Kingdom of Cambodia Nation Religion King National Road Safety Committee Road Crash and Victim Information System 2011 Annual Report Road Crashes and Casualties in Cambodia 2011 Picture From Traffic Police Ministry of Interior Ministry of Health Ministry of Public Works Handicap International and Transport Cambodia Road Crash and Victim Information System Annual Report 2011 Contents Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................i List of Figures .....................................................................................................................................ii Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................... iii Foreword ........................................................................................................................................... iv Note from the Minister of Ministry of Public Work and Transport and Chairman of National Road Safety Committee ....... iv Note from H.E. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Ministry of Interior (MoI) ............................................................... vi Note from the Minister of Ministry of Health ...................................................................................................................... vii Note from Handicap International ............................................................................................................... viii Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... ix Recommendation ......................................................................................................................................x I. Introduction ...............................................................................................................................1 II. Data Sources ..............................................................................................................................2 III. Main Evolution of Data ..............................................................................................................3 IV. Cause of Crashes and Fatalities...................................................................................................5 IV.1 Individual involved ............................................................................................................................... 5 IV.2 Time/Day/Month ................................................................................................................................. 5 IV.3 Age ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 IV.4 Gender ................................................................................................................................................. 7 IV.5 Occupation ........................................................................................................................................... 8 IV.6 Type of road user ................................................................................................................................. 9 IV.6.1 Motorbike rider .................................................................................................................................. 10 IV.6.2 Pedestrian .......................................................................................................................................... 12 IV.7 Type of roads ..................................................................................................................................... 14 IV.8 Type of collisions ................................................................................................................................ 15 IV.9 Contribution factors ........................................................................................................................... 16 IV.9.1 Over speeding .................................................................................................................................... 17 IV.9.2 Drunk driving ..................................................................................................................................... 19 V. Consequences of Crashes ............................................................................................................. 22 V.1 Emergency response ..................................................................................................................................... 22 V.1.1 First aid .............................................................................................................................................. 22 V.1.2 Transfer to hospital ................................................................................................................................ 23 V.2 Injuries ........................................................................................................................................................... 23 V.2.1 Nature of injuries ............................................................................................................................... 23 V.2.2 Severity of injuries .............................................................................................................................. 24 V.2.3 Long term consequences.................................................................................................................... 24 V.3 Use of passive protection .............................................................................................................................. 25 V.3.1 Seatbelt .............................................................................................................................................. 25 V.3.2 Driving License ................................................................................................................................... 25 VI. Blackspots ............................................................................................................................................... 26 Tables ............................................................................................................................................... 28 1. Evaluation of data by years, 2007-2011 .......................................................................................................... 28 2. Number of casualties reported by referral hospitals by province, month categories, 2011 ........................... 30 3. Number of casualties reported by health centers by province, month categories, 2011 ............................... 31 4. Trend of population, registered vehicles, and fatalities by years, 1998-2011 ................................................. 31 5. Number of fatalities by main national roads and years .................................................................................. 32 6. Number of fatalities in the whole country by month category and years ....................................................... 32 7. Number of fatalities in the whole country by age category and years ............................................................ 32 8. Data collection forms ..............................................................................................................................33 Glossary ...........................................................................................................................................36 References .......................................................................................................................................39 Contacts ...........................................................................................................................................40 i Cambodia Road Crash and Victim Information System Annual Report 2011 List of Figures Figure 1: RCVIS data collection flow, 2010 - 2011 .....................................................................................................1 Figure 2: Percentage of injuries and fatalities reported to RCVIS by traffic police and health facilities , 2011 .........2 Figure 3: Number of health centers, hospitals and district traffic police reported to RCVIS by provinces and year .2 Figure 4: Evolution of road fatalities, population and vehicles in Cambodia, 2005 – 2011 (base 100 = 2005) .........3 Figure 5: Estimated number of fatality, 2011-2020 ...................................................................................................3 Figure 6: Fatality rates compare to population and registered vehicle, 2002 – 2011 ...............................................4 Figure 7: Fatality rates in Cambodia, 2001 – 2011 ....................................................................................................4 Figure 8: The numbers of fatalities by capital-provinces, 2011 .................................................................................4 Figure 9: Breakdown of casualties by severity of injuries, 2006–2011 ......................................................................5 Figure 10: distribution of fatalities by time category, 2011 .......................................................................................5 Figure 11: The numbers of fatalities by main holidays, 2008–2011