Safer Roads, Safer India “Innovations that save lives” presentation for FICCI... ·...

Safer Roads, Safer India“Innovations that save lives”

By

Ravishankar RajaramanChairman, RASSI Technical Committee

Technical Director, JP Research India Pvt. Ltd.

Conference on “Role of Corporates in Road Safety”

FICCI, New Delhi

5th April 2016

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Innovation: The RASSI Methodology

Since 2008, JPRI has developed the technical skills and methodology for crash investigationsin India. Our crash investigators and researchers are continuously trained by various expertsfrom Europe and USA, including our consortium members.


RASSI Teams: Youth for Road Safety


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Engineering Data for Vehicle Safety Development

A scientific community for a safer India


• Currently collecting in-depth data on 450 to 500 crashes per year.• RASSI 2020 target: 1000 crashes per year from 8 to 10 locations.• Development and evolution of statistical techniques for representativeness of

RASSI sample data to all of India.

Locally developed, globally utilized


Source: http://iglad.net/data-description-and-availability

http://iglad.net/data-description-and-availability

Changing the way INDIA reports crashes


Contributing Factors leading to Accidents on the Mumbai – Pune Expressway

Contributing Factors leading to Injuries on the Mumbai – Pune Expressway

Source: Mumbai – Pune Expressway Road Accident Study Report (2013), JP Research India Pvt. Ltd.

Promoting safer roads


Promoting safer vehicles


Source: http://www.autocarpro.in/features/news-focus-abs-cvs-set-mandatory-soon-3221

ABS for CVs set to be mandatory

RASSI data used by Robert Bosch to evaluate the effectiveness of ABS in India.

• Promoting rear seatbelt usage.• Studying underride crashes involving cars and trucks.• Studying motorcycle crashes to understand pre-crash events.

http://www.autocarpro.in/features/news-focus-abs-cvs-set-mandatory-soon-3221

Promoting crash investigations in India


• Conducting police seminars and training.

• Sharing our findings and recommendations in government

workshops and conferences.

• Exploring collaborations with government agencies, such as

NATRIP, to promote scientific crash investigations.

Pushing for data-driven road safety


Data-driven road safety strategies helpmany countries bring down fatalities.

Need to change our approach to road safety

KNOW DATA, KNOW SAFETY.NO DATA, NO SAFETY!

Thank you!www.rassi.org.in

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