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Presented by: Glen McCarvell, Operations OfficerWorld Road Congress, Seoul, South Korea
THE BELIZE ROAD SAFETY INITITATIVE
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Country Context
• Total area 23,000 km2
• Population 360,000
• Road network 4,516 km
• Vehicle fleet 55,000
• Major safety deficiencies
• 15 agencies responsible
for road safety
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The Problem
• 4th leading cause of death
• Death rate = 24/100,000
• 75% of fatalities are males
• 30% of fatalities aged 16–29
• Economic impact 1.26% GDP
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Investment Planning Approach
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Capacity Review
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Issues and Constraints
• Agencies lacked capacity to support interventions
• Accurate crash data not available
• Under-investment in road maintenance
• Driver training and vehicle standards not uniformly applied
• Low levels of enforcement
• Legislation requires updating
• Road safety statistics not uniformly collected
• User knowledge of road use risks generally poor
• Emergency medical services not at good practice standards
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Road Assessment Programme
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iRAP
• 600 km surveyed
• 70% of network 1-2 stars
• Demonstration Corridor options
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Project Appraisal
• Capacity Review & iRAP Investment Plans presented at workshop
• Analysis included engineering, social, gender & environment
• Economic analysis focused on quantifiable costs and benefits
• Main criteria applied was reduction in KSI
• Estimates of KSI developed from iRAP model
• Without Project model predicted 2,340 KSI over 20 years
• With Project model estimates 1,870 KSI
• ERR = 28.8%
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Road Safety Project
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Project Implementation
Pillar Achieved Target
Road Safety
Management
753 staff trained 1000 staff trained
Safer Roads 71 km of 3-Star roads 82 km of 3-Star roads
Safer Road
Users
616 teachers trained 800 teachers trained
9,850 pupils trained 15,000 pupils trained
2 patrol vehicles delivered 2 patrol vehicles delivered
30 officers trained 70 officers trained
1800 youth trained 3000 youth trained
2nd road safety campaign
under preparation
5 biannual campaigns
Post-Crash
Response
2 ambulances delivered 2 ambulances delivered
450 first responders trained 650 first responders trained
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Results Focused
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Results thus far
• Original Target RTF
reduction = 20%
• Revised Target RTF
reduction = 35%
• RTF reduction to date
≈ 35%
• RTF on rest of network
up 25% or more
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Lessons Learnt
• Capacity Review & iRAP are effective tools
• Wide stakeholder engagement entrenches ownership
• Collaborate with related efforts to maximise existing resources
• Consider climate change variability
• Have a champion
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Thank You!