motorcycle accidents in ho chi minh city

1. Motorcycle Accidents in Ho Chi Minh City
Name: Vo Xuan Nga (Jenny)
Student Number:13070244
Class:3C
Teacher’s Name: Phr. Peter Hardstone

2. 1. Driver’s behaviors
• over-speeding, traffic jams
• non-wearing helmet
• 70% accidents caused by drunken drivers
2. Inadequacy of transportation infrastructure
• the disappearance of pavements
• deteriorating transportation infrastructure
Motorcycle accident statistics in Ho Chi Minh city
Analysis of the reason of the motorcycle accident
•Overall 5.100 traffic accidents
•819 deaths in road accidents
•A further 4.500 million are injured
IN EVERY YEAR

3. Overall Cost of Road Traffic Accidents in Vietnam
14%3%
5%
34%
44%
Property damge Administration costs
Medical cost Pain, sufferings
Lost output
Source: Some solutions to reduce traffic accidents in Vietnam
Tangible
costs
Intangible
costs
•Include property damage, medical and administrative costs
•Approximately 231 billion VND for the social cost
•433 billion VND for transport infrastructures
•44% are reached by the “ Human Capital Cost”
•impact directly on the loss output and the loss of the
national economy
impact directly and indirectly to the
national economy

4. 1. Traffic safety campaign
•Road traffic safety education for kids
•Traffic environment modification
•Public awareness campaigns
2. The legislation to restricts about traffic roads
The solution of preventing motorcycle accidents
GOVERNMENT
•New road safety laws – Helmet laws
•Transportation infrastructure investment
•Maintenance and upgrading of the transport system
•Science and technology applied to road
1. Consciously abide by traffic rules
2. Responsible attitude of road users
3. Riding with respect for other road users
INDIVIDUAl

5. Successes: Legislation & transport infrastructures
•Mandatory helmet law in December
2007, achieved 95% compliance
•Higher-quality helmets use credited
with saving over 1,000 lives
•The Saigon river tunnel was built with
high-technologies
•reduces traffic jams and accidents in
rush time

6. •Controlled road traffic accidents of the whole country cannot be
achieved just in the government’ efforts
•Any society, other organizes must take responsibility to
disseminate road safety for citizens
CONCLUSIONS
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