The Role of Performance Measurement and Management Instruments on Road Safety in Gauteng Province

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2014-01-14
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Baloyi, Sello Peter
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Road traffic crashes and fatalities in South Africa have become a problem for all road users and road traffic authorities, and is also costing the Road Accident Fund billions of Rands each year. This has a huge negative impact on the economy of the country. It is not clear whether there are targets and policies around performance management within the RTMC and the road traffic authorities in Gauteng, including the province, metro police departments and local authorities on monitoring and evaluation for reducing crashes and fatalities on the Province‟s roads. The purpose of this research was to investigate whether there are specific policies around performance management, target setting, monitoring and evaluation on road safety within Gauteng Province, focusing in the DCS, GTP and JMPD for reducing crashes and fatalities. The research methodology used in the study was both qualitative and quantitative research approach during data collection and analysis. Managers and senior managers of the two traffic authorities were interviewed with the purpose of collecting primary data. The findings are that there are no clear policies, lack of funding for road safety and no institution for conducting monitoring and evaluation on road safety interventions. It was concluded that there was a need for greater political will and adequate funding of road safety,that managers should be held accountable and performance management policies should be specific and clear in attempting to reduce the number of crashes and fatalities in Gauteng Province. It was recommended that the authorities should develop policies with clear targets in conjunction with the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.
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MBA thesis
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Road safety, Performance management
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