Thesis (MSc.)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: “Road deaths are no accident'. This is the slogan of Phase III of the Arrive Alive campaign which was launched on Monday, 23 November 1998. Traffic as well as the safety thereof should be the concern of every single person. Everyone is in some or other way exposed to traffic on a daily basis. The problems that are experienced with the effective enforcing of traffic regulations are extremely complex, consisting of numerous facets. It is also a problem that is experienced worldwide. Quite a few attempts have been made and are still being made in order to decrease the yearly carnage on our roads, both locally and nationally. Our main transport routes (the N1 route) carry an extremely heavy / large vehicle load. It is a problem that gets more serious each year as the number of vehicles on our roads increase. Therefor one can make the prediction that vehicle collisions will also increase on a yearly basis. The aim of this research was to identify existing geographic risk factors and human factors on the N1 route. The N1 route was selected because it is notorious for its high collision rate, and also because it is the main road transport route between the Cape and Gauteng. The number of accidents on a given track were expressed as the number of accidents per 100 million kilometers travelled, compensating for the different traffic volumes on the different tracks as well as the different track lengths. According to this a track was labelled either as a high risk or a low risk track. The seriousness of the accident was also categorized into two groups, namely serious or non-serious, depending on the severity of the injuries that were sustained in the accident. In this study it has been found that bad road and weather conditions had no significant effect on the number of accidents or the seriousness of the accidents. Although the route is not rated as challenging, it is important to mention that there is a serious tediousness aspect that is experienced over the long distances. Quite a few accidents seem to be contributed to some or other human error. Although the numbers are not standardized, certain trends could be identified when looking at the time of day, day in a week or monthly periods in a year when Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za/ more accidents took place. Finally, it has been found that a GIS has exciting application possibilities in solving traffic problems by implementing effective traffic management systems. To achieve this, existing problems and shortcomings need to be identified and addressed. However, without the help, support and co-operation of the public and authorities it would not be possible. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: “Padsterftes is geen ongeluk nie’\ so lui die slagspreuk vir Fase III van die Kom Veilig Daar - veldtog wat op Maandag, 23 November 1998 in werking getree het. Verkeer en die veiligheid daarvan raak elke landsburger persoonlik, omdat elkeen op een of ander wyse daagliks direk daaraan blootgestel word. Die probleme wat met die effektiewe toepassing van verkeersveiligheid ondervind word, is ‘n wereldwye probleem wat uit talle fasette bestaan. Verskeie pogings word tans op beide lokale en nasionale vlak aangewend om die hoeveelheid verkeersongelukke op Suid- Afrika se paaie te verminder. Suid-Afrika se hoofroetes (o.a. die N1 roete) dra geweldige hoe verkeersvolumes. Dit is ongelukkig nie net ‘n tydelike probleem nie, maar !n aspek wat jaarliks toeneem vanwee die toename in motorvoertuie. Daar is dus potensieel ook meer motorvoertuigongelukke. Hierdie navorsing het gevolglik ten doel gehad om bestaande risiko-faktore op die N1 roete te identifiseer, hetsy geografies of menslik. Die N1 roete is as studiegebied geidentifiseer vanwee sy berugtheid t.o.v. motorvoertuigongelukke, en ook omdat dit die hoof padvervoerroete tussen die Kaap en Gauteng is. Verskillende verkeersvolumes en trajeklengtes is in ag geneem ten einde die aantal ongelukke vir elke trajek te bereken. Hiervolgens is die trajekte as ‘n hoe-risiko of lae-risiko trajek getipeer afhangende van die aantal ongelukke wat op die betrokke trajek plaasgevind het, uitgedruk as die aantal ongelukke per honderd miljoen kilometer gereis. Daar is bevind dat slegte pad- en weerstoestande geen effek op die aantal of ernstigheidsgraad van die ongelukke gehad het nie. Behalwe vir die eentonigheidsaspek wat oor die lang afstande ondervind is, is die roete self nie buitengewoon uitdagend nie. ‘n Groot aantal van die ongelukke blyk direk of indirek die bestuurder se skuld te wees, wat aan ‘n verskeidenheid menslike faktore toegeskryf kan word. Alhoewel die syfers nie gestandaardiseer is nie, kon daar tog sekere tendense geidentifiseer word wat daarop dui dat daar sekere tye per dag, week, of jaar is wanneer hoer voorkomste van motorongelukke ondervind is. Ten slotte is gevind dat daar geweldig baie gebruiksmoontlikhede vir ‘n GIS bestaan om verkeersprobleme met korrekte en effektiewe verkeersbestuur die hoof te bied. T en einde dit te realiseer moet tekortkominge in bestaande praktyke aangespreek word, en moet die onontbeerlike hulp, ondersteuning en samewerking van die publiek en owerhede verkry word.

M. Tech. Policing / This study was undertaken due to indications that the comprehensive, integrated and scientifically accountable data were largely lacking that were needed to counter road traffic crashes in South Africa. The aim of the study was to explore whether there was a need for developing a model that would provide pointers for establishing and maintaining a scientifically accountable National Road Traffic Safety Databank. In short, the specific objectives were: To assess the characteristics of data and data-gathering systems on road traffic crashes in South Africa, needs in this respect, and the contribution the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research could make towards the establishment and maintenance of such a National Road Traffic Safety Databank.

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Dissertation (M Eng (Transportation Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Civil Engineering / unrestricted

Serious efforts must be made to combat the high accident rate on the roads in the Republic of South Africa. The same spirit which exists in the field of medicine when there are evidences that an epidemic is beginning to take its toll, must come into being amongst those who are concerned with traffic and its problems. The public itself needs to become more aware of road safety. Many associations and institutions have been created to assist with the inculcation of the road safety ideal. The National Road Safety Council, which creates opportunities for investigation into aspects of road safety must continue to expand its sphere of influence. The research project contained on the following pages represents an attempt to contribute to the human factor in traffic safety, particularly by making a closer study of the driver of the motor vehicle. The writer is concerned with the carnage that is caused by road accidents. His previous study of personality and particularly of the projective techniques of assessment has prompted a consideration of the problem.

Thesis (MScEng)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa, and other developing countries, experience great problems concerning road traffic accidents. Despite road safety campaigns like Arrive Alive being launched, accident rates do not decline significantly and the problem is predicted to get worse. This study is done on a road in the Western Cape, the R44, to investigate the causes of road accidents. The causes of the accidents are deduced from the accident reports and relationships are sought with other factors. The results of this study are risk factors (human-, environment- and vehicle factors) for the 14 accident types that occurred on the R44, as well as measures to prevent road accidents. It has been found that the human factor plays the biggest role in road accidents. Out of the 404 accidents analysed, 77.7% were caused by human factors, 8.7% by unknown factors, 7.2% by environmental factors and 6.4% by vehicle factors. The problems experienced with the data quality are reported and recommendations concerning it are made. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrika en ander ontwikkelende lande ervaar groot probleme met verkeersongelukke. Ten spyte van veldtogte soos Arrive Alive wat geloods word, neem ongelukskoerse nie beduidend af nie, en daar word voorspel dat die situasie nie gaan verbeter nie. Hierdie studie is op 'n pad in die Wes-Kaap, die R44, gedoen om die oorsake van padongelukke vas te stel. Die oorsake van ongelukke i s van die ongeluksvorms a fgelei, en verwantskappe is gesoek met ander faktore. Die resultate van die studie is risikofaktore (menslike-, omgewings- en voertuigfaktore) vir die 14 ongelukstipes wat op die R44 voorgekom het, asook voorkomingsmaatreëls om padongelukke te voorkom. Daar is gevind dat die menslike faktor die grootste oorsaak van ongelukke is. Uit die 404 ongelukke wat geanaliseer is, is 77.7% van die ongelukke deur menslike faktore, 8.7% van die ongelukke deur onbekende faktore, 7.2% van die ongelukke deur omgewingsfaktore en 6.4% van die ongelukke deur voertuigfaktore veroorsaak. In hierdie studie is probleme ondervind met die datakwaliteit, en daaroor is verslag gedoen en aanbevelings gemaak.

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Research report submitted to Wits School of Governance in 25% fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management in Public and Development, 2016 / The research investigated the high rate of road traffic accidents and the high mortality rate on the Moloto road in the western region popularly known as the Nkangala region of Mpumalanga province. The purpose of the research was to explore suggestions from the stakeholders on how to reduce road traffic accidents on the Moloto road. The research also aimed at discussing the relationship between the road traffic accidents and the road congestion. The research attempted to find the interventions suggested by stakeholders on how to reduce road traffic accidents on the Moloto road. The unprecedented number of road accidents on the Moloto road is a serious concern for both government and road users. In 2012 alone, 890 traffic accidents were recorded on the Moloto road. This research found that the majority of these accidents were caused by human behaviour such as reckless driving, over speeding, drinking and driving. The relative invisibility of traffic officials on the Moloto Road partly explains why road users engage in such behaviours. Increased visibility of traffic officials may encourage change in road user behaviour and help reduce the number of road traffic accidents on the Moloto Road. Congestion as one of the major causes of road traffic accidents can be solved by widening the Moloto road. Congestion can also be dealt with through the development of the Moloto rail corridor which is seen as a tool to remove vehicles on the Moloto road. It is also realised that both the government and the road users can play an important role in the reduction of road traffic accidents on the Moloto road. The government must develop infrastructure and the road users must obey the rules of the road. The sampling method for this qualitative case study was purposive sampling. The selection of respondents was done within stakeholders of the Moloto Road. Collection of data was done on the individuals representing their organisations. Data was analysed according to the accepted procedures for qualitative data processing. / XL2018

Formal education education is an essential part in the process of teaching people how to drive. Driving schools are crucial as they are the educational institutions tasked with providing the relevant education that learners need in order to become competent drivers. Because this education is vital in driver socialisation, it has to be structured and carried out in a way that ensures maximum affectivity. This education is essential in ensuring that learners acquire all the relevant driving skills. The aim of this study, therefore, was to evaluate the current formal driver education in South Africa - i.e. the K53 licensing system - in order to determine whether it can socialise learner drivers into being capable drivers. It has been argued in literature that young novice drivers are the most at risk with regard to motor vehicle accidents even though they have just received their formal driver education. They are most at risk because of their inexperience in driving, immaturity and risk-taking behaviour. For this reason the sample of the study consisted of new driver between the ages 18 and 23 with no more than 5 years experience. The study was conducted in Durban, South Africa. This study found that even though the respondents have driven for no more than five years 23% of them have already been involved in motor vehicle accidents where they were drivers since receiving their driving licences. Although a minority of these respondents reported being trained in most road and traffic conditions as well as in safety procedures (confirmed by driving school instructors), the types of accidents that they were involved in indicate that they were not able to use the information that they reportedly gained from driver training. This indicated that there is a problem with either what they were taught or how they were taught. A review of the K 53 licensing system by the Department of Transport found many flaws with the system, mainly with its design as well as loopholes that allowed driving schools to manipulate the process. shortcomings impact negatively on driver socialisation and driver behaviour thereafter. / Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, [2005]

This study aimed at exploring the agenda setting process of the Road Accident Fund (RAF), a road accident compensation system operating in South Africa using Kingdon's model of Agenda Setting. This study focused on the period between 1996 when the RAF was introduced to 2005 when the focus in the Fund was put mainly on how to deal with fraud and corruption issues. When the RAF was put into place, the main aim was to establish a compensation system that will be able to deal with the effects of road accidents that the people suffer. These are mostly the vulnerable road users and public transport passengers who account for most of the road casualties. However there has been a shift in the focus of the Road Accident Fund Act of 1996, hence the majority of the people who were meant to be beneficiaries ended up not benefiting from the Fund due to corruption. A theoretical framework based on the work of John Kingdon (1995) is used to explore the developments in the RAF that led to the Road Accident Benefit Scheme (RABS) as a proposed system. Qualitative research method was used in order to trace the unfolding of the events and action of participants in the RAF in order to see whether the developments in the Fund can be explained using Kingdon's framework of agenda setting. Historical documents were used to collect data and to trace the chronology of events. These include formal records, including Annual Reports on the RAF and media articles, including newspapers. Content analysis method was done on material such as: Annual Reports on the Road Accident Fund, Meeting Minutes, Parliamentary Proceedings, Newspaper Articles and Speeches, primarily from the Department of Transport in order to analyse data. The findings of this study revealed that using Kingdon's theory of agenda setting, it is possible to come to a better understanding of the agenda setting process that led to a current state of the RAF. In the RAF case study, the three policy streams proposed by Kingdon namely: problem stream, policy stream and political stream, were identified. In the problem stream, the financial 'crisis' together with feedback from the formal as well as the media reports that indicated that the financial condition of the RAF was getting worse served as an indication that there was a problem in the Fund. Several ideas were generated in the policy stream of the Fund. Amongst other things, studies, discussions, hearings, meetings and conferences conducted by the RAF Commission for the purpose of investigating the Fund and come up with alternative solutions, created pressure for policy change. While RABS which incorporated in it a "no fault" system of compensation was proposed as a solution by the RAF Commission, liquidation of the Fund was also a concern. In the political stream, the national mood, change of administration and interest group pressure were evident and contributed to the agenda setting of the RAF. Media reports also contributed to the whole agenda setting process of the Fund. The implications of the analysis for future processes are drawn. / Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, [2008].

Text in Afrikaans / The research is aimed at the problems surrounding traffic violations and crimes. Firstly, attention is paid to the extent of the problem. Secondly, a theoretical explanation of the problem is offered. This is followed by an exposition of the empirical study which is focused on the perception of road users in the Pretoria municipal area relating to four aspects namely; traffic legislation and traffic law enforcement, traffic violations, adjudication of traffic offences and punishment of traffic offenders. Lastly, the prevention of traffic violations and crimes and specific prevention strategies are conducted and discussed. The research report is concluded with specific conclusions and certain recomendations are offered to deal with the problem. / Die navorsing is toegespits op die problematiek random verkeersoortredings en -misdade. Eerstens word aandag aan die omvang van die probleem geskenk. Tweedens word daar op die teoretiese verklaring van die probleem gekonsentreer. Hierna volg 'n uiteensetting van die empiriese studie wat toegespits is op die persepsie van padgebruikers in die Pretoria- munispale gebied betreffende 'n aantal aspekte ten opsigte van verkeerswetgewing en verkeerswettoepassing, verkeersoortredings, straf asook beregting van verkeersoortredings. Laastens word die voorkoming van verkeersoortredings en -misdade en bepaalde voorkomingstrategiee oorweeg en bespreek. Die navorsingsverslag word beeindig met bepaalde gevolgtrekkings en daar word ook sekere aanbevelings om die probleem te kan hanteer, aangebied. / Sociology / M.A. (Kriminologie)