

tra

ffic

cra

shes

thro

ug

h:

the u

se o

f p

ub

lic a

ware

ness

cam

paig

ns

inclu

din

g

glo

bal

road

safe

ty w

eeks

as

well

as

reg

ion

al

an

d

sub

-reg

ion

al so

cia

l m

ark

eti

ng

in

itia

tives;

cele

bra

tin

g

the

an

nu

al

Wo

rld

D

ay

of

Rem

em

-b

ran

ce f

or

Ro

ad

Tra

ffic

Vic

tim

s;co

llab

ora

tio

n w

ith

ap

pro

pri

ate

no

ng

overn

men

tal

org

an

izati

on

s an

d

oth

er

civ

il so

cie

ty

init

iati

ves

alig

ned

wit

h t

he D

ecad

e’s

go

als

an

d o

bje

cti

ves;

an

dsu

pp

ort

fo

r p

rivate

secto

r in

itia

tives

alig

ned

wit

h

the D

ecad

e’s

go

als

an

d o

bje

cti

ves.

Acti

vit

y 4

: P

rovid

e g

uid

an

ce t

o c

ou

ntr

ies

on

str

en

gth

-en

ing

ro

ad

safe

ty m

an

ag

em

en

t sy

stem

s an

d i

mp

le-

men

tin

g r

oad

safe

ty g

oo

d p

racti

ces

an

d t

rau

ma c

are

th

rou

gh

:

co

un

trie

s im

ple

men

tin

g re

levan

t U

N re

solu

tio

ns

an

d in

stru

men

ts;

co

un

trie

s im

ple

men

tin

g U

N,

Un

ited

Nati

on

s R

oad

S

afe

ty C

olla

bo

rati

on

or

oth

er

inte

rnati

on

ally

rec-

og

niz

ed

go

od

pra

cti

ce g

uid

elin

es;

d

evelo

pm

en

t o

f ad

dit

ion

al “

go

od

pra

cti

ce”

gu

ides;

an

dp

rovid

ing

tech

nic

al s

up

po

rt t

o c

ou

ntr

ies

for

imp

le-

men

tati

on

of

go

od

pra

cti

ces.

Acti

vit

y 5

: Im

pro

ve t

he q

ualit

y o

f ro

ad

safe

ty d

ata

co

l-le

cte

d t

hro

ug

h:

imp

lem

en

tin

g g

oo

d p

racti

ce g

uid

elin

es

on

data

in-

form

ati

on

syst

em

s;

stan

dard

izati

on

of

defi

nit

ion

s an

d r

ep

ort

ing

pra

c-

tices

bu

ildin

g o

n e

xis

tin

g t

oo

ls;

pro

mo

tin

g i

nvest

men

t in

th

e d

evelo

pm

en

t o

f n

a-

tio

nal

cra

sh a

naly

sis

syst

em

s an

d r

ela

ted

su

rveil-

lan

ce s

yst

em

s m

ain

tain

ed

by h

ealt

h,

lab

ou

r an

d

wo

rker’

s co

mp

en

sati

on

ag

en

cie

s;in

vest

igati

on

of

cra

shes

to i

den

tify

th

eir

cau

ses,

cir

cu

mst

an

ces

an

d c

on

seq

uen

ces;

en

co

ura

gin

g t

he d

evelo

pm

en

t o

f ro

ad

safe

ty d

ata

m

an

ag

em

en

t sy

stem

s (e

.g.

by p

eer-

to-p

eer

sup

-p

ort

pro

mo

ted

by t

he I

nte

rnati

on

al

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ad

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ffic

A

ccid

en

t D

ata

base

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up

[IR

TA

D]

mem

bers

); a

nd

co

mm

un

icati

ng

le

sso

ns

learn

ed

fr

om

b

oth

su

c-

cess

es

an

d f

ailu

res.

Pil

lar

5: P

ost

cra

sh r

esp

on

se

Glo

bal P

lan

Inte

rnati

on

al

road

safe

ty c

oo

rdin

ati

on

an

d a

cti

vit

ies

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vest

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in

frast

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nd

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me

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est

ab

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ed

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suri

ng

fu

nd

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in

su

pp

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of

road

safe

ty a

cti

vit

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in

itia

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an

d p

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cts

to

be i

mp

lem

en

ted

at

reg

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al

an

d/o

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b-r

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al

levels

, is

ess

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tial

for

the i

mp

le-

men

tati

on

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this

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n.

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f th

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k,

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al

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pm

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t B

an

ks,

go

v-

ern

men

ts a

nd

pri

vate

secto

r d

on

ors

sh

ou

ld e

nh

an

ce

eff

ort

s to

en

sure

th

at

this

need

is t

imely

an

d a

deq

uate

-ly

met.

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lan

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nit

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r R

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f th

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on

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red

th

rou

gh

:

mo

nit

ori

ng

of

ind

icato

rs;

trackin

g m

ilest

on

es

linked

to

th

e D

ecad

e; an

dm

id-t

erm

an

d e

nd

-term

evalu

ati

on

of

the D

ecad

e.

Ind

icato

rs

Th

e f

ollo

win

g a

re s

om

e p

ote

nti

al

ind

icato

rs t

hat

can

b

e m

easu

red

at

a g

lob

al

level

to m

on

ito

r p

rocess

an

d

ou

tco

me.

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re nu

mb

er

of

co

un

trie

s w

hic

h h

ave a

dh

ere

d t

o t

he

Un

ited

Nati

on

s ro

ad

safe

ty r

ela

ted

ag

reem

en

ts a

nd

co

nven

tio

ns;

nu

mb

er

of

new

reg

ion

al

road

safe

ty l

eg

al

inst

ru-

men

ts d

evelo

ped

(an

d n

um

ber

of

co

un

trie

s p

ar-

ticip

ati

on

in

th

em

);n

um

ber

of

co

un

trie

s w

hic

h h

ave a

cle

arl

y e

mp

ow

-ere

d a

gen

cy lead

ing

ro

ad

safe

ty;

nu

mb

er

of

co

un

trie

s w

ith

a n

ati

on

al st

rate

gy;

nu

mb

er

of

co

un

trie

s w

ith

tim

e-b

ase

d r

oad

safe

ty

targ

ets

;

nu

mb

er

of

co

un

trie

s w

ith

data

syst

em

s in

pla

ce t

o

mo

nit

or

pro

gre

ss in

ach

ievin

g r

oad

safe

ty t

arg

ets

;n

um

ber

of

co

un

trie

s th

at

co

llect

an

nu

al r

oad

tra

ffic

cra

sh d

ata

co

nsi

sten

t w

ith

inte

rnati

on

ally

accep

ted

d

efi

nit

ion

s.

Op

tio

nal

nu

mb

er

of

co

un

trie

s th

at

have d

ed

icate

d f

un

ds

to i

m-

ple

men

t th

eir

ro

ad

safe

ty s

trate

gy;

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mb

er

of

co

un

trie

s th

at

have m

ad

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to

ward

s ach

ievin

g t

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ned

targ

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.

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re nu

mb

er

of

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here

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statu

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resp

on

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ility

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pro

ve r

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ty o

n

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netw

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of

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cati

on

of

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en

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r d

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re s

afe

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pro

gra

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es;

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mb

er

of

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s w

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a

targ

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to

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h

igh

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s b

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of

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at

have a

do

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ab

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mo

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nu

mb

er

of

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s w

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sp

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list

infr

ast

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road

safe

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s m

on

ito

rin

g s

afe

ty a

spects

of

the

road

netw

ork

; n

um

ber

of

co

un

trie

s w

ith

syst

em

ati

c s

afe

ty a

ud

it,

safe

ty im

pact

an

d/o

r ro

ad

ass

ess

men

t p

olic

ies

an

d

pra

cti

ces

in p

lace.

nu

mb

er

of

co

un

trie

s w

hic

h h

ave a

dh

ere

d a

nd

/or

fully

im

ple

men

t th

e

reg

ion

al

road

in

frast

ructu

re

ag

reem

en

ts d

evelo

ped

un

der

the a

usp

ices

of

the

Un

ited

Nati

on

s re

gio

nal co

mm

issi

on

s;

nu

mb

er

of

new

reg

ion

al ro

ad

in

frast

ructu

re in

stru

-m

en

ts d

evelo

ped

(an

d n

um

ber

of

co

un

trie

s p

ar-

ticip

ati

ng

to

th

em

);

Op

tio

nal

nu

mb

er

of

co

un

trie

s w

ith

th

e in

teg

rati

on

of

safe

ty

need

s as

part

of

lan

d-u

se a

nd

tra

nsp

ort

pla

nn

ing

fu

ncti

on

s;n

um

ber

of

co

un

trie

s w

ith

eff

ecti

ve p

rop

ert

y a

ccess

co

ntr

ol an

d d

evelo

pm

en

t co

ntr

ol p

roced

ure

sn

um

ber

of

co

un

trie

s w

ith

reg

ula

r, o

ng

oin

g c

on

du

ct

of

netw

ork

safe

ty r

ati

ng

su

rveys;

nu

mb

er

of

co

un

trie

s w

here

th

e s

afe

ty r

ati

ng

s fo

r th

e h

igh

est

vo

lum

e 1

0%

of

road

s is

ab

ove a

defi

ned

th

resh

old

(e.g

. cra

sh r

ate

s p

er

kilo

metr

e; m

inim

um

in

frast

ructu

re s

afe

ty r

ati

ng

s; p

erc

en

tag

e o

f h

igh

-sp

eed

ro

ad

s w

ith

safe

ro

ad

sid

es

an

d m

ed

ian

sep

a-

rati

on

; sa

fe p

ed

est

rian

pro

vis

ion

);n

um

ber

of

co

un

trie

s w

ith

min

imu

m s

afe

ty r

ati

ng

st

an

dard

s fo

r n

ew

ro

ad

pro

jects

; n

um

ber

of

co

un

trie

s re

po

rtin

g v

eh

icle

mile

s tr

av-

elle

d.

Ind

icato

rs: P

illa

r 1

Ind

icato

rs: P

illa

r 2

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tern

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ase

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try su

rveys

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nd

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or

the 2

nd

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bal

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safe

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-p

ort

du

e f

or

pu

blic

ati

on

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d o

ther

reg

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nd

su

b-r

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stic

s. A

th

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rep

ort

will

be p

ub

lish

ed

in

20

14 a

nd

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ho

uld

fu

nd

ing

be s

ecu

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itio

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s re

po

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be d

evelo

ped

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rin

g t

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valu

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tio

n p

rocess

, bo

th o

utc

om

e a

nd

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icato

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ill

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ssess

ed

. T

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tatu

s re

po

rts

an

d o

ther

mo

nit

or-

ing

to

ols

im

ple

men

ted

at

nati

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al,

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al an

d g

lob

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level

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serv

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s a b

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iscu

ssio

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id-t

erm

an

d e

nd

-term

reg

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al

an

d g

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ven

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ati

on

al

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co

un

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et

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ow

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on

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em

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ho

ped

th

at

co

un

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on

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d o

rgan

ize e

ven

ts t

o

dis

cu

ss p

rog

ress

an

d a

dap

t p

lan

s.

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afe

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he R

oad

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way o

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The Alfred Hospital’s submission to the Road Safety Committee’s Inquiry into the nature and extent of serious injury in motor vehicle accidents in Victoria

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Attachment 2 Road trauma deaths in Victoria

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s of

in-h

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tal d

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ajor

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.

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