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Presentation on Speed and Drink Driving Management in Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic
Sisamouth PHANTHACHACK
Sis.phanthachack@yahoo.com
August 2019
SLIDE 2 Agenda
- Data and Issues
- Duties and implementation
- Vision, Principles and Targets
- Directions and Actions
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DATA AND ISSUES
SLIDE 4 ASEAN fatalities per 100,000 population
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Singapore Indonesia Philippines Lao PDR Cambodia Myanmar Malaysia Vietnam Thailand
2010 2013 2016
SLIDE 5 Laos fatalities 2000-17
200 400 600 800 1000 1200
SLIDE 6 Road Accident Statistic 2018
7,280,291
- Number of Registered Vehicles :
2,104,588
5,984
- Number of serious Injuries:
1,228
995 Death per 10,000 vehicles: 4.72 Death per 100,000 population: 16.62
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Economic cost of road traffic injury 2018
Estimated cost of fatalities 70GDP (Lao’s GDP 2,700 USD USD 188.05 Milion Estimated cost of serious injuries 17,5GDP USD 58.02 Milion Estimated total cost of road trauma
USD246.07 Milion
SLIDE 8 Causes of accidents
Drunk Speed Turning without Signal Not give way Overtaking Other
Drinking 24% Speeding 22%
Overtaking 10%
Other 20%
No Signal 10%
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Critical Issues
– Weak legislative and regulatory systems – Weak enfocement – Not enough investment – No electronic crash database – No performance monitoring – No communication about major issues
SLIDE 10 Road Traffic Law
- Maximum speed limit in Lao PDR
- Urban roads 40 km/h
- Highway
‐ Private car 90 km/h ‐ MC, Truck and Bus 70 km/h
110 km/h
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2015 – Law on alcohol drink control 2019 – Prime Minister Decree to ban all kinds of alcohol drinks advertisement
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Speed enforcement
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Check for alcohol consuming
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VISION, PRINCIPLES & TARGETS
SLIDE 15 Vision and Target to 2030
A key target is <25% vehicles exceeding the speed limit Drivers testing above the legal alcohol limit less than 0.1%
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DIRECTIONS, IMPLEMENTATION & ACTION PLAN
SLIDE 17 Action Plan
- Comprehensive review of legislative policy and
- perations
‐ Prime Minister Degree on Traffic Codes ‐ Prime Minister Degree on Measures and fine for traffic violations
- Traffic Police development program:
‐ Train the trainer for all Traffic Police officers ‐ General deterrence enforcement planning ‐ Rollout pilot enforcement programs targeting drink driving and speeding
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Thank you