Improving Road Safety
in the OIC Member States
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Road Users
 Males are at an increased risk of road traffic accidents compared to females;
 Drinking and driving is a major problem after dark;
 Human error is a major factor for traffic crashes;
 Evident need for public awareness of traffic and safe driving;
 Launching of intense road safety campaigns and driving school standardisation programs are
launched.
Post-crash Response
 Cameroon has multiple emergency telephone numbers;
 No emergency room injury surveillance systems;
 Reports of road crashes channelled through informal and unstructured media;
 The data of an accident is collected by the FRSC, filling in a notebook entry or the paper
accident report.
Road Safety Data
 The working age group (15-45 years) is involved in more crashes with motorised vehicles
than other age groups;
 Pedestrians account for 34% of the total amount of road users.
Arab Region
Oman
Road safety management
 A Research Council was created as part of the road safety strategy;
 The road safety research program is a collaborative effort between the Research Council and
the Royal Oman Police;
 A steering committee has been formed to ensure that research is of high scientific quality and
that the research proposals determine the research priority areas;
 The national seat-belt laws have recently been revised to be applicable to both drivers and
passengers of 4-wheeled motorised vehicles;
 New national child restraint law and mobile phone law while driving applied.
Roads and mobility
 Travel between cities, especially at night, may be dangerous because of poor lightning,
wandering livestock, pedestrians crossing highways, slow moving cargo vehicles and
speeding drivers;
 The high number of crashes between July and September can be caused by the tourist season
and monsoons;
 Most of the accidents happen during the day between 9.00 and 20.00 on urban roads.
Vehicles
 Periodic vehicle maintenance is mandatory in Oman and vehicles must meet local standards;
 The high increase of the automobile fleet can be caused by the unavailability of a good railway
network, water-ways or bus services;