A presentation based on various important models and existing regulations in the domain of Road Safety for insightful takeaways in Indian Context and Road Safety in general.

1. COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE ROLE OF
REGULATORY MECHANISM IN PROMOTING
ROAD SAFETY

2. Introduction
- Citizens are most valuable assets, their time is a country’s economy
- Second largest road network of the World 54.7 lakh Km
- 60% Goods, 85% Passenger traffic
- Over 1.5 Lakh Indian fatality due to roads, 3% GDP loss
- Youth most affected
- Increasing traffic (158%) roads catching up (39%)
- NH & SH: total 5% of network, 52% of accidents, 63% of fatalities

3. - 15 lakh fatalities and 50,000 injuries in last 10 years
- 400 deaths per day, 17 deaths per hour
- India a signatory to Brasilia declaration, targets 50% reduction
- Need for enforcement of traffic laws meant for safety (example- 10%
compliance of section 138(3) MV Act: child restraints in 11 cities
school busses)

4. Road Safety Regulation: India
- Motor Vehicle Act of 1988: mandate for SRSC on-lines of NRSC
- Road Safety a matter with no single responsible body
- National Road Safety Policy: 4 Es “Education, Engineering, Enforcement,
Emergency” of roads and vehicles
- Motor Vehicle (Amendment Act) 2019: raised penalties for offenders to deter traffic
violations and safety compromise.
- Road Safety non-technical challenges - political will, community sensitization
- Road Safety challenges deterrence - first responders, adequate infrastructure,
vehicle safety, regulations, law enforcement, traffic monitoring
- Road Safety challenges technical - road design, material, maintenance

5. Road Safety Regulation: World Wide
- US Highway Safety Act, 1966 - inception of NHSTA, standardization
in road safety
- Australia’s National Road Safety Strategy Panel, freedom in states
- Swedish Road Safety Bill, 1997 - “vision zero”, Swedish National
Road Administration
- Efficient inter-agency & inter-departmental coordination is
imperative as a critical aspect
- Role of political will empowered with budgetary power

6. Learnings from Best Practices In Road
Safety
• Exercising leadership & Political commitment (recent Amendment
to MV Act 2019)
• Establishing a close connection between goals, plans,
Organization & financing
• Coordinating the activities of various stakeholders & ensuring
their accountability
• Strong correlation in enforcing comprehensive regulatory
mechanism based on consistent enforcement
• Social awareness campaign to (bring behavioral change through
school education)
• Swedish vision zero and Dutch sustainable safety model.
Enforcing advanced seat belt reminder mandatorily
• Promoting use of alcohol interlocks, day time running light and
emergency call system

7. CONCLUSION