Mainstreaming Road Safety in

ADB Operations: Action Plan

Oleg Tonkonojenkov
Transport Specialist
South Asia Department
Asian Development Bank
Presentation Outline
I. Road Safety in ADB: Current Status

II. ADB and Global Call for Action in Road

Safety

III. Draft ADB Road Safety Action Plan

I. Road Safety in ADB: Current
Status
Road Safety and ADB Vision
{ ADB Vision: Asia and Pacific free of poverty
{ ADB Strategy 2020 - 5 core operational
areas:
z Infrastructure
z Environment
z Regional cooperation and integration
z Finance sector development
z Education

{ Road safety is aligned with ADB Vision and

Strategy:
z Road safety is factor affecting poverty and it must be integral to road
infrastructure
{ In India, 70% of families that lost their main earner in road accidents
fall below the poverty line
{ Provided road infrastructure must be safe
 Is Current ADB Road Safety
Assistance Adequate? - Quantity
Actual (1.5 - 2.0%)
Desired (10%)

{ Road safety share increased from around 1.0%

to 1.5-2.0% in recent years
{ Around 10 % is perceived to be a desired
average (UN Commission for Global Road
Safety)
Is Current ADB Road Safety
Assistance Adequate? - Quality
{ Mainly through road safety components.
Issues:
z Difficulties in implementation: low
priority
{ Old road safety thinking
z “Fatalities are inevitable cost of mobility”

z Low quality outputs

{ Lack of road safety capacity
z Localized effect only
z Assistance with creation of sustainable Road
Safety Management System is not in scope
Is Current ADB Road Safety Capacity
Adequate?
{ No full-time road safety staff in ADB:

z Managing, preparation, and implementation of

road safety projects require specialized knowledge

z Reliance on outside consultants is not a solution

z Lack of ownership and sustainability of effort
z Level of qualifications and skills varies
{ Knowledgeable, close oversight by ADB staff is critical
Is there a Need for ADB Assistance in
Road Safety?

{ Between 2000 and 2020, road traffic

fatalities in Asia will increase by more than
80%
{ Many of these fatalities are preventable
z Both physical and non-physical measures
z E.g. number of fatal & injury crashes at audited project
sites falls 5 times more than at comparable, non-
audited sites (UK)
{ External assistance in road safety has high
added value:
z Road safety is a science which took 50 years to
develop
z ADB assistance can help reduce this time
{ Brings best international expertise
 Are Investments in Road Safety
Effective?
Cost
of Road Spending on Cost
Accidents Road Safety of Road
Accidents

$ + $ = $

{ If the governments spend only 10% of the

costs of road crashes on safety, they can
prevent 70% of those costs
Source: Ayati, E, Young, M. The cost effectiveness of investments in traffic safety projects in Iran. TES,
September 2002
Strong Case for Mainstreaming
{ Road safety is integral to ADB Vision and
Strategy
{ Current ADB road safety assistance is not
sufficient
{ There a need for ADB assistance in road
safety
{ Investments in road safety are highly
effective
II. ADB and Global Call for Action
in Road Safety
Global Call For Action in Road Safety
{ First Global Ministerial Conference on Road
Safety in Moscow (19-20 Nov 2009)

{ Ministers from around 70 countries and

representatives from around 160 countries
accepted Moscow Convention:
z Invites UN General Assembly to declare 2011-
2020 as a “Decade of Action for Road Safety”
{ To reverse the growing trend of road fatalities
z Invites the international donor community to
provide additional funding in support of global,
regional and country road safety
 MDBs Statement on Road Safety:
Background
{ Make Roads Safe Conference (Summer 2008)
z MDBs –agreed to develop common statement on
road infrastructure safety management

{ Working Group (WB Global Road Safety

Facility)
z Preparing draft common statement
{ Statement of MDBs on Road Safety
(November 2009)
z Press-release and the agreed statement of MDBs
MDBs Statement on Road Safety:
Key Points
{ MDBs declared commitment to :
z Strengthen road safety management capacity
z Implement safety approaches in the design,
construction, operation and maintenance of road
infrastructure projects
z Improve safety performance measures and
z Mobilize resources for road safety.
Meeting of MDBs in Moscow
z Each MDB to develop specific Action Plan
on Road Safety
z All MDBs will meet in March 2010 in
London:
{ To assess the progress made on developing
Action Plans and share experiences and
lessons learned.
III. Draft ADB Action Plan on Road
Safety (2010-2014)
Action Plan: Key Areas
A: Strengthen Internal Road Safety
Management Capacity

B: Develop and operationalize procedures,

guidelines and related tools
to incorporate safety in the planning, design, construction,
operation and maintenance of road infrastructure projects
C: Strengthen and expedite implementation
of existing road safety components
D: Identify opportunities for scaling up road
safety in country strategies
E: Launch standalone road safety pipelines
A: Strengthen Internal Road Safety
Management Capacity
A1: Develop TOR for a Road Safety Unit
(RSU)
• RSU to assist road safety work across ADB

A2: Establish RSU

A3: Create a pool of ADB staff consultants

• To support road safety work in concerned divisions
A4: Create a retainer of qualified road
safety consulting firms
• To conduct road safety TAs
A5: Develop and launch a series of
dedicated road safety courses
• For ADB professional staff
Why RSU?

TCOP REGIONAL
DEPARTMENTS

TCOP
CONCERNED
Road
DIVISIONS
Safety

Volunteers Shortage of Road

Busy Safety
full time in departments Qualifications
How RSU Will Work

REGIONAL
TCOP RSU
DEPARTMENTS

ADB STAFF:
TCOP 1- all round
Road 1- engineering CONCERNED
Safety 1- non-engineering DIVISIONS

NON-ADB STAFF OF RSU: Eventually to

2- Long-term consultants convert into
STI FUND 2-3 - Short-term consultants ADB staff
POOL OF QUALIFIED CONSULTANTS
RETAINER OF CONSULTING FIRMS
8-10 firms
B: Develop and Operationalize
Procedures, Guidelines and Tools
How to evaluate if Country • How to build strong case for
project was successful road safety
Partnership
in terms of safety • Template TA/project proposals
Strategy • Best experiences from other
projects, countries
• Coordinating with other Donors
Project
Evaluation
ADB
Project
PROJECT
Preparation
CYCLE

• How to incorporating safety in

planning, preliminary design,
Project and final design
• Model TORs, concept papers,
Implementation
components, etc
Project Approval • Checklists

How to ensure that

safety is mplemented as
How to check if
designed
safety is incorporated in the
Project design
C: Strengthen Existing Road Safety
Components

C1: Conduct inventory

• With input from concerned divisions
• Progress achieved, issues, potentials to expand, assistance
needed, etc

C2: Propose measures

• To address issues
• To revive/strengthen
• To assist project officers

C3: Implement measures

D: Identify Opportunities for Scaling up
Road Safety in Country Strategies

D1: Build strong case for road safety

• Highlight problem (Country Data, Global Call for Action)
• TA/project/component proposals
• Road safety pipelines proposals
• Best experiences from other projects, countries
• Coordinating with other MDBs/Donors

D2: Include the topic in the Agenda of

Country Programming Missions
• RSU to participate in CP missions as needed
E: Launch Standalone Road Safety
Pipelines

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

PATA on Road Safety
PPTA: Improvement
Road Safety and Traffic
of Road Safety and
Operations Investment Project
Traffic Operations

Prefeasibility level Feasibility level Implementation

Advisory support, on-the job training,
knowledge transfer Selected components Component A (Investment):
of the roads safety Selected components of the road
National Road Safety Action plan programs safety programs

Component B
Advisory support, on-
Mass actions & road safety programs in (Non-Investment):
the job training,
selected high-risk corridor(s)/blackspots Advisory support, training,
knowledge transfer
knowledge transfer
Timeline of Implementation
c
2010 Put in place RSU staff (A1-A2)

Complete RSU by consultant positions (A2)

Create a pool of consultants and retainer of firms (A3-A4)
2011 Launch first ADB road safety course (A5)
Develop procedures, guidelines and related tools (B1)
Strengthen existing components (C1-3)
Include road safety pipelines in COBPs (D1-3)

Operationalize procedures, guidelines and tools (B2)

2012 Expand road safety courses (A5)
Launch Road Safety Pipelines (E1) – Scoping & pre-feasibility

2013 Launch next stage of Road Safety Pipelines (E2) - feasibility

2014 Launch first stand-alone Road Safety Project (s) (E3)

2015 Convert some RSU consultant positions into ADB staff
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A1: Develop TOR for RSU

A1.1 Help concerned divisions to incorporate

road safety at each stage in the project
cycle
• Assist with Concept papers, TA papers, RRPs, TORs
• Conduct peer reviews
• Review consultant outputs
• Review project implementation

A1.2 Develop procedures, guidelines and

tools and monitor the implementation
• How incorporate safety at each stage in the project cycle

A1.3 Increase road safety capacity

• Develop and launch a series of dedicated road safety courses
• Create a pool of ADB staff consultants to support road safety
work in concerned divisions
• Create a retainer of road safety consulting firms