Table 3.
Recommendations for policy, practice and research
| Education | |
| • More regular, consistent educational efforts focusing on groups, populations and areas that are densely populated and prone to RTCs | |
| • Regular education and training of government officials and entities involved in prevention | |
| • Introducing road safety education as part of the school syllabus for primary and secondary schools | |
| • Involving former casualties and their families to spread awareness messages and educate the community | |
| • Utilising the media in education and awareness | |
| • Opportunistic education i.e. roadside events and road safety education during vehicle purchase | |
| • Ensuring education and awareness messages are understood by all layers of society | |
| Enforcement and Legislation | |
| • Stricter enforcement of laws and penalties for traffic offenses | |
| • Establishing an audit system to ensure enforcement is carried out consistently and correctly | |
| • Carrying out targeted enforcement by developing a programme to identify accident-prone areas | |
| • Eliminating liquor shops near the highways to curb RTCs from drink driving | |
| Road Engineering | |
| • Ensuring good quality roads are built with adequate width which are multi-lane | |
| • Establishing a road maintenance system | |
| • Ensuring speed reduction through road engineering measures such as speed breakers | |
| Pre-hospital and Trauma System (Emergency Care) | |
| • Organising training programmes for lay first responders which would encourage the public to be involved in providing first aid to RTC casualties | |
| • Establishing a network for all ambulance services and ensuring staff are adequately trained and ambulances equipped in order to deliver pre-hospital care to casualties | |
| • Building small first aid centres in villages to assist casualties in rural areas | |
| • Building more trauma centres which are equipped with neurosurgical expertise in areas where RTCs tend to frequently occur | |
| • Initiating a system where casualties are transported to the appropriate healthcare centre and not just to the nearest facility | |
| Collaborations and Partnerships | |
| Developing and maintaining good inter and intra-agency relationships, including non-governmental organisations and the wider community | |
| Research | |
| • Disseminating research findings through social media or formal reports | |
| • Scientific conduct of research in more centres by dedicated groups of people | |
| • Regular audits and reviews of research methods and findings | |
| • Involving former casualties in research | |
| • Focusing on the epidemiology of RTCs and secondary neurotrauma prevention |