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!