The Costs of Scaling Up Traffic Enforcement in Kampala: A Pilot Study
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01/01/2005 - 01/01/2008
Status:
Closed
Road traffic injuries kill more than a million people each year in developing countries. Improving driver behaviors regarding speed reduction, intersection courtesy, and seatbelt use, can do the most to lower the death rate. In many developing countries, like Uganda, legislation to bring about these changes is already on the books. The key is enforcement. Uganda with 25.5 million population has only 539 traffic officers responsible for traffic enforcement and driver testing Uganda spends an average of $1000 per year for each traffic officer. Improved enforcement of speed limits, and other regulations requires scaling up traffic enforcement. With the cooperation of Kampala''s Chief of Traffic, we will assess the costs of scaling up traffic enforcement in Kampala. The aims of this project are:
*Aim 1. Prepare mathematical models of the costs and benefits of scaling up enforcement of traffic enforcement in developing countries as compared to other injury prevention interventions.
*Aim 2. Empirically measure the start up costs of deploying one additional traffic officer in Kampala, including training, uniforms, equipment, vehicle, and capitalized benefits.
*Aim 3. Measure the recurrent costs of each additional traffic officer, net of officially reported fine revenue.
Key Words: Cost, Traffic, Enforcement, Developing Countries
“Being so close to Maryland, I knew Johns Hopkins was a great hospital but I never knew it had the same caliber of researchers until we started to work with the team from the Injury Center,” said Steve Austin, past-president of the Delaware Volunteer Fire Association (DVFA).
