CONTENTS Overview I SECTION I ROAD ACCIDENTS : CAUSATIVE FACTORS 1. The World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention : Getting Public Health to do More 3 Margie Peden 2. Commuting Accident Free on Roads 16 Bhaskar Kamick and V Krishna Moorthy 3. Impaired Driving in Developing Countries 26 Global Road Safety Partnership 4. Alcohol and Road Traffic Injuries in South Asia : Challenges for Prevention 40 G Gururaj 5. Human Error in Road Accidents 57 Marc Green and John Senders 6. Road Safety Management : The Indian Scenario 71 Prabha Shastri Ranade SECTION II DIMENSIONS OF ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT 7. Risk Factors and Interventions 101 Margie Peden 8. Smart Motors and Road Transport - Community Transportation Management (Traffic Monitoring Module - TMM) 136 Raghu Guda and Neeraja Guda 9. Intelligent Transport System An Innovative Approach to Traffic Control and Safety 143 M N Sreehari and H L Shashidhara 10. Methodology to Develop Road Safety Index for Developing Countries 157 M N Sreehari 11. Highway Rescue Project and EMS in India : Age nd a for the Future 171 Subroto Das and Sushmitha Das 12. Road Safety Management: Holistic Perspective 193 Pheba Chacko SECTION III COUNTRY EXPERIENCES AND CASES 13. RESEARCH SUMMARY Impact of Road Crashes on the Poor 209 Global Road Safety Partnership 14. The Road to Road Safety : Issues and Initiatives in Bangladesh 215 Md Mazharul Hoque 15. Development of Road Accident Reporting Computerized System In Thailand 232 Sattrawut Ponboon and Yordphol Tanaboriboon 16. Carriageway and Safety of Life in Nagpur City : Before and After Renovation of Roads 251 Sujata W Damke 17. INTERVIEW Road Safety - Driving Road Safety Forward 266 Shell in the Middle East Index 275