CAMBODIA

Population: 14 138 255

Income group: Low
Gross national income per capita: US$ 750

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
Lead agency
Funded in national budget
National road safety strategy
Funding to implement strategy
Fatality reduction targets set
Fatality reduction target

SAFER ROAD USERS

National Road Safety Committee

Yes
Yes
Partially funded
Yes (20112020)
50% (number of deaths)
50% (deaths per 10 000 vehicles)

SAFER ROADS AND MOBILITY

Formal audits required for new road construction
Regular inspections of existing road infrastructure
Policies to promote walking or cycling
Policies to encourage investment in public transport
Policies to separate road users to protect VRUs

Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No

SAFER VEHICLES
Total registered vehicles (2010)
Cars and 4-wheeled light vehicles
Motorized 2- and 3-wheelers
Heavy trucks
Buses
Other
Vehicle standards applied
UN World forum on harmonization of vehicles standards
New car assessment programme
Vehicle regulations
Front and rear seat-belts required in all new cars
Front and rear seat-belts required all imported cars

1 652 534a
244 267
1 372 525
32 775
3 240

Penalty/demerit point system in place

National speed limits
Local authorities can set lower limits
Maximum limit urban roads
Enforcement
National drinkdriving law
BAC limit general population
BAC limit young or novice drivers
BAC limit professional/commercial drivers
Random breath testing and/or police checkpoints
Enforcement
% road traffic deaths involving alcohol
National motorcycle helmet law
Applies to drivers and passengers
Helmet standard mandated
Enforcement
Helmet wearing rate
National seat-belt law
Applies to front and rear seat occupants
Enforcement
Seat-belt wearing rate
National child restraint law
Enforcement
National law on mobile phones while driving
Law prohibits hand-held mobile phone use
Law also applies to hands-free mobile phones
2010, Road Crash & Victim Information System (RCVIS).
2010, Ministry of Health.

No
Yes

b
Yes

Vehicle breakdown categories do not add up to the total.

No car manufacturers/assemblers.

POST-CRASH CARE

Vital registration system

Emergency Room based injury surveillance system
Emergency access telephone number(s)
Seriously injured transported by ambulance
Permanently disabled due to road traffic crash
Emergency medicine training for doctors
Emergency medicine training for nurses

DATA
Reported road traffic fatalities (2010)
Estimated GDP lost due to road traffic crashes

1 816c, 80%M, 19%F

3.5%d

Combined sources. Defined as died within 30 days of crash.

2010, Road Crash & Victim Information System (RCVIS).

TRENDS IN ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS

Passengers 4-wheeled
cars and light vehicles
(9%)

Cyclists (4%)

12
10
8
6
4
2
0
2001

Riders motorized
2- or 3-wheelers
(67%)

Source: 2010, Road Crash & Victim Information System (RCVIS).

Further data on each country can be found in the statistical annex.

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Source: Road Crash & Victim Information System (RCVIS).

Data collected by multisectoral consensus meeting and cleared by Ministry of Health.

Drivers 4-wheeled
cars and light
vehicles(3%)

Deaths per 100 000 population

14

Other (4%)

Pedestrians (12%)

Yes
Yes
Multiple numbers
1149%
1.2%g
Yes
Yes

Injury Surveillance System, Ministry of Health.

DEATHS BY ROAD USER CATEGORY

Drivers/passengers
buses (<1%)
Drivers/passengers
heavy trucks (1%)

Yes
Yes
No
40 km/h
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10
Yes
0.05 g/dl
0.05 g/dl
0.05 g/dl
Yes
0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
16%e
Yes
No
Yes
0 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10
65% Driversf
9% Passengersf
Yes
No
0 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10

Yes

Yes
Yes
No

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