Traffic Injury Research Traffic Injury Research & Prevention Centre& Prevention Centre

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

City wide traffic injury surveillance City wide traffic injury surveillance in partnership with the Civil in partnership with the Civil Engineering Department of N.E.D Engineering Department of N.E.D University.University.

Supported by Indus Motors.Supported by Indus Motors.

Project ObjectivesProject Objectives

To Quantify and assess severity Of To Quantify and assess severity Of RTA’sRTA’s

Assess pattern & behavior of accidents Assess pattern & behavior of accidents on Major Arterialson Major Arterials

Presentation of collected data on GISPresentation of collected data on GIS Identification of Major causes of Identification of Major causes of

accidentsaccidents Detailed analysis and improvement of Detailed analysis and improvement of

Black Spots Black Spots

DescriptionDescription

Collection of data from five hospitals Collection of data from five hospitals JPMCJPMC Civil HospitalCivil Hospital Abbasi Shaheed Hospital Abbasi Shaheed Hospital Liaquat National Hospital & Liaquat National Hospital & Aga Khan Hospital Aga Khan Hospital

By 30 Research Assistants 24x7By 30 Research Assistants 24x7 All data is collected & AnalyzedAll data is collected & Analyzed We are trying to bring some more We are trying to bring some more

hospitals in our cyclehospitals in our cycle

Process CycleProcess Cycle

Data collectionData collectionAt hospitalAt hospital

AnalysisAnalysis

InterventionIntervention StrategiesStrategies

Data EntryData Entry

Transfer toTransfer toJPMCJPMC

Project ProgressProject Progress

17600 cases have been registered in 17600 cases have been registered in seven months ( from Sep 06 to March seven months ( from Sep 06 to March 07)07)

Data of last Seven months has been Data of last Seven months has been collected & analyzed using SPSScollected & analyzed using SPSS

Major causes of accident have been Major causes of accident have been categorizedcategorized

Many Black Spots have been identified & Many Black Spots have been identified & analyzedanalyzed

We are working on presentation of data We are working on presentation of data on GISon GIS

DATA ANALYSIS DATA ANALYSIS (September 06 to March 07)(September 06 to March 07)

6818

4701

4167

1336

563

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

Hospitals

JPMC

CHK

ASH

LNH

AKU

Monthly VariationMonthly Variation

1340 49 478 281

1843 90 564 258

1384 91 516 285

1382 82 465 290

1515 60 527 283

1453 72 492 249

1666 102 582 284

0 1000 2000 3000

Sep-06

Oct-06

Nov-06

Dec-06

J an-07

Feb-07

Mar-07

Rider/ Pillion

Driver

Pedestrian

Passenger

GenderGender

89.40%

10.60%

Male

Female

Arrived By Arrived By

12580

3106

835303 74

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

Arrived By

Private

Ambulance

Public

Police

Other

History Given byHistory Given by

7229 7006

1880

591112 142

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

History Given By

Patient

Attendant

Patient &AttendantO thers

Police

Multi Sources

Road User GroupRoad User Group

7520

36243063

1930

54224

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

Road User Group

Rider

Pedestrian

PillionRiderPassenger

Driver

Others

If Patient is Motorbike RiderIf Patient is Motorbike Rider

90%

10%

Wearing Helmet

Not Wearing Helmet

If Patient is Driver/Passenger of If Patient is Driver/Passenger of CarCar

3.25%

96.75%

Not Wearing Seatbelt

Wearing Seatbelt

Location DetailsLocation Details

87%

13%

Mid Block

Intersection

TownsTowns

3500

1967

1616

1082954

718874

638 577

384 361 346 362277 268 252 204

841

408

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

Towns

Saddar

Jamshed

North Nazimabad

Liaquatabad

Gulshan-e-Iqbal

Site

Korangi

Kiamari

New Karachi

Lyari

Gadap

Baldia

Orangi

Malir

Gulberg

Bin Qasim

Shah Faisal

Landhi

Contonment

DHA

Severity of InjurySeverity of Injury

13686

3084

393155

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

Minor Serious Expired

DATA FROM NEWS PAPERS

RTI DATA

Age GroupAge Group

13.26%

19.45%

22.03%

14.78%

8.59%

6.82%

4.26% 3.77%

7.04%

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

Age Group

<=15

16 - 20

21 - 25

26 - 30

31 - 35

36 - 40

41 - 45

46 - 50

50 +

Road User Group Vs Road User Group Vs SeveritySeverity

8804 1485139

2648 753 134

1401 404 67

374 138 18

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Rider

Pedestrian

Passenger

Driver

Minor

Serious

Expired

Age Group VS SeverityAge Group VS Severity

1825 387 43

2786 473 48

3139 549 64

2006 452 52

1113 312 39

894 222 33

546 162 21

460 159 27

787 341 55

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Disposal

<15

16-20

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

<51

Ag

e G

rou

p

Minor

Serious

Expired

Karachi Population Group & Risk of Karachi Population Group & Risk of Death in RTI Death in RTI

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

<14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 >50

%Population

%Expiries

340 625 15 263 964

1,751 747 71 312 383

2,123 697 103 313 404

1,291 374 134 307 324

728 173 65 188 253

485 142 65 170 252

283 82 34 112 187

199 70 27 89 225

242 115 26 150 594

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Patient Was

<15

16-20

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

46-50

>51

Ag

e G

rou

p

Rider

Pillion Rider

Driver

Passenger

Pedestrian

Age Group VS Road User Age Group VS Road User Group Group

Risk of Vehicle Involvement in Risk of Vehicle Involvement in RTIRTI

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

Motorbike Car / Taxi Bus/ Mini Bus/

Coach

HTV Rickshaw Bicycle Loading Pickup Others

% Involvement inRTI

% of RegisteredVehicles

Vehicles Involved in Injury VS Vehicles Involved in Injury VS Severity Severity

9122 1610 144

266 74 19

962 374 72

227 105 27

104 31 2

216 27 7

757 298 39

13 6 1

418 47 2

159 69 20

10 1 3

106 31 4

88 46 18

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Motorbike

Mini Van

Bus/Mini Bus

Truck

Taxi

Bicycle

Car

Water/Oil Tanker

Rickshaw

Dumpert

Traller

Loading Pickup

Others

Minor

Serious

Expired

Disposal of Patients on Major Disposal of Patients on Major ArterialsArterials

1035

918

513

464

300

323

307

257

269

344

375

269

108

181

141

93

166

79

125

171

97

30

81

50

22

28

24

2

30

26

7

16

11

8

14

2

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400

M.A Jinnah Rd

Shahra-e-Faisal

Korangi Road

Shahra-e-Sher shahSuri

National Highway

Mauripur Road

Ch Fazal Elahi Rd

Super Highway

University Road

Main Korangi Road

Site Avenue

S.M. Toufiq Rd

Minor Injuries

SeriousInjuries

Expiries

Road User Group on Major Road User Group on Major ArterialsArterials

841 215 5520

725 230 90 41

425 154 61 17

389 111 3114

221 98 126 24

253 97 48 15

277 91 47 10

118 74 158 42

211 91 43 14

246 59 51 15

297 102 39 16

193 92 21 4

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

M.A J innah Rd

Shahra-e-Faisal

Korangi Road

Shahra-e-Sher shah Suri

National Highway

Mauripur Road

Ch Fazal Elahi Rd

Super Highway

University Road

Main Korangi Road

Site Avenue

S.M. Toufiq Rd

Rider/ Pillion

Pedestrian

Passenger

Driver

Accident CategoriesAccident Categories

77.38%

20.35%

2.26%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

Accident Categories

Road User Fault

Road Fault

Vehicle Fault

Road User FaultRoad User Fault

45

19.6

8.8

3.7 3.4 2.7 2.32.2 2.2 1.7 1.3 1.2 1 0.9 0.30

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Perc

en

tag

e

Road User Fault

Over Speeding

Road Crossing

Child Action

On Turning

Fall From Moving Vehicle

Wrong Way

Unskilled/ Underage Driving

Roll Over

Roll Over

Risky Behaviour

Animal Action

Fall While Getting on/ Off

Drug Adict

Law Violation

Dizziness

Road FaultRoad Fault

63.30%

10.50%

4%

19.30%

2.90%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

Road Fault

Bad Road Surface

InsufficientIllumination

Invisible SpeedBraker

Due to Liquid

Due to Sand

Vehicle FaultVehicle Fault

30.60%

4.30%

65%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

Vehicle Fault

Brake Failure

Headlight Glare

Tyre Brust

Bike IssuesBike Issues

1452

891

566

325247

84

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

Bike Issues

Under Age Driving

Wrong Way

Slip due to Liquid

Foot into Wheel

Unskilled Driving

Slip Due to Sand

Bus IssuesBus Issues

202

126

32

10

0

50

100

150

200

250

Bus Issues

Fall From MovingVehicles

Fall While Gettingoff/ On the Bus

Sudden Applicationof Brakes

Overloaded Bus

About 865 cases form different bridges have been reported in six months from September 06 to February 07.

720

9325

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

Severity of Accidents on Bridges

Minor

Serious

Expired

Bridges, Flyovers & Underpasses

Black Spot AnalysisBlack Spot Analysis

• The location where the number of The location where the number of accidents are high is termed as black accidents are high is termed as black spotspot

Black Spot AnalysisBlack Spot Analysis Following Black Spots Have Been Identified And AnalyzedFollowing Black Spots Have Been Identified And Analyzed

Korangi RoadKorangi Road Numaish IntersectionNumaish Intersection Jama Cloth IntersectionJama Cloth Intersection Matric Board OfficeMatric Board Office Baloch ColonyBaloch Colony Ftc FlyoverFtc Flyover Ghani ChowrangiGhani Chowrangi HaroonabadHaroonabad Lyari Railway Station & Tcf SchoolLyari Railway Station & Tcf School Crown Cinema And Wazir MansionCrown Cinema And Wazir Mansion Gulbai IntersectionGulbai Intersection Underconstruction Korangi Industrial Area RoadUnderconstruction Korangi Industrial Area Road Northern Bypass And Hub River RoadNorthern Bypass And Hub River Road Five Star IntersectionFive Star Intersection U-turn On Mai Kolachi RoadU-turn On Mai Kolachi Road Shaheed-e-millat ExtensionShaheed-e-millat Extension Sakraan Road Sakraan Road Maulana Shoukat Ali Khan Road ( In Progress)Maulana Shoukat Ali Khan Road ( In Progress)

Korangi RoadKorangi Road

Section of Korangi Road from Qayyumabad Section of Korangi Road from Qayyumabad to end of Korangi Naddi is criticalto end of Korangi Naddi is critical

678 cases have been reported in last 678 cases have been reported in last seven months & 24 were expired, most of seven months & 24 were expired, most of the cases are reported from this sectionthe cases are reported from this section

Two way traffic is operated on 40 ft wide Two way traffic is operated on 40 ft wide roadroad

Besides over speeding and overtaking, Besides over speeding and overtaking, other factors are:other factors are:

No Street LightsNo Street Lights Absence of MedianAbsence of Median

Sand Loading ActivitySand Loading Activity Shoulder improvementShoulder improvement

M.A. Jinnah Road M.A. Jinnah Road

1165 cases were reported from Sep 1165 cases were reported from Sep 06 to March 0706 to March 07

M.A. Jinnah road was analyzed in M.A. Jinnah road was analyzed in different sectionsdifferent sections

Numaish IntersectionNumaish Intersection Jama Cloth IntersectionJama Cloth Intersection

NUMAISH INTERSECTIONNUMAISH INTERSECTION

Numaish Intersection is a high-Numaish Intersection is a high-risk zone for pedestriansrisk zone for pedestrians

Vehicular accidents were Vehicular accidents were reported because of wrong way reported because of wrong way drivingdriving

Location of Location of pedestrian bridge & pedestrian bridge & absence of fencing absence of fencing

NUMAISH INTERSECTIONNUMAISH INTERSECTION

Wrong way driving Wrong way driving practice through practice through Lines AreaLines Area

Jama Cloth IntersectionJama Cloth Intersection

Right of way for left turn through Right of way for left turn through Phool Wali Gali was provided without Phool Wali Gali was provided without changing the geometry of changing the geometry of IntersectionIntersection

Inadequate provision of pedestrian Inadequate provision of pedestrian refuge and bus stop, while there is refuge and bus stop, while there is huge pedestrian flow due to markethuge pedestrian flow due to market

Allocation of right of way for left turn Allocation of right of way for left turn through Phool Waali Gali without through Phool Waali Gali without changing geometry of the Intersectionchanging geometry of the Intersection

Jama Cloth IntersectionJama Cloth Intersection

Baloch ColonyBaloch Colony

Inadequate Fencing & Road Crossing Inadequate Fencing & Road Crossing

Ghani ChowrangiGhani Chowrangi

Poor condition Poor condition of pavementof pavement

Merging problemMerging problem

Ghani ChowrangiGhani Chowrangi

Inoperative Street LightsInoperative Street Lights

Lyari Railway Station & TCF Lyari Railway Station & TCF SchoolSchool

Absence of Fencing Absence of Fencing 23 ft high bridge is 23 ft high bridge is not user friendly, not user friendly, so underutilizedso underutilized

Crown Cinema & Wazir Crown Cinema & Wazir MansionMansion

Lack of Pedestrian Lack of Pedestrian FacilityFacility

Insufficient Insufficient illuminationillumination

• Presence of 2’6” high barrier makes it Presence of 2’6” high barrier makes it difficult to cross especially for difficult to cross especially for

women and elder people women and elder people

Gulbai IntersectionGulbai Intersection

Obstructed Sight Distance Improperly Designed Islands

Gulbai IntersectionGulbai Intersection

Geometry of Geometry of roundaboutroundabout

Insufficient illuminationInsufficient illumination

Northern BypassNorthern Bypass Passenger buses are operating on Passenger buses are operating on

Northern BypassNorthern Bypass Motorbikes are also operating on Motorbikes are also operating on

Northern BypassNorthern Bypass

Northern BypassNorthern Bypass Speeding DumpersSpeeding Dumpers Intersection at Lucky CharhaiIntersection at Lucky Charhai

Northern BypassNorthern Bypass Uncontrolled Intersection near Lucky HotelUncontrolled Intersection near Lucky Hotel

Northern BypassNorthern Bypass

Insufficient Insufficient illuminationillumination

Disposal of garbageDisposal of garbage Two way traffic on Two way traffic on

Hub River RoadHub River Road

Pedestrian MovementPedestrian Movement

Shaheed-e-Millat Shaheed-e-Millat ExpresswayExpressway

Concrete BarrierConcrete Barrier Improper placement Improper placement of signs on Horizontal of signs on Horizontal CurvesCurves

Shaheed-e-Millat Shaheed-e-Millat ExpresswayExpressway

Wrong Way Movement near PAF School Wrong Way Movement near PAF School IntersectionIntersection

Shaheed-e-Millat Shaheed-e-Millat ExpresswayExpressway

Pavement ConditionPavement Condition Pavement MarkingsPavement Markings Inoperative Street LightsInoperative Street Lights Pedestrian CrossingPedestrian Crossing

Five Star IntersectionFive Star Intersection

Obstructed Sight Obstructed Sight DistanceDistance

Service Lanes ProblemsService Lanes Problems

Mai Kolachi BypassMai Kolachi Bypass

U-turn on railway U-turn on railway line & Pedestrian line & Pedestrian CrossingCrossing

Wrong way driving Wrong way driving practice through U-practice through U-turn for Hijrat Colonyturn for Hijrat Colony

Protection of Vulnerable Protection of Vulnerable Road User GroupsRoad User Groups

Bike Riders & Pedestrians have been Bike Riders & Pedestrians have been Identified as vulnerable road user Identified as vulnerable road user groupsgroups

Research is being carried out to Research is being carried out to design preventive strategies to design preventive strategies to protect vulnerable road user groupsprotect vulnerable road user groups

Future PlansFuture Plans Continuous collection of accident dataContinuous collection of accident data Advanced analysis of data and development of Advanced analysis of data and development of

regression correlation modelregression correlation model Development of GIS based Traffic Accident Development of GIS based Traffic Accident

Analysis SystemAnalysis System Identification, analysis and improvement Identification, analysis and improvement

proposals of Black Spotsproposals of Black Spots Identification of Critical Issues Identification of Critical Issues Accident Investigation Program (Investigation of Accident Investigation Program (Investigation of

accident on the spot) accident on the spot)

Next StepsNext Steps

Recommendations for integrated Recommendations for integrated trauma system for Karachi (Sindh)trauma system for Karachi (Sindh)

Consultative process to facilitate Consultative process to facilitate enforcement of helmet lawsenforcement of helmet laws

Analysis of vehicular licensing branch Analysis of vehicular licensing branch for strengthening processes and for strengthening processes and enhance standardsenhance standards

Vehicle inspectionsVehicle inspections

Governor’s Advisory Group onGovernor’s Advisory Group on Road Safety : A Vision Road Safety : A Vision

Accept Responsibility for road safety in its Accept Responsibility for road safety in its multi-sectoral dimensionsmulti-sectoral dimensions

Establish a COMMISSION FOR ROAD SAFETY to Establish a COMMISSION FOR ROAD SAFETY to define polices and carry out periodic review define polices and carry out periodic review

Create a multi disciplinary Executive Create a multi disciplinary Executive Committee to initiate and coordinate Committee to initiate and coordinate Commission’s policyCommission’s policy

Setup a permanent group (RSC) with an Setup a permanent group (RSC) with an independent secretariat and private independent secretariat and private partnership to steer the actionpartnership to steer the action

Plan and assign adequate technical and Plan and assign adequate technical and financial resources to the Executive Committeefinancial resources to the Executive Committee

Evaluate outcome of actionsEvaluate outcome of actions