Road Transport and Road Safety
CRC
MoI
MoH
MPWT
HIB
Cambodia Road Traffic Accident and Victim Information System
Annual Report 2004
Executive summary
Photo: Jean Van Wetter @ HIB
Developed with the support of:
French Cooperation Belgian Cooperation World Health Organization
Notice: This report may be freely reviewed, abstracted, reproduced or translated in part or in whole, but not for the purposes of sale. Any reproduction or use of the information in this report should be attributed to Handicap International Belgium and the Cambodian Red Cross.
Cambodia Road Traffic Accident and Victim Information System Annual Report 2004 – Executive Summary
Foreword
Note from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport
A recent UNESCAP1 report revealed that the numbers of traffic accidents increases every year in the world and that these accidents kill around one million people and injures 23 million others. 85% of the fatalities occur in the developing countries. The Asia–Pacific region alone accounts for up to 44% of global road deaths, although it is currently home to only around 16% of the world’s motorized vehicle fleet. In the Kingdom of Cambodia, the growing number of vehicles together with the efforts made by the Royal Government of Cambodia to develop and improve the traffic infrastructures (in order to facilitate transportation and to develop the national economy thus alleviating poverty), leads to a dramatic increase of road traffic accidents of 15% every year. Traffic accidents can now be considered as the second largest catastrophe in the country after AIDS, killing 3 people and injuring many others per day, not considering damages and loss of public or private properties and the moral distress to society . I do believe that, with the combined efforts of various institutions, NGOs, private companies as well as the people themselves, traffic accidents can be reduced in a near future. On the occasion of the release of the First Annual RTAVIS report, I would
MoI
MoH
MPWT
HIB
Cambodia Road Traffic Accident and Victim Information System
Annual Report 2004
Executive summary
Photo: Jean Van Wetter @ HIB
Developed with the support of:
French Cooperation Belgian Cooperation World Health Organization
Notice: This report may be freely reviewed, abstracted, reproduced or translated in part or in whole, but not for the purposes of sale. Any reproduction or use of the information in this report should be attributed to Handicap International Belgium and the Cambodian Red Cross.
Cambodia Road Traffic Accident and Victim Information System Annual Report 2004 – Executive Summary
Foreword
Note from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport
A recent UNESCAP1 report revealed that the numbers of traffic accidents increases every year in the world and that these accidents kill around one million people and injures 23 million others. 85% of the fatalities occur in the developing countries. The Asia–Pacific region alone accounts for up to 44% of global road deaths, although it is currently home to only around 16% of the world’s motorized vehicle fleet. In the Kingdom of Cambodia, the growing number of vehicles together with the efforts made by the Royal Government of Cambodia to develop and improve the traffic infrastructures (in order to facilitate transportation and to develop the national economy thus alleviating poverty), leads to a dramatic increase of road traffic accidents of 15% every year. Traffic accidents can now be considered as the second largest catastrophe in the country after AIDS, killing 3 people and injuring many others per day, not considering damages and loss of public or private properties and the moral distress to society . I do believe that, with the combined efforts of various institutions, NGOs, private companies as well as the people themselves, traffic accidents can be reduced in a near future. On the occasion of the release of the First Annual RTAVIS report, I would