28.7.2016

Seoul, Republic of Korea

Presented by

Mr. Lian Cin Mang (Director)

Mr. Aung Kyaw Tun (Assistant Director)

Ministry of Transport and Communications

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National Road Safety Council was established under

the leadership of Vice President (2).

Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Transport and

Communications are Vice Chairmen and other Ministries

and Organizations are members in this Council. There

are altogether (35) members for NRSC.

Director General of Road Transport Administration

Department plays as a Secretary for it.

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Myanmar has drawn National Road Safety Action Plan which is aligned with

• UN Resolution on Road Safety

• ASEAN Road Safety Program

Myanmar National Road Safety Action Plan set the targets as:

• To Save many lives by reducing the annual fatalities of road accident in order to halve current death during 2014-2020.

• Reduce the death rate by 50%

• 100% wearing of motorcycle helmets nationwide

• 70% wearing of seat-belts nationwide

• Extinction of driving without license

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Coordination and Management for Vehicle and Road Safety

Traffic Legislation

Vehicle Safety Standards

Driver Training and Testing

Safe Planning and Design of Roads

Improvement of Hazardous Locations

Publicity, Campaigns and Road Safety Education for Children

Police and Law Enforcement

Accident Data Systems, Road Safety Research and Road Accident Costing

Emergency Assistance to Road Accident Victims

Funding and Role of Insurance

Cooperation and Collaboration 5

Sr. Type of vehicles Total number

1 Private car 448352

2 Bus 25397

3 Truck (light truck) 180622

4 Truck (heavy truck) 58031

5 Special purpose vehicle 50586

6 Two-wheelers 4504814

7 Three-wheelers 72723

8 Farm truck 43279

9 Machinery 1371

Total 5385175

4504814

private car

bus

turck (light duty)

truck (heavy duty)

SPV

two-wheelers

three-wheelers

farm turck

machinery

Trend of Registered Vehicles in Myanmar(End of 2015)

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No Year Accident Injury Death

1 2005 5755 9620 1283

2 2006 6778 13354 1362

3 2007 6939 13067 1638

4 2008 7204 12626 1853

5 2009 8461 14700 2173

6 2010 9020 16013 2461

7 2011 10123 17080 2796

8 2012 11675 19684 3422

9 2013 13912 23378 3721

10 2014 14997 24932 4313

11 2015 15676 25964 4420

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Trend of Road Accidents in Myanmar (2005-2015)

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National Statistical Trend of Road Accidents in Myanmar

Year Registered

Vehicles

Road

Length

(km)

Number of

accidents

Fatality index

Death Injury Per 10,000

Vehicles

Per 100,000

Population

2001 445167 69732 4478 1207 6938 27.11 2.36

2002 461692 73843 4908 1247 8706 27.01 2.39

2003 476350 78266 5375 1308 9195 27.46 2.5

2004 960341 90713 5915 1373 10452 13.25 2.39

2005 978522 92859 5886 1331 10484 13.6 2.45

2006 991566 104058 6778 1362 11385 13.73 2.46

2007 1024372 111737 6939 1638 12358 14.91 1.65

2008 1997358 125355 6483 1778 11558 8.90 3.04

2009 2067839 127942 7535 1845 13180 8.92 3.13

2010 2298677 130050 7985 2264 14130 9.85 3.82

2011 2331663 142395 8568 2495 15316 10.70 4.16

2012 3699109 150221 9339 2653 15720 7.17 4.42

2013 4016757 164969 13912 3721 23378 9.26 5.72

2014 4907591 103953 14997 4313 24932 8.79 6.5

2015 5385175 112546

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Two-wheelers Trawlergi

Vehicle still under inquiry Truck

SPV Three wheelers

Military Vehicle

Accidents by Types of Vehicles (2015)

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Numbers of Road Accidents caused by

different situations

Year Offending of Drivers

Carelessness of

Pedestrians

Unfitness of vehicles

Bad condition of Roads

Weather condition

Total

2012 8596 554 131 50 8 9339

2013 10674 510 165 32 2 11383

2014

12324 623 139 29 2 13117

2015 13768 498 126 15 -

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Steering Committee (NRSC) has been re-established

Regions/States Level Road Safety committees have been established.

Districts/Townships Level Road Safety Committee will be established soonest.

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NRSC steering committee meeting was held on 7 of last July.

Chair of NRSC (Vice President) pushed to promote RS activities especially helmet wearing, seat-belt wearing, anti-drunk-driving and anti-handphone using while driving.

Measures for these four issues are mainly implemented across the nation.

Motorcyclists fatalities are major problems in Myanmar. So, we focus on this issue by approaching the new mechanisms.

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• National Road Safety Policy, strategy and plan of action

– National Road Safety Council

– National Road Safety Action Plan

• Overall Target

– To reduce 50% of road crash fatality by 2020

• Lead Agency for Road Safety

– National Road Safety Council (NRSC)

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• Law/Regulation and Enforcements – Mandatory use of helmets for motorcycle driver

and pillion rider : Enacted in Law and detail prescription will be enacted in Rules

– Mandatory use of seat-belt

– Mandatory of anti-drunk-driving : BAC limit (0.07 g/dl)

– Mandatory of Speed limits : 30 miles (48 km) in Urban Areas, 50 miles(80 km) for Bus and Truck and 100 km for private car on National Expressway

– Mandatory of Anti-Handphone while driving : Enacted in Law and detail prescription will be enacted in Rules

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• Funding – At present, there is no specific budget allocation and

funding for Road Safety sector. – But Vice President pushed to establish Road Safety

Funding all the stakeholders to get tangible progress in Road Safety.

– Lack of R & D for road safety

• Involvement of various stakeholders – For installation of modernized vehicle inspection,

private companies are invited to operate vehicle inspection.

– Private owned driver training schools are established across the country.

– Cooperate Social Responsibility (CSR) program are being conducted by Private Sector.

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• Distracted driving

• Seat-belt wearing

• Helmet wearing

• Speed limits

• Anti-drunk driving

• Pedestrian safety

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Awareness for Wearing Helmet

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Awareness for Wearing Motorcycle

Helmet

Don’t Do

Awareness for Speeding

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Awareness for Drunk-Driving

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Awareness for Anti-handphone while Driving

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Awareness Billboard for Wearing

Safety Helmet

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Pamphlets for Road Users

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Pamphlets for Road Users

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Road Safety Manuals for

Road Users

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Thanks For Your Kind

Attention!!!