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Administering Road Safety Advocacy
(Campaign for Road Safety and Traffic Control Programme)
INTRODUCTION:
Today road disaster and harrowing demise of valuable lives in road accidents is very common in
India.Evert day one can see these type of heart-rending awful incidents by road users. Due to
rapid growth of population, industrialization, urbanization and advanced transport technology
more and more vehicles come to road to meet day to day human demands. These days almost
every person essentially depends upon the vehicles for routine works. Due to lack of adequate
road structural facilities, proper skill in driving and unawareness of traffic rules, we face so many
problems and risks in relation to our lives and property.
In India, more than 150,000 people are killed each year in traffic accidents. That’s about 400 fatalities a
day and far higher than developed countries in comparison. Now, our Prime Minister Narendra Modiji is
attempting to curb the carnage on Indian roads caused by everything from speeding two-wheelers to cars
not equipped with proper safety measures. The programme tries to promulgate harsher penalties for
traffic offenses and the same has been passed in the lower house of parliament. About 75 to 80 per cent
of cars will become compliant with Indian safety norms about a year before they are mandatory. However,
it was little relief to note that those killed on the roads in India came down by 4,560 or 3% in 2017 from
1.51 lakh the previous year, the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety said in a report to the apex
court. While Punjab, West Bengal and Gujarat have shown a decline, Bihar, UP, Odisha and MP have
reported more deaths.
In India, more than 150,000 people are killed each year in traffic accidents. That’s about 400 fatalities a
day and far higher than developed countries in comparison. Now, our Prime Minister Narendra Modiji is
attempting to persons died and as many as 10,147 were injured. It is a matter of concern over the increase
in road traffic volume, the STA officials point out that old vehicles of more than 15 years of age and young
drivers in the age group of 25 to 30 years are responsible for most of the road accidents in West Bengal.
It is high time to prioritize road safety education with a focus on issues like drunk driving, driving fast,
negligent and rash driving are among the 22 main recommendations highlighted in a report submitted
recently to the ministry of road transport and highways. A working group on road safety education has
made the suggestions that assume significance in the wake of increasing fatal accidents on the city roads
and highways. Keeping this in view “Women & Child Welfare Society” is arranging “Road Safety Awareness
Programme” in different places of West Bengal by availing Grant-in-aid from the Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways, Govt. of India,
2. Nature of the Project: Campaign for Road Safety and Traffic Control Programme .
3. Aim & Objectives of the Project : Awareness through Campaign a Rally on Road Safety Programme
by printing & distributing leaflets, Booklets, plaque cards, banners, posters, quoting valuable slogans and
symbolic eye caps.
To arrange Seminar, Workshops, Rallies, Training and Competition (Essay, Debate, Slogan, Quiz
&Poster) for raising road safety consciousness among the general public to know them rules and
regulations when they are on the road.
To organize Training-cum-Demonstration Programme for the School and College Students as well
as light motor vehicle drivers.
To organize competition: Essay, Debate, Slogan, Quiz, and Poster on Road Safety themes among
the school and college students.
To organize Street Plays, Daskathia & other Lok-Natya as well as slide Projector show, Road
Safety & Oil, Gas Conservation & Safety Film show to display remedial precautions & measures
on road safety them in different places.
To prepare & publish guide books on Road Safety and Traffic Control and to disseminate these
among the road users for their better knowledge.
To Organize Traffic Control Training-cum-free pollution check-up camp for the School & College
students.
To Organize Sensitization Workshop on Safe Transportation of School Students for Teachers and
Quiz Competition for students on the theme of Road Safety.
Wall Painting containing different road safety messages for awareness of school students as well
as parents of different school walls
To adopt Plantation Programme on road side to save the roads from soil erosion and eradication
of climate change.
To make Passengers Rest shed on the road side.
To make stickers on Road Safety & distribute among the school students and cycle riders. Auto
etc.
Project Demographics: The Datas may be viewed from the Govt. of India data & State Govt. of West
Bengal.
It's never too early to teach your child to be street smart. All it takes is a little time —time to prepare, plan
and teach your child how to be safe on the road. However, problems are to be identified on priority:
High-risk driving
High-risk driving behaviors, like failing to yield, increase our chances of being in a crash. According to
police statistics, high-risk driving behaviours contribute to nearly half (43 per cent) of all crashes that
result in injuries or deaths.
High-risk driving includes speeding, failing to yield, ignoring traffic control devices, following too closely
and improper passing.
Failing to yield the right of way is a huge problem : it’s one of the leading causes of crashes
that result in injuries or deaths. Intersections are hot spots for failure to- yield crashes – they’re busy
locations where a number of road users need to cross paths and share space.
Pedestrians are perhaps at the greatest risk when drivers fail to yield in intersections.
Signs and traffic signals often help determine who needs to yield to whom.
Speeding: You need time to see and react before your brakes take effect and slow you down; reducing
your speed gives you more reaction time and less braking distance is required. Each time you double your
speed, your braking distance is multiplied by four. In wet o r icy road conditions, it’s even more.Speeding
reduces you reaction time, and the faster you go, the longer it takes to stop. Speed limits are intended for
optimal conditions. The speed you're going should be relative to the road and weather conditions.
Distracted driving: Even if you're not using your phone, you may still be distracted.
Any diversion of your attention away from the safe operation of your vehicle, passengers, eating or
drinking, or adjusting radio or vehicle settings, can contribute distract inattentive driving. We all play a
part in making our roads safe – when you're behind the wheel, focus on the road.
If you're looking at your phone, you can't see the road. Checking your phone at a red light may seem
harmless, but the truth is using an electronic device behind the wheel is a dangerous distraction. Even
when stopped, it affects your situational awareness. You’re five times more likely to crash if you’re using
your hand-held phone.
Safety and road conditions:
We want your time on the road to be safe —whether it’s a short city drive for groceries or a long –distance
highway journey. Check our advice on handling many of the situations you could encounter. No body
checks road conditions before making a drive.Besides, most of the drivers lack the proper sense of using
roundabouts causing fatalities to pedestrians, cyclists and other vehicle drivers. Driving in winter season
is quite challenging for thick fog. Even under rainy conditions the front glass becomes smoky causing
difficulty to see the road and traffic properly.
Improper passing:
Passing can be dangerous, especially when your line of sight is obscured
Plan ahead:
Getting home safe is a shared responsibility. Take your turn being the designated driver – your friends and
family will thank you. If no one is able to be a designated driver, there are still plenty of options for you to
get home. Leave your car overnight and consider taking a taxi, transit, or calling a friend. During the winter
holidays, Operation Red Nose can also help you get home.
When you drink and drive, you not only risk your life but those of others on the road. With so many
Youth drivers and passengers: Youth drivers out of enthusiasm cause terrific mistakes to himself
as well as passengers too. Their education and controlling a few restraining behavior is the need of the
day.
Look left-right-left and shoulder check before crossing. Make eye contact with drivers and keep looking
Listen. Remove your headphones so you can hear approaching traffic that may be hard to see.
Wear reflective materials or bright clothes and use lights after dark.
Walk: on the inside edge of the sidewalk away from the road. If there's no sidewalk - walk facing
Never jaywalk.
In India, more than 150,000 people are killed each year in traffic accidents. That’s about 400 fatalities a
day and far higher than developed countries in comparison. Now, our Prime Minister Narendra Modiji is
attempting to curb the carnage on Indian roads caused by everything from speeding two-wheelers to cars
not equipped with proper safety measures. The programme tries to promulgate harsher penalties for
traffic offenses and the same has been passed in the lower house of parliament. About 75 to 80 per cent
of cars will become compliant with
Indian safety norms about a year before they are mandatory. However, it was little relief to note that
those killed on the roads in India came down by 4,560 or 3% in 2017 from 1.51 lakh the previous year,
Committee on Road Safety said in a report to the apex court. While Punjab, West Bengal shown a decline,
Bihar, UP, Odisha and MP have reported more deaths.
Road accidents are increasing at a phenomenal rate in West Bengal and every year thousands of precious
lives are lost due to fatal road mishaps in the State. Twenty one accidents occur every day and seven
persons are killed.
According to State Transport Authority sources, there were only 16,800 motor vehicles in the State in
1961. But in 2019, the figure went up 51 times to 3, 51,385, whereas the road length has increased by 7.4
per cent only during this period. Official sources said in fact, there are several roads where the vehicular
traffic has increased by 4 to 5 times their capacity. Statistics for the last few years show that there is a
large increase in the number of accidents from year to year. In 2005, about 7,567 accidents were recorded
in the State and at least 2,528 persons died and as many as 10,147 were injured. It is a matter of concern
over the increase in road traffic volume, the STA officials point out that old vehicles of more than 15 years
of age and young drivers in the age group of 25 to 30 years are responsible for most of the road accidents
in West Bengal.
It is high time to prioritize road safety education with a focus on issues like drunk driving, driving fast,
negligent and rash driving are among the 22 main recommendations highlighted in a report submitted
recently to the ministry of road transport and highways. A working group on road safety education has
made the suggestions that assume significance in the wake of increasing fatal accidents on the city roads
and highways. Keeping this in view “Women & Child Welfare Society” is arranging “Road Safety Awareness
Programme” in different places of West Bengal by availing Grant-in-aid from the Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways, Govt. of India,
Here are the 5 simple ways by which road safety in India can be improved:
Monitoring of roads
When you start monitoring the roads through CCTV cameras, certain traffic violations such as violating
speed limits, motorcyclists without helmets, people not following road safety rules, etc. can be reduced,
as they have a feeling that they are being watched. Otherwise, you can replace obsolete systems with
modern traffic solutions. Some of the benefits of using modern technologies in traffic are as follows:
Cost effective
Smoother operations
Usually when an accident happens, the response time is too long, which eventually leads to the death of
the victim. The system being slow and disorganized, there is a chance for more casualties. If the CCTV
cameras are integrated with intelligent solutions, traffic officials will be able to get real-time data and with
that information, they can take immediate action at emergency situations. Road safety awareness can
also help traffic and transportation departments to smoothly overcome the adverse situations on the
road.
Traffic Engineering:
We believe Transportation is about people, not just moving vehicles. We are traffic engineers and planners
with expertise in traffic operations, circulation studies, traffic signal operations, network & corridor
optimization, safety studies and safety audits, crash and conflict analysis. We also specialize in preparing
and reviewing impact studies for land developments, access management studies, traffic calming and
neighborhood traffic management, detour plans, traffic signs and pavement marking plans. We specialize
in transportation planning, design and operations.
Transportation engineering:
Traffic Solutions services minimize congestion, improve street and highway safety, optimize property
access and egress, accommodate pedestrians and vehicle traffic, combine mobility with aesthetics and
find funding sources for projects.
Alternate Solutions:
Charging peak-hour tolls. Governments can open all restricted lanes on major commuting roads during
peak hours. That would allow more people to travel per lane per hour than under current, heavily
congested conditions. In Kolkata, some roads near hospital, Raj Bhawan etc are normally restricted which
can open valves to minimize congestion during peak hours.
Greatly expanding public transit capacity . We should expand public transit capacity enough to shift so
many people from cars to transit that there would be no more excess demand for roads during peak hours.
But it has so many adoption constraints.
Public Light Buses (PLBs), known as mini-buses, complement the standard dense bus lines, serving areas
that are hard to reach efficiently. With the carrying capacity of 16 seats, PLBs are typically faster and more
efficient with higher frequency and offer non-stop service. This mechanism is successfully deployed in
cities to reduce traffic jam.
Encouraging Cycling: The reduction in car use has already resulted in significant drop in CO2 emissions.
Additional social benefits such as the encouragement of cycling through the integrated cycling facilities to
be made. This has further contributed to cycling initiative “Greenwave”, and has reduced CO2 emissions
by vast amount annually.
Project Interzone: It suggests abandoning our traditional concept of linear time. It sounds like something
out of a science fiction novel, and the organizers, in fact, came up with the concept through developing a
fictional scenario that would eliminate in efficient old strategy but take a deeper look on real time and
zone wise traffic basis concept for alternative tests.
Road Safety Strategy 2025 is similar to its predecessors in a number of ways. It retains the long-term vision
of Towards Zero.
A number of principles key to the strategy’s success have been aligned with international best practices
in road safety.
Providing an inventory of proven and promising best practices to address key risk groups and contributing
factors builds on the work of Road Safety Strategy 2020 with a flexible approach to allow for jurisdictions
to implement road safety programs that meet their own needs.
Vision Towards Zero - The safest roads in th e world” Towards Zero is not a target to be achieved by a
certain date; it is aspirational. This vision will continue beyond RSS 2025’s timeline and highlights the
desire for
The following strategic objectives form the cornerstone on safer road users, road infrastructure and
vehicles:
The Safe System Approach (SSA) is how many countries leading in road safety are achieving eliminating
deaths and serious injuries. SSA contains the following principles:
Ethics: human life and health are paramount and take priority over mobility and other objectives of the
road traffic system (i.e., life and health can never be exchanged for other benefits within the society)
Responsibility: providers and regulators of the road traffic system share responsibility with users
Safety: road traffic systems should take account of human fallibility and minimize both the opportunities
for errors and the harm done when they occur
Mechanisms for change: providers and regulators must do their utmost to guarantee the safety of all
citizens; they must cooperate with road users; and all three must be ready to change to achieve safety. It
is recognized that Canadian jurisdictions will implement the SSA in a manner that is Appropriate to their
environment
A 5-year Action Plan period should be adopted by the Government and the identified strategies within it
address road safety issues covering education, enforcement, engineering and environmental issues.
Central to this 5 year plan is the achievement of key targets set for year 2020 to make the country on par
with world best practices in road safety.
The first strategy is to : Enhance and Sustain Educational and Psychological Measures in Road Safety
Education is foundation, platform and catalyst, that supports all programmes to bring about the desired
changes in road safety behaviour, skills and attitude.
1 The key objective for Road Safety Education is to make drivers and other road users risk-averse and
equipped with the appropriate knowledge and kills Road users should be trained to self regulate their
behavior skills and attitude based on inherent risks in the road and traffic environment.
2 Road safety education is a life-long process, but it should begin with the young in school, tailoring its
message to the audience to teach safe traffic habits from primary school to secondary school, so that
safety becomes ingrained as part of the culture and practice of our children. The aim here is to inculcate
in children and parents an understanding of the dangers within the traffic environment and how to
practice safety as pedestrians and road users.
3 A systematic development and roll out of Road Safety Education in Government schools and other
similar educational institutions should be mandatory. By the end of 2020 every primary aged child in the
country should have received a minimum of 10 lessons of road safety education at every year of primary
schooling. The training and delivery of RSE in secondary schools must commence soon.
Seen time and time again when a spectacular crash occurs and the tragedy is kept in the press for days, a
quick fix is implemented - traffic lights, better crossing facilities or whatever. Public opinion often requires,
and gets, immediate responses to immediate problems, so the engineering or enforcement response is
seen as the visible and preferred priority. Where community awareness is lacking it may be difficult to link
investment in childhood and adolescence with the ‘downstream’ social problems that prevention
investment aims to reduce. There is growing evidence that early intervention pays economic, social and
health benefits in the long term, but there are few studies in RSE that show this.
The measures used to determine the effectiveness of Road Safety Education programs are not, (and
should not be), the same as the measures for engineering or enforcement initiatives. They are not directly
comparable. The nature and application of learning means that the effect of an educational program may
in some cases be immediate and in others, long term. We need to measure learning and application of
learning - and apply educational assessment and evaluation techniques. We need to take into account
that children learn in different ways and at different rates. We also need to take into account the potential
negating effect of parents/caregivers and their behaviors and attitudes. Measures of the effectiveness of
road safety education programs need to use a combination of qualitative and quantitative measures
drawn from across the fields of education, health, enforcement and engineering.
In the case of road safety outcomes, there may be a number of concurrent engineering and enforcement
initiatives and education programs that contribute to the outcome. It is the synergy between a number
of approaches or safety initiatives that reduces the risk exposure of children and young people and keeps
road users safer. Remove one initiative, and the outcome may be quite negative. There is also the added
constraint that to be effective, each approach may require different time periods between the
intervention or program and the expected change in the population’s health and injury rates.
features (factors) related to the road and the traffic organization (among others road class, geometric
traffic features (among others speed, density, intensity, utilization of throughput), - road illumination,
-weather conditions and the state of the road surface, - reliability of the physical layer (in terms of
hardware and ICT), - features (factors) associated with the driver behaviour (i.e. driving speed and failure
to adapt it to the road and traffic conditions. Some of model modules are discussed:
Module 13 – “Collecting weather data and the road surface condition data”,
Module 17 – “Collecting traffic data from the national road network”.These modules will have a direct
impact (e.g. by displaying information on traffic conditions, or a dynamic introduction of speed limits -
variable contents signs) or indirect impact (e.g. by obtaining information about the weather conditions
and the state of the road surface) on road safety.
-According to the strategic objectives of the National Traffic Management System: ITS systems - should
address the needs of their users.
requirements for the systems should take into account the real needs, rather than market trends, or the
current capabilities of suppliers;
- data exchange between the public sector significantly increases the efficiency of ITS investments;
- experiences in other countries and the technology market are rapidly changing, hence the need
for cooperation with the ITS sector, scientific community and other units of the road administration needs
to be addressed.
There is no scientific proof of how individual ITS devices influence the recipients, i.e. road users or the
proper way to deploy these devices within road infrastructure. This gives us some freedom to choose
functional, organizational, hardware and telecommunications solutions of these systems, which are
characterized by a certain dissimilarity in how the information is provided to the end users (road users).
To examine the impact of a single ITS system or service, based on the statistics of time period-based road
accidents, would require long-term studies, assuming that other technical and traffic conditions on the
road have not change significantly. Long terms studies of 2-3 years duration may give some tangible result
Project Executive Summary – Highlights:
These are some of the clever concepts to make the project unique:
To engage the community and help change unsafe behaviour on the roads, we develop education and
awareness campaigns.
Towards Zero highlights the human element of the road toll and encourages all road users to change the
way we think about road safety.
The Slow Down campaign encourages drivers to reduce thier speed, because it's difficult to know what is
up ahead.
Our Mobile Drug Testing (MDT) campaign warns drivers that NSW Police can test them for drugs anytime
anywhere, there’s no escaping it.
Ride to Live gets to the heart of what keeps motorcyclists safe: making good decisions. The campaign gives
riders useful information about the risks they face on the road and how they can best manage them.
Don't trust your tired self focuses on drivers before they get behind the wheel, helping to reduce the
number of fatigue-related crashes.
The drink driving campaign is about making positive choices to get home safely after a night out,
reinforcing the safety message that if you are having a few drinks, driving is not an option.
No mobile phone usage during driving campaign has been extended to highlight the serious consequences
of using your mobile phone illegally while driving. Taking your eyes off the road for just two seconds could
cost you, or those you care about, everything.
Look Out Before You Step Out aims to improve pedestrian safety, particularly on higher risk urban roads
Upgrades to pedestrian safety infrastructure include changes to traffic signal timing to protect pedestrians
fromUpgrades to pedestrian safety infrastructure include changes to traffic signal timing to protect
pedestrians from turning cars and more high pedestrian activity 40km/h speed zones.
Be Truck Aware highlights the importance of taking extra care around trucks, especially if you live, work
or travel in Kolkata.
The Be Bus Aware campaign features Bus Safety Week, highlighting the importance of bus safety for all
road users. Buses are large, heavy vehicles and can’t stop quickly.
Go Together helps drivers, bicycle riders and pedestrians understand how changes to the law will help
everyone respect each other's space and stay safe.
They're counting on you encourages the correct use of child car seats and raises awareness that many
seats are not fitted correctly. It also includes our new video on driveway safety featuring TV personality
Scott Cam.
Road Rules Awareness Week helps anyone whose knowledge of the road rules isn't as thorough as it used
to be. During the annual week, road users are encouraged to phone a special hotline to have their
questions answered by road safety experts.
Slow down and give us space aims to improve safety for those who work at the roadside responding to
crashes and breakdowns.
Target Groups :
Project aims to cover 100 surveyed village & town of Odisha for the Road Safety & Traffic Contro
Road Safety & Traffic Control Training for 40 School & 20 College students.
Sensitization Workshop on Safe Transportation of School Students for 200Teachers and Quiz
Methodology: Initially, a public meeting will be held with some resource persons in a Centre Place
comprising of 3 to ages (preferably road side) and one town to aware general public on road safety. A
awareness rally will be organized to cover the area with leaflets, plaque cards, banner, posters & wall
painting on the walls etc. The Extert Team of 10 members including skilled volunteers on road safety
programmes, 1-2 transport personne will direct the rally & programme. Different slogans on the road
safety & traffic role will be given to effectively accelerate this programme. Street Play & Daskathia etc.,
will be arranged for direct impact and also practical demonstration for this awareness programme will be
conducted.
These campaign are conducted after 1 st phase to impact training programme on road safety & traffic
control. The Project Co-ordinator Volunteers will assess the training proforma sheet to enroll
students/teachers of both schools and colleges. Training programme will be of 5 days duration each.
In this 2nd phase, a district level training programme for the newly inducted drivers will be scheduled for
at least 5 days. At the end a valedictory meeting will be performed on the occasion of ”30 th NATIONAL
ROAD SAFETY WEEK” and facilitate trainees on road safety & traffic control programme along with the
relevant guide book.The follow up programme will be scheduled accordingly as well as plantation will be
covered at least 100 k.m on both sides of the road to save the roads from soil erosion, shade and above
all for the protection of environment.
Follow-up:
Slide projector show on road safety and traffic control in rural areas , Road Safety & Oil, Gas
Conservation & Safety Film show to display remedial precautions & measures on road safety in