The document summarizes details of a fatal bus accident in Karachi, Pakistan in January 2015. 62 people died after a bus collided with an oil tanker and caught fire. An inquiry found negligence on the part of both drivers as well as government authorities responsible for road maintenance and enforcement of traffic laws. The report concluded the accident could have been avoided if relevant stakeholders and institutions had fulfilled their responsibilities.

1. Occupational Health Safety&
Environment
Sir Muhammad Haseeb Hassan

2. Group Members:
 Wajiha Farooq (08)
 Naila Ghani (22)
 Khunsa Iqbal (42)
 Narmeen Haroon (74)
 Zahra Badar Munir (87)

5. World’s First Car Accident
 August 31, 1869 UK (Ireland)
 Mary Ward was thrown from the car and fell
under the wheels as it rounded a bend.
 This is believed to be the first recorded
automobile death.

6.  1.24 million deaths worldwide in the year
2010, slightly down from 1.26 million in 2000.
 Middle-income countries have the highest
annual road traffic fatality rates, at 20.1 per
100 000.
 While the rate in high-income countries is
lowest, at 8.7 per 100 000
Statistics

7. Traffic Laws Enforcement
Only 28 countries have adequate laws that
address all five risk factors:
1) Speed
2) Drink–driving
3) Helmets
4) Seat-belts
5) Child restraints

8. Causes of Road Side Fatalities

9. Motorcyclist (23%)

10. Pedestrians (22%)

11. Cyclists (5%)

12. Car Occupants 31%
unspecified road users 19%

14. Fatal Crash Between Bus & Oil
Tanker Jan 11, 2015 Karachi

15. A Deadly Road Accident
 The Al Shoaib passenger coach (JB-1158)
 With over 62 passengers on board, was
traveling to Shikarpur from Steel Town in
Karachi.
 It collided with the oil tanker which was
coming from the wrong side just after
Saturday midnight.

16. Cont’d…..
 Following the early morning collision, the bus
burst into flames after its CNG cylinders
exploded.

17. Cont’d…..
 The flames were so intense that the fire
brigade had to be called in to extinguish the
blaze.

18. Reoccurrence of Accident
 The accident was the second major fatal
crash in Sindh in less than three months.
 In November last year, at least 59
people were killed while 18 others sustained
injuries.

19. Fatalities
62 killed in horror blaze after crash between
bus and oil tanker which left victims' bodies
'completely burnt'

20. Cont’d…
Dr Semi Jamali at the hospital, said:" They
are beyond recognition, they can only be
identified by DNA test”.

21. Survivors
 Nearly half-a-dozen passengers, who were
sitting on the roof of the bus, managed to
jump to safety.
 The bus driver, conductor and the truck driver
also managed to save themselves as well.
 Four other people were
also injured in the crash

22. Inquiry of Accident
CM Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah directed the
officials to carry out an inquiry into the
incident.

23. The Inquiry Committee
The committee comprising CIA DIG, DIG
East, SSP Investigation-II (East) and SSP
Traffic, Malir.

24. The Inquiry Committee Report

25. Tanker Driver’s Negligence
 The tanker was apparently speeding down
the wrong side of the road when it ploughed
into the bus, carrying many women and
children.
 The driver of the tanker reportedly fled the
scene after the crash.

26. Bus Driver’s Negligence
 The driver did not have a valid license while a
fitness certificate of the vehicle had expired
on June 30, 2014.
 The bus owner committed unlawful act by
allowing the driver to ply the bus.

27. Provincial Transport Authority’s
Negligence
 The DIG traffic office record revealed that 83
show cause notices were issued to the
owners of vehicles plying without permit or
with invalid permit in 2012 but no such notice
had been issued in the case of the bus.

28. Delay in Rescue
 Police officials claimed that fire tenders from
Steel Town did not arrive on the scene
quickly enough to put the flames out
 A fire official from Landhi fire station said a
tender was dispatched soon after they
received a call.

29. Cont’d…
 The report termed the response “criminally
delayed” and called for their accountability.
 Witnesses, however, said first fire tender
reached the site nearly two hours after the
incident took place.

30. Denied Evacuation Plan
 Safe evacuation was denied to the bus
passengers due to fixing of extra seats.
 Unbreakable plastic windows.

31. The KMC and Malir DMC’s
Negligence
The KMC and Malir DMC were responsible
for carpeting, repairing and maintenance of
this damaged road.

32. Results of the inquiry report
 If the said stakeholders and the government
institutions had fulfilled their responsibility
and followed the proper code of conduct, this
tragic incident could have been avoided.
 The government departments were “chiefly
responsible for this tragic accident”.

33.  In general, Pakistan has an appalling record
of fatal traffic accidents due to poor roads,
badly-maintained vehicles and reckless
driving.