What’s up guys, we meet again. Before we are making a presentation, we would like to share about some of the organization which is taking part on making a research on road safety. Effective research on road safety issues is an essential pre-requisite to better understanding of the problem and provides the framework against which effective policies and counter-measures should be developed which involving some of the university and research institutes. Emhhh…. Maybe there are some collaborative research on several countries or institutes and which is funded from several different sources. Yeah…. there are twenty eight research institutes and universities were identified as being most likely to have carried out road safety research in the Asia/Pacific region. A few of these research institutes and universities have become more seriously involved in road safety research in recent years and they, along with TRL, have provided the majority of background road safety research which has been undertaken in the region in recent years. The most important of these institutions are outlined below.
From the replies received (15 out of 28 at date of writing), the six most active organisations undertaking road safety research in the area appear to be:
1 Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), UK.
2 Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), India.
3 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India.
4 Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh.
5 Traffic Sciences Institute (TSI), (Korean Road Traffic Association), Korea.
6 The Korean Transport Institute (KOTI), Korea.Each of these is briefly described below:
The Transport Research Laboratory, UK.
Recognised as the leading and most active and influential research institution on road safety problems in the developing world especially in Asia and Pacific Region. The fundamental aim of such work has been to provide scientifically sound advice on ways of reducing road accidents. This work of the TRL has been supported over the years through DFID as part of the British Aid Programme to the developing countries. The TRL has focused on four main road safety themes over the years namely:
· The development of micro based accident data systems to permit better collection storage
and analyses of accident data (this is now in use in around 15-20 countries around the
world, including around 10 or 12 Asian/Pacific countries).
· Low cost safety remedial measures (measures have been developed and implemented in a
number of Asian/Pacific countries including Pakistan, PNG, Malaysia, China).
· Road user behaviour studies covering driver knowledge and behaviour and traffic
education of children. Such work has been undertaken in Pakistan, India and Thailand. The
research work of TRL has been supplemented with practical project experience on
assignments for DFID and other funding agencies.
· Training road safety professionals via the development/distribution of guidelines and
training materials on road safety issues.The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), India
In recent years and are being encouraged to focus research efforts into areas where
other agencies from the private sector are willing to finance. The main objective of CRRI road
safety research has been to create road safety awareness amongst the decision makers in India.
CRRI has attempted to stimulate interest by publicising the worsening road safety situation and the issues that are involved. Thus much of their previous work has been in the analysis of accident data to evaluate and describe the road safety crisis. CRRI has also done much
research in areas of driver testing (visual and psycho-physical assessment systems) and these
projects have been jointly organised and partly funded by the private sector. At present, CRRI has an ongoing road safety research project in the areas of non-motorised vehicle accidents, motor cycle helmet usage, design standards and operational practices of median installation, road safety in and around schools and further research into driver evaluation methods.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India
Within IIT, the centre for biomedical engineering has focused on injury control and this has included road safety with particular reference to vulnerable road users (VRU) which includes
pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorised two wheeler riders. As one of the 13 collaborating centres world wide (TRL is also one), the centre has focused on problem areas specific to developing countries and has undertaken assessment of the road safety policies in Indonesia, and produced an injury development programme for Libya. Its research work in India has been funded from various Indian Government organisations as well as international donors such as the US Agency for International Development (USAid), and the World Research Institute (WRI). Its focus will be on urban transportation issues and safer transport on national highways in particular.
The Korea Transport Institute (KOTI), Korea
The Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) formerly operated under the Ministry of Transport and now operates under the newly amalgamated Ministry of Transport and Construction. It undertakes research projects on behalf of the MoT but most of these tend to be consultancy type projects such as feasibility studies and practical implementation projects. It seeks to provide policy guidance to MoT on road safety issues.
Traffic Sciences Institute (TSI), Korea
The Traffic Sciences Institute (TSI) is a recently established research institute which operates within the Korea Road Traffic Safety Association. It concentrates on road safety research and is potentially the main road safety research organisation in Korea undertaking research projects in all sectors of road safety. Funding for TSI is provided via the Road Traffic Safety Association. With its numerous highly qualified research staff (many have doctorates) it is expected to become the premier road safety Research Institute in Korea.
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