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A causal-based multi-sectoral approach to the prevention of road traffic accidents and prioritization of response measures in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorNyarirangwe, M.en
dc.contributor.otherSouthern African Transport Conference (28th : 2009 : Pretoria, South Africa)en
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-20T10:42:53Zen
dc.date.available2009-11-20T10:42:53Zen
dc.date.issued2009-07-06en
dc.descriptionThis paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material was published using Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: nigel@doctech URL: http://www.doctech.co.zaen
dc.description.abstractPaper presented at the 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference 6 - 9 July 2009 "Sustainable Transport", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.en
dc.description.abstractRoad transport plays a critical role in promoting mobility, accessibility and poverty alleviation. While average household car ownership rates in the developing world remain low, there has generally been an unprecedented growth in vehicle population, particularly in urban areas. This has also seen a rapid increase in road accidents and fatalities. The causes of road carnages are multiple.They can however be classified broadly under engineering, environmental, mechanical and human factors, usually termed: Human (H), Vehicle (V) and Road (R) environment factors. These broad categories need to be adequately and critically analyzed for each accident in order to design sustainable, integrated and effective preventive responses. Accident statistics, particularly in the developing world, are generally incomplete and inadequate. This makes it very difficult to carry out holistic analyses, design responses and preventive measures and prioritize them. As a result, most responses are rather reactive, thereby only addressing the symptoms. This has resulted in many people continuously getting injured or losing their lives daily. This paper proposes a multi-pronged approach, which utilizes the above broad causes to holistically analyze accidents. It makes use of a simple approach which weights the different causes in order to identify and trace the causal chain involved in a particular accident. Such a holistic causal analysis of different accidents is useful in the determination and prioritization of responses and preventive measures. It also provides a framework for predicting the possibility of accidents occurring at particular locations and hence the determination of black spots. It also ensures that responses and preventive measures are driven from a multi-sectoral basis.en
dc.identifier.citationNyarirangwe, M 2009,'A causal-based multi-sectoral approach to the prevention of road traffic accidents and prioritization of response measures in South Africa', Paper presented to the 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference, South Africa, 6-9 July. p. 409-416en
dc.identifier.isbn9781920017392
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/11966
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDocument Transformation Technologiesen
dc.relation.ispartofSATC 2009
dc.rightsUniversity of Pretoriaen
dc.subjectSustainable transporten
dc.subjectRoad transporten
dc.subjectMobilityen
dc.subjectCar ownershipen
dc.subjectAccident statisticsen
dc.subjectVehicle populationen
dc.subject.lcshTransportation
dc.subject.lcshTransportation,Automotive
dc.subject.lcshTraffic accidents
dc.titleA causal-based multi-sectoral approach to the prevention of road traffic accidents and prioritization of response measures in South Africaen
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