Written by INDUS MED NEWS 20 December, 2016 8:17 pm .
INDUSEM Partner- The Institute of Road Traffic Safety and Education (IRTE) in partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of USA, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways of the Government of India, FIA foundation, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the Working Party 1 on Road Traffic Safety of the united Nations Economic commission for Safety of Powered Two wheelers and Vulnerable Road Users organized “Powered Two Wheeler Conference” at IRTE’s College of Traffic Management, Faridabad, NCR Delhi between 28 and 30 November 2016.
This High Level Meeting was specially focused on South East Asia region. The occasion saw the participation and involvement of leaders from various disciplines, industries and public health organizations.
The conference was aimed to develop a set of strategies for Powered Two Wheeler safety for South Asian countries to achieve the Decade’s Road Safety Goals particularly to reduce the number of Powered Two Wheeler crashes and associated burden of injuries and its sequel.
The discussions held were focused to develop implementable strategies’ and achievable standards with reference to the western counterparts to fulfill the needs of the vulnerable road users in this region. Although the conference put emphasis on South Asian countries, it is expected that its conclusions may be transferred to other parts of the world that face similar problem and struggle with limited resources.
Speaking at This meeting INDUSEM, investigators from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, KGMU, Lucknow and Narayana Medical College Hospital, Nellore presented the date on the Magnitude and spectrum of injuries sustained in road traffic accidents among two wheeler riders and correlation with helmet use.
The INDUSEM Leaders voiced with great concern the outcomes of their research that the use of helmet in motorzed two wheeler users is suboptimal and there is a need to promote the good quality helmet use in motorized two wheeler riders (driver as well as pillion) and to better understand the injury pattern and economics involved there is also need more research.
- Dr Rohit Baluja discussing the Indian road and traffic conditions with Mr. Madan Bandhu Regmi, UNESCAP.
- Mr. Peter O’Nell, UNESCAP, Dr.Luciana Lorio, UNECE, Dr. Jeffrey Michael, NHTSA (left to right).
- Dr. Ajay Singh, KGMU, Dr Tej Prakash Sinha, J.P.N.A Trauma AIIMS and Dr. Jeffrey Michael, NHTSA
- Presentation of Data
- Dr. Sally Lukose, IRTE, Mr. Sidharth Khurana, Studs Helmets and Dr. Jeffrey Michael, NHTSA (left to right).
Police department suggested adding some x factor to the helmets to make them more appealing and attractive for users and improved and aggressive advertising too. Use of low quality cheap helmets with fake ISI marks offer little or no protection at all to the rider. Use of high beam while driving at night by most of the two and four wheel drivers even on well-lit city roads has been a generous contributor to the rising graph of accidents too.
Other Data Management Vulnerable Road Users topics discussed with participating representatives of Asian nations were about Pedestrian, Bicyclist, Disabled, Children, Elderly People, Man pulled, Animal pulled transport and carriage vehicles. At last the Cross-Cutting Issues involved Awareness, Policy (laws, codes, rules, and regulations), Engineering, and Enforcement.
“INDUSEM-ACEE-IRTE have a Multi- level Collaboration to forward the Road Safety Agenda in India. IRTE is an Internationally acclaimed Institution which has been at the for front of Road Safety Policy and Promotion. Our landmark partnership is producing high impact investigations whose result will impact the road safety agenda positively. IRTE is led by Shri. Rohit Baluja who is the President of IRTE was the brain child and leader of this meeting. Shri. Baluja also is the winner of the 2016 INDUSEM Award for Social Engineering “Samajik Abhiyantrik Samman” said INDUSEM CEO Dr. Sagar Galwankar.
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About IRTE
The Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) was established in December 1991. The IRTE research initiatives have delivered proven results, which have been adapted in developing countries like India for improving the basis of traffic management systems.As a member of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration and the Commission for Global Road Safety, IRTE Supports the Decade of Action for Road Safety and implementation of a five pillar Action Plan.In the process of research, IRTE’s tools, systems and methods of training in all areas of traffic management have been benchmarked and training courses imparted by the institution have been most successful. The vision of creating an Umbrella facility for research based training towards capacity building in road safety management for India and other developing countries is taking shape as The College of Traffic Management. For more information www.irte.com
About INDUSEM
The INDUSEM mission is to envision and implement the future of Patient Care across the world. The partnership brings together Expert Educators, Inquisitive Innovators and Physicians supporting Safe Patient Care across India, United States and the World. INDUSEM is the Top International Partnership across the World and brings together Institutions, Individuals and Initiatives focused on improving patient care globally. Till date INDUSEM has reached over 50,000 Experts and its reach continues to grow daily. For more information, visit www.indusem.org
About ACEE:
The Academic College of Emergency Experts was established by Leaders of INDUSEM to create a guild of expert clinicians who are have a mastery at providing safe patient care with high quality therapeutics based on latest evidence based medicine. The only Unique College in Asia ACEE only bestows affiliation after a rigorous coaching and testing process hereby maintaining its high standards of commitment to education and excellence. It surpasses the erstwhile ideology of existing academic colleges where affiliation is based on recommendation. There are multiple pathways to be a Fellow of the College namely Emergency Medicine, Emergency Pediatrics. Toxicology, Emergency Nursing Pathway etc. For More Information. Visit www.acee-india.org
