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Accident prevention

Do not drink and drive and do not be foolish enough to ride with someone who does. Do not use excessive speed, stay with the flow of traffic. Use extreme caution when light, road, traffic or weather conditions are bad, and when they are extremely bad, do not drive at all!

THE SOLUTION

Handicap International (HI), in collaboration with the National Road Safety Committee and WHO in Cambodia, plans to organize the road safety week on the 05th to 07th of April, 2007. The event aims to launch the new traffic law, to promote actions in the government and related stakeholders in implementing and enforcing the new law, and raise awareness about the impact of the road traffic accidents to public. The event consists of main activities as follow: launching ceremony of the new traffic law, enforcement campaign, traffic law training, free theory test for driving license, TV educational program, activities in some communities, and distribution of educational materials. HI also plans to organize the event in Laos, Vietnam, Togo, Mozambique, Burkina Faso and Madagascar.

These included high-level policy discussions on road safety, launches of new road safety strategies or plans of action, the adoption of new legislation related to road safety, ceremonies dedicated to victims of road traffic injuries, or a host of high-profile advocacy events, including some involving national and local media.

Regional Project Team C. Melhuish, Asian Development Bank project officer A. Ross, road safety adviser and project leader M. Goodge, road safety specialist Cambodia In-country Team S. Mithonarath, Asian Development Bank in-country consultant T. Sophanara, member of in-country team C. Vannak and K. Sambo, assistants to in-country consultant

1 COUNTRY DESCRIPTION 1 1.1 General 1 1.2 Development Potential 1 1.3 Road Transport Network 2 1.4 Legislative Framework 4 2 ASSESSMENT OF ROAD SAFETY 5 2.1 Road Accident Definition 5 2.2 Road Accident Reporting 5 2.3 Coverage of Accident Reporting 5 2.4 Data Background 6 2.5 Present Accident Situation 6 2.6 Underreporting 9 2.7 Consequences 11 3 RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIONS IN ROAD SAFETY 12 3.1 Ministry of Public Works and Transportation 12 3.2 Ministry of Interior/Traffic Police 12 3.3 Ministry of Health 13 3.4 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport 13 3.5 Driving School 13 3.6 Public Transport Sector 14 3.7 Emergency Services 14 3.8 Private Sector 14 3.9 Nongovernment Organizations 15 4 CONSTRAINTS 16 4.1 Legislative 16 4.2 Institutional 16 4.3 Technical 16 4.4 Education and Campaign 16 4.5 Cultural and Demographic 17 4.6 Summary 17 5 RECOMMENDATION 19 5.1 Legislative 19 5.2 Institutional 19 5.3 Technical 19 5.4 Data Recording and Sharing System 19 5.5 Education And Campaigns 20 5.6 Cultural

Traffic accidents can now be considered as the second largest catastrophe in the country after AIDS

increase of road traffic accidents of 15% every year.

Every day, 3 people are killed and 100 are injured on Cambodian roads and those figures are increasing rapidly