Assessing the safety of Viet Nam's national roads

More than 30 people are killed in road crashes in Vietnam every day. For each person killed, many more are seriously injured requiring admission to hospital. Nationally, road crashes are estimated to cost the equivalent of 1-3% of the nation’s Gross National Product (GNP). 6 out of 10 patients in the Viet Duc University Hospital trauma centre with injuries are victims of road crashes. In 2009, the Ministry of Transport (MOT), Vietnam Road Directorate (VRD), Transport Development and Strategy Institute (TDSI) and Institute of Transport Science and Technology (ITST) undertook an infrastructure-based risk assessment of 3,500km of national highways and developed a high-level plan of economically viable countermeasures. The project was assisted by numerous other organisations, including ARRB Group and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP). The safety assessment approach used builds on decades of research and experience into the factors which influence the likelihood of crashes occurring and their severity. This paper presents the approach taken in the assessment of Vietnam national roads, results and outcomes.

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the World Road Association – PIARC.
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• Authors:
  • Smith, G
  • Le Minh, C
  • Wix, R
• Conference:
  • 24th World Road Congress
  • Location: Mexico City , Mexico
  • Date: 2011-9-26 to 2011-9-30
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: 24th World Road Congress Proceedings: Roads for a Better Life: Mobility, Sustainability and Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation and assessment; Highway factors in crashes; Highway safety; Human factors in crashes; Risk assessment; Traffic crashes
• Geographic Terms: Vietnam
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01500202
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 2840602679
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 27 2013 10:17AM