Improving Road Safety
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 Private cars are involved in 77% of all road crashes;
 Motorised 4-wheeled vehicles account for 84% of the total vehicle fleet.
Road Users
 No proper education and awareness campaigns regarding traffic risks and traffic awareness;
 Young drivers are over-represented in crashes in Oman;
 Speeding is a major contributing factor to fatal crashes in Oman.
Post-crash Response
 Oman has an emergency telephone number;
 Emergency room injury surveillance systems with qualified personnel are available.
Road Safety Data
 The Royal Oman Police is the sole authority responsible for recording, analysing and
publishing road safety data;
 A lot of minor accident cases are settled by the parties mutually at the scene;
 In 2013 the Research Council completed the road accident database.
Morocco
Road safety management
 The Ministry of Equipment and Transport and Logistics has the overall responsibility for
road transport;
 The Road and Road Traffic department is responsible for road networking planning and for
the design construction and maintenance of road infrastructure;
 The Department of Road Transportation Safety is mainly in charge of road transportation
safety in general and for the safety of vehicles and drivers;
 The Department of Studies, Planning and Coordination is mainly responsible for the planning
and development of the road transport sector, and for the coordination between various
modes of transport in the country;
 Morocco lacks the presence of a dedicated road safety research programme carried out by a
dedicated research staff and backed by sustainable funding sources.
Roads and Mobility
 Road conditions vary by season and are prone to heavy rainfall and pot holes;
 The DTRSR recently applied safety measures to improve road safety. They improved the
infrastructure through identification and elimination of blackspots.
Vehicles
 There are still non-standard vehicles in use in Morocco;
 Many cars and trucks are poorly maintained and especially trucks are often overloaded;
 Commercial vehicles require an annual inspection and buses are inspected every six months;
 Older cars (older than 12 years) are more often involved in crashes than newer cars.
Road Users
 More than half of the fatalities are represented by vulnerable road users such as pedestrians,
cyclists and motorcyclists;
 People between the age of 25 and 64 over-represent the number of road fatalities;
 In Morocco it is forbidden to drive under the influence of (illicit) drugs. However, this
measure is not yet enforced;