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NATIONAL ROADNATIONAL ROAD
SAFETY COUNCIL OFSAFETY COUNCIL OFMALAWIMALAWI
ROAD ACCIDENTS &ROAD ACCIDENTS &
INSURANCEINSURANCE
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CORPORATE PROFILECORPORATE PROFILE
Established by an Act of Parliament on 15thSeptember, 1978 under Chapter 69:06 of
the Laws of Malawi.
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Promotes road safety in allaspects in Malawi
Promotes and provides financialsupport for research in the field of road safety
. Advises the Minister on RoadSafety issues in Malawi
MANDATESMANDATES
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VISIONVISION
Towards a road
safety conscioussociety.
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MISSIONMISSION
To provide civic education onroad safety to all road users
through sustainableawareness campaigns inorder to have a road safetyconscious society.
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PROGRAMMES TAKEN BYPROGRAMMES TAKEN BYNRSCNRSC
RADIO & TV PROGRAMMES
FILM SHOW CAMPAIGN NATIONAL SAFE DRIVER OF THE
YEAR AWARDS
DEFENSIVE DRIVINGCOURSE MOTOR CYCLE RIDER TRAINING
SCHOOL PROGRAMMES SCHOLAR PATROL PROGRAMME
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Achievements
Erected traffic lights to reduce congestion atChitukuko, Bwandilo, Lilongwe Hotel, area 3/ Kamuzuprocession road junction, Lilongwe Technical Collegeand Lilongwe bridge, Natures Sanctuary and NicoCentre junction in Lilongwe , Limbe Police junction,Stanbic Limbe branch intersection and Soche/ MountPleasant junction in Blantyre and Katoto Fillingstation junction in Mzuzu. Traffic lights in Zomba andCross roads junction in Mzuzu including Mchesi/ M1
junction in Lilongwe have just been installed.
Procured 113 scholar patrol equipments that wasdonated to Ministry of education Procured 2 emergency rescue ambulances and
donated to Traffic Police Procured & donated three saloon highway traffic
patrol vehicles to Malawi Police Service Procured and donated four speed traps and six
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AchievementsAchievementsCont..Cont..
Launched the Road safety awareness &enforcement month that was done jointly with
Traffic Police and Road Traffic Directorate thatsaw accident reduced from 1027 people killed in2005 to 921 killed in 2006 representing a 28%decrease. A similar programme started on 10December 2007 and ended on 3 January 2008with a 13% reduction in December 07
Trained 12000 drivers and 3000 motorcyclist indefensive driving.
Intensified civic education on radio, television andnewspapers Established district road safety committees in
Mangochi, Blantyre, Lilongwe, Nkhotakota,Kasungu, Mwanza, Mulanje, Karonga, Nkhatabay,Ntcheu, Dedza, Mchinji, Thyolo, Chiradzulu andBalaka
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ACCIDENT STATISTICSACCIDENT STATISTICS
FOR 2007FOR 2007 4,435 road crashes occurred in 2007 738 were fatal 5,586 were reported in 2006
21% decrease 9,422 people were involved in 2007 11,521 people were involved in 2006 20% decrease 839 people were killed in 2007 912 people killed in 2006 8% decrease
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FATAL ACCIDENTS BY FATAL ACCIDENTS BY
DISTRICTDISTRICT
10Rumphi23Nkhotakota30Salima
13Thyolo22Machinga39Mzuzu
15Chiradzulu23Balaka33Dedza
17Dowa22Zomba45Kasungu
18Mangochi23Mchinji64Ntcheu
16Mulanje24Mzimba103Blantyre21Chikwawa27Karonga122Lilongwe
2007District2007District2007District
Fatal crashFatal crashFatal crash
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PEOPLE KILLED BY DISTRICTPEOPLE KILLED BY DISTRICT
12Rumphi23Nkhotakota34Salima
14Thyolo23Machinga45Mzuzu
16Chiradzulu
23Balaka
62Dedza
17Dowa26Zomba51Kasungu
18Mangochi27Mchinji68Ntcheu
19Mulanje24Mzimba114Blantyre
23Chikwawa31Karonga133Lilongwe
2007District2007District2007District
KilledKilledKilled
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AGE DISTRIBUTION IN FATALAGE DISTRIBUTION IN FATALACCIDENTSACCIDENTS
1,016 BETWEEN 25 AND 44 213 BETWEEN 18 AND 24 180 BETWEEN 45 AND 64 130 BETWEEN 1 AND 10 111 BETWEEN 11 AND 17
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CAUSES OF FATAL ACCIDENTSCAUSES OF FATAL ACCIDENTS
314 Due to over speeding and overloading 56 Failing to keep to near side 51 Careless overtaking 30 Being under influence of alcohol
Driver Behaviour
63%11%
10%
6%4% 2% 2%
2%
Over speeding Did not keep to near side Careless overtakingOver loading Careless oncoming Didnt give way/ignore traffic signCareless turning, cutting in Sudden change of direction
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ACCIDENT & INSURANCEACCIDENT & INSURANCE
More accidents, more claims More claims, more losses
More losses, more redundancies Closure of business Unemployment
Effect on national economy
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Way forwardWay forwardNNeed for Govt & Insurance companies toeed for Govt & Insurance companies to
consider:consider: Investing more in road safety activities introducing speed governors Investing in pedestrian flyovers, cycle paths and
foot paths Creating an Accident Victim Fund Creating a Road Traffic Authority Phasing out four wheeled minibuses on longer
routes and introducing six wheeled minibusesthrough duty waivers
Increase insurance levy
Influence driver behaviour through an effectiveeducation ro ramme i.e. seatbelt cam ai n
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CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION
IF SPIDER WEBS UNITE
THEY CAN TIE A LION.