The Journey has begun,

the first team meeting on

“An approach for better

Road Safety Culture”

Road Safety Practice Specialities

At UL India, Bangalore, Dated: 4th June 2015

From Left : Mr. Harish, Vice President , Asia Region , Traffic Safety and Security Business at 3 M ; Mr.Venki, VP,

Public safety UL; Mr. Maddhu NC ASSE Telangana Chapter; Mr. Deepak, Mugadur Consultancy; Mr. Vinayak, ASSE Andhra

Pradesh chapter, Shine Safety; Consultant and Trainer : Road safety

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Venue; UL India, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Dated: 4th June 2015

Time : 10 am to 1 pm

Panel members attended:

1. Mr. Venkitachalam .R. Anantharaman, Vice President - Public Safety Mission at UL

2. Mr. Maddhu Nallan Chakravarthy, Advisory Board Member ASSE Andhra Pradesh

Chapter, President ASSE Telangana Chapter, RSPS co-ordinator, Organizing

Committee member “Safety India 2015”

3. Mr. Harish Banwari. Vice President , Asia Region , Traffic Safety and Security

Business at 3 M

4. Mr. Mark Vinayak, Shine Safety; Consultant and Trainer Road Safety Management

& Road Transportation and ASSE Andhra Pradesh Chapter member

5. Mr. Deepak Mugadur, Mugadur Consultancy, Independent Consultant and

Expert—EHS

TRIGGRED POINTS FOR THE RSPS INITIATIVES

Major points under lights:

1. Localized name for the consortium which will execute or act under the umbrella of ASSE .

2. Consortium members /supports from UL, 3 M and ASSE local chapters and other local bodies such as Health care bodies,

NGO’s and training facilities

3. Find out the specific targets to framing out LONG,MID AND SHORT terms plan / projects

4. Identifying 5 major blind spots in Andhra Pradesh to propose pilot project to Government of Andhra Pradesh

5. Soft corner / triggered points to submit proposal

6. Triggered Mechanism

7. Pilot project execution monitoring and study / analysing the results before and after execution

8. Building Credibility , strong reasons to address “Why Government of Andhra Pradesh to select this consortium ?”

9. Education / Awareness programs / concepts can be considered as long term activity and which is vital in Road Safety ,

Taking up local support for audience as well from concern departments for each such activities

10. Reviewing and validating the education / awareness programs effectiveness. Stake holder from government transport

departments, Road transport authorities, Fleet owners and public participation

11. Clear demarking on negative effects due to Un –Safe and Safe road usages / practices.

12. Making fleet owners to understand the economical loss in case if they not provide formal training to the drivers /

operators

13. Vehicle Third party compliance checks / audits

14. Mandate policy from Government for fund raising on road safety expenses towards implementation

15. Proposing Road and Transport Authorities, Road transport corporation, other major departments officials to be a advisory

board members in Consortium

16. Taking support of Apollo for emergency and first aid trainings for all stake holders such as operators, institutions etc

Panel also discussed on

1. Tracking systems for vehicle used for hazardous transportation

2. Implementation of Road Safety policies in Corporate sectors, such as pharma, oil & petroleum, cement industries

3. Journalist training on Accident reporting

4. e-Governance on monitoring road safety, accidents, etc

5. Using / up gradation of technology in reducing accidents

6. Vehicle manufacturer (such as Toyota, Volvo ) initiatives in bringing awareness and training, for operators and to the

to other stake holders educational institutions, public etc

7. ISO 39001:2012 specifies requirements for a road traffic safety (RTS) management system to enable an organization that

interacts with the road traffic system to reduce death and serious injuries related to road traffic crashes which it can

influence— we have to find out UL DQS interest in this regard.

Conclusions ;

1. Identifying major 5 blind spots in important cities

2. Identifying short term pilot project

3. Education—UL for support / on priority

4. Round Table Conference

Few of Sensitizing points: Senior Indian politician and former federal minister Y Yerram Naidu has died in a road accident, aged 55. Mr Naidu, who belonged to the regional Telugu Desam party, was killed after the car he was travelling in crashed into an oil tanker in southern Andhra Pradesh state early on Friday. He was returning from Srikakulam from Visakhapatnam, where he had gone to attend a marriage. Mr Naidu was a four-time MP and had served as rural development minister. He is survived by his wife and two children. Reports say Mr Naidu's car hit an oil tanker near Ranasthalam in Srikakulam district, about 700km (436 miles) from the state capital, Hyderabad. He was taken to hospital where doctors failed to resuscitate him. Four others travelling with Mr Naidu were also injured and two of them were taken to the hospital, reports say. India has the world's highest number of road deaths. In 2011, 142,485 people were killed and 511,394 injured in motor vehicle accidents, according to the government. Former MP and actor Nandamuri Harikrishna’s son Janakiram was killed in a ghastly road accident near Akupamula crossroads on the Hyderabad-Vijayawda highway on Saturday evening. He is survived by wife and a son. Mr. Janakiram, who was into film production, was on his way to Vijayawada in his Tata Safari vehicle, which rammed an oncoming tractor around 6.45 p.m., police said. The tractor was coming in the wrong direction. A profusely bleeding Janakiram was rushed in a ‘108’ vehicle to a nearby hospital, where he breathed his last. The accident was apparently because of the negligence of the tractor driver, who drove the vehicle against the stream of oncoming vehicles. Police and eyewitnesses said minutes before he breathed his last, Mr. Janakiram gave the contact number of his brother Kalyanram to the ambulance staff and urged them to pass on the information about him. According to Suryapet DSP Abdul Rasheed, Mr. Janakiram was driving the vehicle and was wedged between the steering and the driver’s seat. Police said he was alone in the vehicle. YSR Congress party candidate from Allagadda constituency Bhuma Sobha Nagireddy on Thursday succumbed to her injuries sustained in a road accident in Kurnool district on Wednesday night police said. The vehicle in which Sobha Nagireddy was travelling skidded off the road and turned turtle after it ran over grain spread on the road for drying at Dubagundam, 5 kilometres from her residence. Under the impact Mrs. Sobha was thrown off the vehicle and she sustained severe head and neck injuries. Mrs Sobha who was in coma and bleeding profusely was first shifted to a hospital in Allagadda and later to Nandyal hospital. As her condition deteriorated, she was shifted to Care Hospital in Hyderabad, where she died. The driver, who did not see the hurdled until he moved close to it lost control after wheels mired in the loose he grain. Sudden application of brake with force also swerved the vehicle in a different direction into the nearby fields. VOLVO BUS ACCIDENT ON 30TH OCTOBER 2013 AT PALEM NEAR MAHBUBNAGAR, ANDHRA PRADESH A Volvo 9400 bus, producing 290 BHP against 180 BHP by a normal bus, carrying 52 people including driver and cleaner against the permitted 45, and travelling from Bangalore to Hyderabad on National Highway (NH)-44, made a high-speed collision with a protruding culvert wall located on a curve at Palem (v) near Mahbubnagar in Andhra Pradesh at about 5 AM on 30th October 2013, killing 45 passengers on the spot. The ascribed reasons for the accident and high fatalities are over-speeding, lack of speed governors, overstressed driver, fire crackers inside the vehicle, overloading, faulty road geometry, leaking diesel from damaged fuel tank catching fire at ambient temperature, Carbon Monoxide poisoning through AC ducts, jamming of central locking system of emergency doors and windows making emergency escape impossible, non-availability of hammer to break them, driver’s irre-sponsibility and permit violations. VOLVO BUS ACCIDENT ON 14TH NOVEMBER 2013 AT HAVERI, KARNATAKA Another accident, again involving aVolvo bus on Bangalore-Mumbai NH occurred on 14th November 2013 at Haveri in Karnataka, killing 7 passengers including standby driver and injuries to 40 passengers, reportedly due to over-speeding when the bus brushed past the road median on the bridge across Vardha River leading to leakage of fuel tank and the diesel catching fire and engulfing the bus. The other passengers escaped by breaking open the emergency exit. The bus design was reportedly altered by the oper-ator by providing unauthorized seat next to the driver blocking the passenger escape route. In two other serious accidents in Maharashtra, on 8th December 2013, one on Sangavi-Madgaon road, a school bus was hit by a private travels bus killing 6 children on the spot; the other on Manmad-Malegaon road, a Scorpio vehicle carrying pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh bound to Shirdi was hit by a container truck, killing 8 of them on the spot.

Road safety policies at home in corporate culture

A modern corporation can be seen as a miniature of the world in which we live. Rules and regulations must work hand-in-hand with moral principles to effectively and responsibly organise and govern. With the road safety message gaining greater social awareness, it is more and more often being seen within the Codes of Conduct of major corporations. GRSP partners who advocate for road safety within the community are prime examples, actively encouraging their employees to take the lead as role model citizens, further contributing to the expansion of the road safety culture. We look at some examples: Honda has a Conduct Guideline detailing the values that guide their actions, within which a section on Traffic Safety stipulates: "In order for Honda to be a leader in traffic safety, we will abide by traffic rules and drive safely". Michelin provides employees with driver training and a detailed Road Safety Awareness Kit, together with supporting initiatives promoting road safety to a wider public. This type of corporate social responsibility is part of what earned Michelin Britain's prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award this year. Renault produces and distributes The Renault Group Driver's Charter not only among the group's salaried employees, but also to their agents and importers. The Charter's message is clear, for the Renault Group's personnel to be ambassadors for safe and responsible driving. Shell promotes its '12 Lifesaving Rules' by which all employees must abide in order to prevent injuries and fatalities. Four of them directly address road safety: wear your seat belt; follow prescribed journey management plan; no alcohol or drugs while working or driving; and, while driving, do not use your phone and do not exceed speed limits. Toyota's Code of Conduct features a chapter on Traffic Safety Education Activities in which it states: “Recognising the responsibilities of a company engaged in the automobile industry, we abide by traffic rules, and endeavour to be role models by safe driving and actively promoting traffic safety”. Total has its Golden Rules for Occupational Safety, and once again, the road safety message is clear, identifying and addressing risk factors and 'aiming for zero accidents everywhere' A driving for work policy should be split into four main areas: Management policy Assign a senior manager with specific responsibility for managing driving at work. Incorporate a driving for work policy within existing Health and Safety policy. Routinely undertake, record and act on the findings of risk assessments dealing with all aspects of driving at work including driver safety, vehicle safety and journey planning. Ensure that every incident involving any vehicle driven on behalf of the company is recorded and that collective information is regularly analysed to reduce recurrence. Driver safety Provide a driver's handbook that includes road safety guidance and sets out individual driver responsibilities, in support of the company's policies and procedures, e.g. what to do in the event of an incident. Ensure that all employees driving on behalf of the company are initially vetted, inducted and regularly assessed, to establish that they are properly licenced, competent, suitably trained and medically fit to do so. Ensure drivers are insured for 'business use' where applicable. Vehicle safety Ensure that when choosing vehicles to be used on behalf of the company, that they are entirely suitable for their intended purpose and that utmost importance is placed on safety features. Ensure that all vehicles used on behalf of the company are regularly inspected and strictly maintained using the manufacturer's recommended service schedules (and if applicable, in accordance with Operator licence requirements). Journey planning Check whether a road journey is really necessary - and encourage the use of alternative modes of communication/ transport where this is practical. Ensure that necessary journeys are scheduled to a realistic timetable and are planned to take into ac-count the essential need for adequate rest periods.

Name of the District / City Number of Accidents

2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

Kurnool 1554 1400 1438 1145 1167 965

Cuddapah 1510 1357 1243 973 1100 853

Anathapur 1373 1127 1126 1001 1066 841

Chittoor 1970 1909 2018 1809 1830 1485

Guntur 1777 1727 1668 1438 1301 1078

Nellore 1280 1033 1284 849 1137 984

Prakasham 1208 998 845 751 693 605

West Godavari 1579 1607 1493 1345 1302 1017

East Godavari 2392 2304 2033 1854 1989 1716

Krishna 1263 1180 1109 868 860 826

Vijayawada City 1253 1172 1306 1239 1081 743

Visakhapatnam City 1507 994 912 1079 1106 1054

Visakhapatnam Rural 1236 1067 981 846 837 774

Vizayanagaram 1019 908 883 776 810 714

Srikakulam 779 762 738 747 584 600

Total 21700 19545 19077 16720 16863 14255

Name of the District / City Number of Persons Killed

2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

Kurnool 423 373 328 406 362

Cuddapah 420 387 294 327 235

Anathapur 399 417 341 371 317

Chittoor 653 660 545 502 433

Guntur 555 749 476 432 388

Nellore 394 384 316 303 308

Prakasham 349 355 296 303 291

West Godavari 511 517 499 513 427

East Godavari 634 487 450 517 477

Krishna 343 302 307 284 292

Vijayawada City 282 214 241 267 174

Visakhapatnam City 221 239 203 168 181

Visakhapatnam Rural 338 280 202 189 183

Vizayanagaram 207 207 199 161 160

Srikakulam 210 212 219 164 164

Total 5939 5783 4916 4907 4392

Accident data : RTA Government of Andhra Pradesh

Name of the District / City Number of Persons injured

2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

Kurnool 2299 2429 1649 1770 1331

Cuddapah 2166 1869 1425 1652 1085

Anathapur 1878 1942 1773 1743 1442

Chittoor 2710 2938 2344 2413 1883

Guntur 2238 1966 1719 1672 1324

Nellore 1613 1952 1624 1687 1222

Prakasham 1207 966 957 1034 779

West Godavari 2149 1915 1594 1566 1200

East Godavari 2713 2471 2298 2317 1947

Krishna 1830 1605 1183 1074 1059

Vijayawada City 1136 1346 1261 1191 796

Visakhapatnam City 1149 1158 1139 1055 1026

Visakhapatnam Rural 1611 1476 1163 1123 1069

Vizayanagaram 1329 1421 1079 1179 1057

Srikakulam 1228 1082 1002 776 771

Total 27256 26536 22210 22252 17991

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BLIND SPOTS : VIJAYAWADA

As many as 65 accident-prone areas (black spots) have been

identified in the limits of Vijayawada Police

Commissionerate. As part of measures to promote road

safety, the city police had conducted a survey in this regard.

A majority of black spots have been identified on

Chennai-Kolkata NH-5 and Pune-Machilipatnam NH-9 which

pass through the city. On an average one person is killed in a

road mishap in the police commissionerate limits, according

to the data available with the city crime record bureau.

As many as 33 persons lost their lives in road mishaps in

July. Based on the number of road mishaps occurred in

2009, 2010 and 2011, the city police divided the 65 accident

-prone areas into three categories.

There are no black spots in category A as the number of

accidents in it is above 15 a year. In category B, there are 14

black spots where the number of accidents is above 10. The

black spots in C category are 51 where the number of road

accidents is above 5.

According to the survey, most of the black spots are located

on the outskirts of the city that fall under the limits of

Ibrahimpatnam, Penamaluru, Kankipadu, Vuyyuru,

Pamidimukkala, Unguturu and Gannavaram police stations.

In the city, the Patamata police station has 11 spots, One

Town police station 10 spots and Krishnalanka police station

8 spots. City police commissioner N Madhusudhan Reddy

said:

“The survey will help us take measures to prevent road

mishaps. We are leaving no stone unturned to curb the rate

of road accidents in the city police commissionerate. We are

conducting special drives to check rash driving and promote

road safety. A total of 29,454 cases were registered against

violators of traffic norms in July. In all, 602 were booked for

drunken driving.”

Inability of the authorities to check the indiscriminate use of

high-beam headlights within city limits is causing immense

inconvenience to road users, and is also leading to an in-

crease in the number of accidents.

The National Highways — No. 5 Chennai-Kolkota and No. 9

Hyderabad-Vijayawada — pass through the heart of the city

and drivers of heavy vehicles continue using the high-beam

well within the city limits.

This results in the drivers of vehicles coming from the

opposite direction becoming momentarily blind. Unless very

careful, these “blind” drivers are unable to notice

pedestrians, resulting in frequent accidents.

Adding to the problem is the fact that the Vijayawada

Municipal Corporation has awarded the responsibility of

implementing energy saving measures to a private agency to

cut the electricity bills of the civic body.

As part of the energy saving measures, it is alleged that this

agency has been dimming streetlights on main roads in peak

hours too. The poor lighting on the streets and the use of

high-beam is endangering pedestrians, two-wheeler and

four-wheeler drivers.

Expressing his ire over the lack of check on usage of high-

beams within the city limits, S. Venkata Rao said that he was

afraid of driving his car during the night on the ring road as

oncoming vehicles with high-beam headlights leave him

blinded.

Accepting the problem of vehicle users, Deputy transport

commissioner Ch. Sivalingaiah said that one should not use

headlights on high beam within city limits.

Mr Sivalingaiah said that the problem could be solved only by

creating awareness among the vehicle users as there was no

proper machinery to put a check on it.

Additional Traffic DCP A.V. Ramana said that the police can not

curb the menace as there earlier followed process of

darkening half of the he-adlights came to an end after the

introduction of automatic headlights.

Mr Ramana said that as the National Highway passes through

the heart of the city, it was quite difficult to interrupt vehicles

during the night as it would result in traffic jams.

The city has over 2.3 lakh vehicles, including 31,000 cars,

29,000 lorries, 9,000 auto-rickshaws and 1.3 lakh

motorcycles. In addition thousands of heavy vehicles pass

through the city using the National Highways.

BLIND SPOTS : VISAKHAPATNAM As the second biggest city in the State, with a port and an international airport, Vizag has the right credentials to become the region’s capital and the proposal for construction of outer ring road for the city has again come to the fore, on the lines of outer ring road, in Hyderabad. To address the ever increasing vehicular traffic, Vuda has already included an inner ring road covering the city, Bheemunipatnam, Anandapuram, Pendurthy, NAD and Convent Junction. Besides, an outer ring road to cover all oth-er areas, under the GVMC, is also being considered. Over the last few years, the city has proven to the rest of the world, by its fast- paced growth and development in terms of industrial development, tourism, lifestyle and culture. The eastern Naval command, Naval dockyard, ship building centre, and division Navel head quarters of the south eastern railway, accompanied by scores of small and medium ancillary industries, business, trade and commerce have contributed to the fast growth of urban area. According to official records around 7 lakh vehicles are currently plying on the city roads. The traffic volume of the city is about 59 per cent of the total traffic volume of the district. National highway 16, Chennai-Howrah with a total length of 1014 km, is passing through Anakapalli and Vizag city. National highway 43 from Raipur, Sunki, Salur, Gajapathi nagaram and Vizianagaram road was linked to NH-16; northwards connect the Vizag city with Vizianagaram. Gajuwaka junction; Venkojipalem Junction, Spencer’s Junction and Hanumanthuwaka junctions have been identi-fied as highly accident-prone areas in the city. Gajuwaka is densely populated area, Venkojipalem junction is problematic, since traffic coming from MVP Colony meets the NH-16 where there is no better view for drivers to ply on the highway, Spencer’s junction is very busy with traffic and at Hanumanthuw-aka traffic diverts to Simhachalam. Since the vehicular population in the city has doubled from around 2.50 lakh in 2002 to 5.50 lakh in 2012, then the number of road fatalities too has increased from around 100, ten years ago, to around 367 in 2012. Traffic at NAD is getting worst day by day. Flyover or alternate way from Gajuwaka side need of the hour. Else alternate route from Gopalapatnam to Airport is required. Actually just before Sheelanagar we have huge govt land. It has a connecting road to Kotthapalem (Back side of Simhachalam north station). If GVMC work on it, it helps to divert Gajuwaka-Gopalapatnam traffic via that route. With proposed RoB we can make it in another 4-5 years. In the absence of adequate public transport, the people of Vizag are increasingly dependent on personal vehicles which have resulted in two-wheelers and four-wheelers choking the city.

The growing vehicular population in the city, since the past few years, is causing traffic congestion at various places. Officials of the Road Transport Authority and the city traffic police find that the congestion on city roads have grown threefold, in just two years, with increasing numbers of two and four-wheelers. Admitting the increasing dependency on personal vehicles, the additional deputy transport commissioner, Vizag, said, that two-wheelers constituted the largest chunk of the vehicular traffic in the city, of around 5.8 lakh private vehicles. He said that were around 4.2 lakh two-wheelers, and 80,000 cars. In other cities, people have been using public transportation like buses and metro or suburban trains. Due to lack of adequate public transportation, the people here prefer to travel by their own transport, resulting in the city’s roads getting choked by private vehicles. The population of Vizag has crossed 20 lakh. However it has only around 600 buses plying in the city.