Title: IMPLEMENTING FIJI'S DECADE OF ACTION FOR ROAD SAFETY
Abstract: As part of their commitment to UN decade of action of road safety (2010 to 2020) the Fiji Government are looking to half the number of serious and fatal crashes on their network by 2020. The national road safety strategy includes a number of initiatives across Government that look to produce safer roads, safer drivers and safer vehicles. As part of the commitment the Fiji Road Authority (FRA) are tasked with improving the safety of roads (and roadsides), which are in a relatively poor state with poor pavement conditions and very limited safety counter-measures (eg. edge marker posts and chevron boards on curves). This paper outlines the work that FRA and their partners are doing to improve road safety across the network. Analysis of the Fiji Police Crash data indicates that infrastructure improvements need to be aimed at both urban and rural areas and at motor-vehicle only and motor-vehicle versus pedestrian crashes. The road safety program being implemented in Fiji includes both reactive and proactive components. The reactive program focuses on black-spots and high risk routes. The NeSA web-based crash analysis platform has been developed to allow more detailed analysis of crashes across the network using an interactive web-based mapping system. An iRAP assessment has been used to gain a better understanding of the level of risk across almost 600km of the strategic network and to support more proactive interventions. The road safety program includes a variety of initiatives to address current crash problems and the risks identified in Fiji iRAP.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
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