Improving Road Safety
in the OIC Member States
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Vehicles
 Non-standard and unsafe vehicles still in use;
 No applied vehicle standards;
 Fatal accidents involving minibuses are most prevalent on highways;
 Poor vehicle maintenance
 Most of the crashes involving cars were reported in metropolitan areas;
 Free safety checks for all vehicles on the highway;
 Introduction of speed limiters on commercial vehicles;
 Standardisation of school bus designs.
Road Users
 Poor driving culture;
 Drink-driving with lack of experience often results in fatal accidents;
 Human error major factor in traffic crashes;
 Nigeria launched intensive road safety campaigns.
Post-crash Response
 Multiple emergency telephone numbers;
 No injury surveillance systems;
 26 new transport ambulances were introduced in 2015;
 The Federal Road Safety Corps established emergency ambulance points along major
corridors.
Road Safety Data
 The FRSC is collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Health for the collection of injury data;
 The FRSC is introducing the new template for the collection of road traffic crash data.
Cameroon
Road safety management
 Large percentage has not received any formal driver training;
 Enforcement of laws is poor due to the numerous individual operators and ambiguous laws;
 Lack of transparency in the administration of penalties;
 Financial penalties are often inadequate deterrents.
Roads and Mobility
 Most of the maintenance activities are poorly planned and ineffective in optimizing the life
cycle of road assets;
 Traffic volumes generally low when compared to other middle income countries;
 Around 36 per cent of the unpaved road network carries more than 300 vehicles per day;
 The poor road condition prohibits the easy movement of goods;
 Pedestrians and livestock share the same roads as the motorised vehicles;
 Lack of road signs and road lightning result in dangerous situations at night;
 The untarred roads are prone to potholes and excessive dust.
Vehicles
 No roadworthiness inspections;
 Non-standard and unsafe vehicles are common;
 Trucks are prone to roll-over crashes due to overloading and over speeding.