Impact of Application of Road Safety Control Measures by Tracking the Movement of Vehicles on Decreasing Incidents

Vehicle accidents are main cause of death in most countries. The development in vehicle industry has increased to a greater extent than before. Action plan for Traffic management measures (TMM) is needed to achieve the ambitious target for road safety. Global positioning system (GPS) technology is used to track the position of the vehicle. Aim of the study was to assess the reduction in vehicle incidents with the application of this technology compared to previous years (two - years follow up study) at Petromaint Company in Alexandria, Egypt. Petromaint vehicle incidents’ records for the years 2015 and 2016 were revised and the accidents were analyzed. Also, Pre-designed structured interview questionnaire was used to collect data from Petromaint drivers. Moreover, by applying the fleet management strategy, vehicle incidents' records for the years 2017 and 2018 were reviewed. The study showed that the drivers' age of the accident free drivers (AFDs) (80%) have equal major ratios within the age groups of 25- and 35-years, which are 41.7 % for each. Concerning the accident performing drivers (APDs), the majority (55.6%) is within the group age 45- years followed by the group age 35- years (33.3%) and none of the APDs are within the group age 25- years. Also, this study shows that the majority of the drivers are married and living alone, (42.4 %) and (66.7%) for AFDs and APDs respectively; followed by being married and living with family, (39.4%) and (33.3%) for AFDs and APDs respectively, and none of the APDs is single. Moreover, the results indicated that the percent of non-smokers are (72.2 %) and (44.4 %) among the AFDs and the APDs respectively. While; the smoking workers smoke cigarettes, shisha or both and all the smoking APDs are regular smokers. Finally; the study explained that the most training sessions were presented during 2017 and 2018 in part of the control measures on reducing vehicle accidents. Petromaint has applied a Fleet Management Strategy, providing driving training programs by competent trainers, and operating emergency and following up room during 24-hours. This study highlighted the great results of decreasing vehicle accident at Petromaint to zero during the years 2017 and 2018 comparing to 2015 and 2016 as a result of the application of vehicle tracking system.