[sustran] Re: Malaysia Ranks 30th Among Countries In Fatal Road Accidents

Carlos F. Pardo SUTP carlos.pardo at sutp.org
Thu Aug 10 21:23:32 JST 2006


We once had a meeting in Putrajaya (the newly-designed town they have as a
future capital). They said they were not happy about their current modal
split: 20% use of private automobile
 they wanted it to INCREASE to 40%,
which was (according to one low-ranking staff member) a government priority.
If that is the case, they will keep on increasing the accident rate, be it
because of motorcycles or of cars.

 

Best regards,

 

Carlos F. Pardo 
Coordinador de Proyecto 
GTZ - Proyecto de Transporte Sostenible (SUTP, SUTP-LAC) 
Cl 125bis # 41-28 of 404
Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Tel:  +57 (1) 215 7812

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Malaysia Ranks 30th Among Countries In Fatal Road Accidents

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 9 (Bernama) -- The United Nations has ranked Malaysia 30th
among countries with the highest number of fatal road accidents, registering
an average of 4.5 deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles.

"I am not happy with that position. We want to bring the fatality rate down
by 2010," Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy told reporters after
his ministry's post-Cabinet meeting Wednesday.

He said the ministry has prepared a five-year plan to reduce the rate.

Chan blamed the high road accident fatality rate on the large number of
motorcycles on Malaysian roads, at 60 per cent of the total registered
vehicles.

He said most fatal accidents in the country involved motorcyclists.

Chan was responding to a statement issued by Hong Kong's Department of
Transport which placed Kuala Lumpur on top of 20 world cities with the
highest number of fatal road accidents.

The department's statement, carried by a local Chinese daily yesterday,
stated that its survey found that Kuala Lumpur registered an average of 194
deaths in road accidents per one million population.

The statement did not name the other 19 cities.

"It is misleading. The statement is very bias as we don't know what criteria
they used in their survey," he added.

Chan said based on the data obtained from the Kuala Lumpur traffic police,
an average of 148 deaths per one million population were recorded in 2005.

"The criteria measuring the fatality rate per one million population is not
widely used as most countries adopt the formula of fatality based on per
10,000 registered vehicles," he said.

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