Assessing the Maturity of National Road Safety Management Systems

ASSESSINGTHEMATURITYOFNATIONALROADSAFETYMANAGEMENTSYSTEMS MartinSmall,PhillipJordan,MichaelAnyala,DavidShelton,andRebeccaStapleton NO.85 May2023 ADBSUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENTWORKINGPAPERSERIES ASIANDEVELOPMENTBANK ADBSustainableDevelopmentWorkingPaperSeries AssessingtheMaturityofNationalRoadSafetyManagementSystems MartinSmall,PhillipJordan,MichaelAnyala,DavidShelton,andRebeccaStapleton No.85|May2023 MartinSmallisaninternationalroadsafetyexpertandprincipalattheMartinSmallConsultingPty.Ltd. PhillipJordanisthefounderofRoadSafetyInternationalPtyLtd.,andisaprincipalroadsafetyengineerandinternationalengineeringconsultant. ThisstudywasfinancedbytheAsianDevelopmentBankunderTA9420(ImplementationofSustainableTransportforAll)andTA9586(SupportingKnowledgeSolutionsforNewDevelopmentStrategiesinSouthAsia).ThestudywasconductedbyMartinSmallandPhillipJordan,internationalroadsafetyexperts. Disclaimer:TheviewsexpressedinthispublicationarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsandpoliciesoftheAsianDevelopmentBankoritsBoardofGovernorsorthegovernmentstheyrepresent. MichaelAnyalaisaseniorroadassetmanagementspecialistattheSustainableDevelopment andClimateChangeDepartment(SDCC),AsianDevelopmentBank(ADB). DavidSheltonisseniortransportspecialist(RoadSafety)atSDCC,ADB. RebeccaStapletonisatransportspecialistattheEastAsiaDepartment,ADB. ASIANDEVELOPMENTBANK CreativeCommonsAttribution3.0IGOlicense(CCBY3.0IGO) ©2023AsianDevelopmentBank 6ADBAvenue,MandaluyongCity,1550MetroManila,PhilippinesTel+63286324444;Fax+63286362444 www.adb.org Somerightsreserved.Publishedin2023. ISSN2789-0619(print);2789-0627(electronic)PublicationStockNo.WPS230159-2 DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/WPS230159-2 TheviewsexpressedinthispublicationarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsandpoliciesoftheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)oritsBoardofGovernorsorthegovernmentstheyrepresent. ADBdoesnotguaranteetheaccuracyofthedataincludedinthispublicationandacceptsnoresponsibilityforanyconsequenceoftheiruse.ThementionofspecificcompaniesorproductsofmanufacturersdoesnotimplythattheyareendorsedorrecommendedbyADBinpreferencetoothersofasimilarnaturethatarenotmentioned. Bymakinganydesignationoforreferencetoaparticularterritoryorgeographicarea,orbyusingtheterm“country” inthisworkingpaper,ADBdoesnotintendtomakeanyjudgmentsastothelegalorotherstatusofanyterritoryorarea. ThisworkisavailableundertheCreativeCommonsAttribution3.0IGOlicense(CCBY3.0IGO)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/.Byusingthecontentofthispublication,youagreetobeboundbythetermsofthislicense.Forattribution,translations,adaptations,andpermissions,pleasereadtheprovisionsandtermsofuseathttps://www.adb.org/terms-use#openaccess. ThisCClicensedoesnotapplytonon-ADBcopyrightmaterialsinthispublication.Ifthematerialisattributedtoanothersource,pleasecontactthecopyrightownerorpublisherofthatsourceforpermissiontoreproduceit.ADBcannotbeheldliableforanyclaimsthatariseasaresultofyouruseofthematerial. Pleasecontactpubsmarketing@adb.orgifyouhavequestionsorcommentswithrespecttocontent,orifyouwishtoobtaincopyrightpermissionforyourintendedusethatdoesnotfallwithintheseterms,orforpermissiontousetheADBlogo. TheADBSustainableDevelopmentWorkingPaperSeriespresentsdata,information,and/orfindingsfromongoingresearchandstudiestoencourageexchangeofideasandelicitcommentandfeedbackaboutdevelopmentissuesinAsiaandthePacific.Sincepapersinthisseriesareintendedforquickandeasydissemination,thecontentmayormaynotbefullyeditedandmaylaterbemodifiedforfinalpublication. CorrigendatoADBpublicationsmaybefoundathttp://www.adb.org/publications/corrigenda.Note: Inthispublication,“$”referstoUnitedStatesdollars. TABLESANDFIGURESiv FOREWORDv I.INTRODUCTION1 II.SAFESYSTEMAPPROACH1 III.ASSESSMENTFRAMEWORK4 IV.QUESTIONNAIRE6 V.USINGTHEFRAMEWORK9 ANNEXES10 1RoadSafetyMaturityAssessmentFramework10 2AssessmentQuestionnaire21 3WorkedExample37 A.StatusofWorldHealthOrganizationNorms38 B.RoadSafetySystem38 C.Priorities39 D.RoadSafetyMaturityAssessment40 TABLESANDFIGURES TABLES 1ADBRoadSafetyFrameworkMaturityLevels5 2ADBRoadSafetyMaturityFrameworkSummary6 3QuestionnaireRatingGuide7 FIGURES 1ASafeSystem2 2ADBRoadSafetyFrameworkElementsandDimensions4 3ExplanationoftheQuestionnaire8 Over90%ofestimatedglobalroadtrafficdeathsoccurinlow-andmiddle-incomecountries,withover65%ofthetotalinAsiaandthePacific.Manyfactorscontributetothehighcasualtyfigures,includingapersistentlackofeffectivemanagementandapoorfocusonresultsatacountrylevel. TheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)iscommittedtohelpingitsdevelopingmembercountriesastheyaddressthesocialandeconomicburdensofroadtrauma,includingtheexpansionoftheirinstitutionalcapacityforimplementingevidence-basedinterventions. KeyADBactionsinroadsafetyincludesustainedinvestmentinroadconstructionandupgrading,trainingandawarenessraisingforthepublicandprivatesectors,andco-foundingtheAsia-PacificRoadSafetyObservatory.TheseinitiativesillustrateADB’sstrategicSafeSystemapproachtoroadsafetyanditseffortstoliftperformanceacrossthemultiplesectorswh