STOP for Supervisors

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HSE STATISTICSRTA TRENDS2003 RTAs and Issues
John GrahamCSM/15
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Corporate Safety Performance YTD
TOTAL 34 LTIs - 3 from Road Traffic Accidents
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Corporate Safety Performance YTD
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LTIF Performance 1986 YTD 2003
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RTAs per Million Kilometres
DDC
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Rollovers per Million Kilometres
Speed-limiters
DDC
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Key Road Safety Performance Figures
YTD
2000 2001 2002 2003
Million kms driven 118 121 132 92
RTAs 158 159 111
70 RTAF 1.3 1.3 0.8
0.7 Rollovers 43 33 22
13 Rollover Freq.. 0.36 0.27 0.16
0.13 RTA LTIs 21 15 5
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The transportsystem
Other Road Users
The Driver
Roads Environment
Vehicle Load
The main elements of Road Safety
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RTAs Year to Date
could have easily resulted in fatalities
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THE DRIVER
FOCUS AREAS
Turning Left- Lack of Observation,Awareness

• Rollovers Head-ons Fatigue /Boredom/Alertness
• Reversing/Hitting Fixed Objects Carelessness

THE VEHICLE TYRES
THE LOAD
Contributory Factors Care, Type, Suitability
Unsecured Loads Not to SP 2001 specs
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• Focus Areas The driver
• Fatigue Driver Forum/Blitz Campaign - DtS
• Journey Manager Competency
• ASTiD Advisory System for Tired Drivers
• on trial in 7 vehicles
• Poster Campaign
• Toolbox Talks
• Left Turns Triad Posters
• Briefing Pack
• Second Driver Forum Topic DtS

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• Focus Areas The Vehicle
• TYRES Co-Topic of 2nd Driver Forum / Blitz DtS
• TRL studying three tyres (independently)
• Three Tyre Safety Presentations on Web
• Tracking ALL RTAs with tyre failures
  involved, building up a picture
• RSMT focus
• LOADS SP-2001 introduced earlier in 2003
• Briefing Pack
• Workshops
• RSMT Focus

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RTA Examples
3rd party failed to stop at T-junction,
butdefensive driving by other driver??
Truck making a left turn, while being overtaken,
by a police vehicle!
Rollover, tyre initiated?
Saloon car at very high speed, on wrong side of
road went under trailer making left turn- 3 dead
Yet another rollover
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Two heavy loads fell off their trailers, could
have been fatalities
Rollover at high speed, one dead
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Road Safety is improving-but challenge is to
maintain and improve upon current performance
example
Two head on side swipes with Heavy Vehicles
6 - 10 Cms further leftand two other
fatalities!??
THE END
CSM/15 30 Sept,2003