ยุทธศาสตร์ความปลอดภัยทางถนนในระดับชาติ

บทคัดย่อ

The research, entitled “National Road Safety Strategy”, is aimed at examining the problems of
Thailand’s road safety and analysing the currently 10-year National Road Safety Strategy (2011-2020), then
propose new road safety strategies. This qualitative research has been conducted by means of secondary
data gathering and in-depth interviewing of 14 road safety experts. The study found that the road safety
problems in Thailand are quite severe as their impacts result in a wide range of effects on the national
economy and society, while the present National Road Safety Strategy has been far from successful as
the rate of fatalities and road accidents are still on the rise. The research results lead to the proposition
of new strategies which can solve the existing road safety problems and the use of latest technological
innovations, such as traffic enforcement cameras, automotive recognition systems, speed limit alerting
systems and an automatic fine and demerit point system, which will be appropriate for Thai society and
the establishment of public network of rescue operations to reduce the fatality rate whenever road
accidents occur. Meanwhile, the key tools to support road safety are effective traffic control systems,
traffic information systems, road accident management systems and safe transportation systems, which
will all help reduce road accidents and the fatality rate as well as provide more security for commuters.
To promote public obedience to traffic laws, to encourage the use of mass transit system and walking and
cycling when appropriate to reduce traffic congestion and to provide the general public with the most
up-to-date traffic information will also help control and reduce traffic accidents. The recommendations
are that the National Committee on Prevention and Reduction of Road Accidents should adjust its
strategies to become more complete in accordance with the factors and processes in the proposed model;
the government should establish an agency to specifically solve road safety problems at national level
and direct another agency to be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the operations of the national
committee, as well as receiving feedback on related operations, in an effort to use all information for
future improvement of the national strategies.