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Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan, Director of VGTRC A Roundtable on safety of two-wheeled vehicles, Geneva, 23-26 March 2015 Taipei Hanoi Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Bangkok 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 1

Contents  Introduction of VGTRC  Accidents involving motorcycle in Vietnam  Regulatory and legal instruments  Recommendations 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 2

Introduction Vietnamese-German Transport Research Centre  Founded in August 2010  In cooperation with Technische Universitaet Darmstadt  Located in Binh Duong (Southern Vietnam)  VGTRC Staff (May 2013): Director: Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan Academic Advisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Boltze (TUD) Special Advisor: Dr.-Ing. Khuat Viet Hung (NTSC) 7 Doctoral Candidates & Researcher (15 as plan) 33 Master Students (Intake 2012, 2013 & 2014) 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 3

Introduction Vietnamese-German Transport Research Centre Vision VGTRC = a Centre of Excellence in innovation and technology transfer in the field of traffic, transport, mobility, and logistics. Areas of Focus  Transport Planning Methods  Traffic Management Schemes  Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)  Road Traffic Signal Systems  Traffic Safety and Environment  Freight Transport and Logistics  Quality Management (QM) 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 4

Contents  Introduction of VGTRC  Accidents involving motorcycle in Vietnam  Regulatory and legal instruments  Recommendations 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 5

Accidents involving motorcycle in Vietnam Vietnam’s Facts  Area = 332,698 km2  Population (2014) = 90.6 million  Urban pop. (WB, 2013)= 32%  GDP/cap (2014) = 2,072 US$ 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 6

Accidents involving motorcycle in Vietnam Motorization in Vietnam 40,000,000 33,906,433 35,000,000 30,000,000 25,000,000 Motorcycle 20,000,000 Automobile* 15,000,000 10,000,000 4,018,337 5,000,000 1,863,483 440,365 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Source: Vietnam NTSC (2014)  Motorcycle ownership rate ~ 400 MC/1000 pop.  Automobile ownership rate ~ 20 car/1000 pop. 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 7

Motorcycle Ownership vs GDP per capita in Asia 台湾 M-cycle increasing with income M-cycle rapidly accelerating Vietnam Indonesia Thailand Malaysia GDP/cap = 15,000~25,000$, M-cycle declined Japan S. Korea 8

Modal splits of selected Asian cities Source: ITPS 2007 (STREAM project) with updated data Extremely high share of M-cycle, low share of Public Transport 9 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 9

Accidents involving motorcycle in Vietnam Accidents, Fatalities and Injuries in Vietnam 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 Accidents Fatalities 15,000 Injuries 10,000 5,000 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009  High fatal rate: 13.4 deaths/100,000 pop. Source: Vietnam NTSC (2014)  Fatality reduction is a big challenge 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 10

Accidents involving motorcycle in Vietnam Fatal rate per accident in comparison 1 0.94 0.9 0.8 0.71 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.17 0.16 0.2 0.1 0.02 0.01 0 Vietnam Indonesia Thailand China Malaysia USA Source: Vietnam NTSC (2014)  The high share of motorcycle traffic in Vietnam & Indonesia  extremely high rate of traffic fatality 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 11

Accidents involving motorcycle in Vietnam Causing Vehicles & Locations Accident % by Causing Veh. Accident % by Road Type 100 100 90 90 80 80 70 70 Percent Percent Other 70.1 67.8 66.8 65.8 60 60 Other 73.3 73.9 Pedestrian Urban road 59.4 50 50 Bicycle Provincial road 40 40 Motorcycle National Highway Car 30 30 20 20 21.5 23.3 26.8 27.0 28.7 10 21.2 20.5 10 0 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Source: Vietnam NTSC (2014)  MC contributed to 75% total accidents  45% accidents on National Highways (6-7% total road lengths) 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 12

Accidents involving motorcycle in Vietnam Accident % by Main Cause 100.0 Other 90.0 Pedestrians' crossing fault 80.0 Not paying attention 70.0 Not keeping safe headway 60.0 Percent Illegal parking 50.0 Red light running 40.0 No directional signals 30.0 Wrong lane-changing 20.0 Wrong overtaking 10.0 Speeding 0.0 Source: Vietnam NTSC (2014) 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 13

Contents  Introduction of VGTRC  Accidents involving motorcycle in Vietnam  Regulatory and legal instruments  Recommendations 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 14

Regulatory and legal instruments Speed Regulation  Designed Speed regulated by Road Type  Speed Limits regulated by Vehicle Type  e.g., car and bus are allowed to run at higher speeds  more serious or fatal accidents with motorcycle  Lack of signs and facilities to support safe overtaking on highways, particularly for MC drivers 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 15

Regulatory and legal instruments Road Signs and Marking  Standards & guidline for road signs and markings are generally existed.  Road users find it difficult to recognize traffic sign boards (small and inappropriately located).  For motorcycle/scooter users, sign boards need to be easily recognizable and understandable 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 16

Regulatory and legal instruments Engineering & Enforcement Solutions  Lack of standards nor guidances for designing motorcycle lanes, sign boards/marking & traffic signal systems for the mixed traffic.  Weak enforcements on major national highways and at night.  Lack of routine enforcements for traffic violations (e.g., speeding, wrong lane use, dangerous overtaking, illegal parking, red light running, and no helmet wearing, etc.) 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 17

Recommendations Research Need for Vietnam  Need to support scientific research  To deeply undertand the local traffic behaviors, particularly motorcycle behaviors, and  To develope infrastructural engineering solutions, including road signs/markings and traffic signal system for motorcycles. 03.2015 | Motorcycle Accidents in Vietnam | Dr.-Eng. Vu Anh Tuan | 18

Thank you for your kind attention Any question, please email to  Dr Vu Anh Tuan, Vietnamese-German Univ., Vietnam  Email: drtuan.va@vgtrc.vgu.edu.vn 05.2013 | Research Needs in Traffic and Transport | Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Boltze | 19