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that probably no (non) is filled in whereas it may have been more accurate to fill in “Unknown”
( non renseigne). This is an important distinction.
Records with a yes for one or more of these variables are presented i together with
the proportion of the total that scored yes. It is evident from these results that in some crashes
more than one HF has been assigned since the total of records with a yes recorded for HF is
higher than the number of records (the “Signalements” data file contains records of 20156
crashes and there are 27348 yes HFs recorded). The majority of the records, however, have been
assigned other human factors (autres causes humaines), which is not very informative. This
could suggest that in the majority of the cases this variable is ticked, and all others are no by
default. If that is the case, the meaning of the no for all other values is not meaningful.
Table 22: Number of records with a yes for any of the human factor variables
Human Factor Descriptor Yes Records Yes Rate
Professional error (defautdemetrise) 3,517 17.4%
Dangerous overtaking (depassements dangereux) 593 2.9%
High speed (excesvitesse) 3,768 18.7%
Fatigue 88 0.4%
Inattention 6,167 30.6%
Drink-driving (ivresse du conducteur) 179 0.9%
Dangerous manoeuvre (mouvement dangereux) 438 2.2%
Overloading (surcharge) 107 0.5%
Dangerous parking (stationnementDangereux) 129 0.6%
Caused by pedestrian (cause par pieton) 653 3.2%
Impaired driving by medicine or drugs (medicament ou drogue) 4 0.0%
Other (autre cause humaine) 11,705 58.1%
reveals that while for the majority of the crashes a human factor is supposed to be an
important factor, in 58.1% of these cases this factor is “other”. This suggests that, as the actual
factor was not specified, it was not observed.
10.3 Road Safety Management
A primary function in road safety management is a strong focus on results, in other words,
setting of ambitious but realistic targets for road safety. These are not only in terms of targets
for crashes and related injuries, but also relate to aspects such as critical offences, levels of
investment, economic impacts, capacity, enforcement and any other aspects important for a
country to achieve improvements. Based on recent discussions with stakeholders and a review
of supporting documentation, there is little evidence to support a strong results focus in
Cameroon.
Road safety has recently become a national priority in Cameroon with strong political support
and a national sense of urgency fromboth public, private and civil society to redress the growing