11/07/2011 Serious road traffic incident with four LTI’s What happened?

1. PDO driving advice  • 11/07/2011 Serious road traffic incident with four LTI’s • What happened? • A PDO ambulance taking a patient from Yibal to Ibri was speeding at 135 km/hr on a blacktop road when a defective rear tyre blew out causing the vehicle to roll over 4 times. The patient who was not strapped to his bed was violently thrown out of the rear doors fracturing his spine and pelvis. The other 3 occupants suffered an array of injuries. • Your gift of learning from this incident.. • Take your time when driving - speed is a killer. • When tired stop and rest. The driver was on his second long trip of the day but only because he had returned early by speeding on his first. • Your tyres are the only contact with the road – if they are unsafe then don’t drive. • Make sure everyone in your vehicle wears his seatbelt when the vehicle is moving. Stay safe - driving

2. Management learnings • Could PDO have easily prevented this incident? - Yes • Management Action for the HSE HEMP - Confirm the following: • Is IVMS event data being used to monitor speed and counsel all drivers? • Does each driver have a personal key and is a report generated for each driver? • Do you employ the STOP principle in practice when a person says it is unsafe? • Do you ensure that people do not drive tired? • Does your Journey Manager check whether journeys are completed too early – indicating speeding? • Is your Journey Manager compliant to the new SP2000 V3 standards? • How do you stop vehicles with unsafe tyres being used on the road until they are replaced? • How do you check your vehicles are RAS compliant in between annual RAS inspections? • Do you randomly check your vehicles have active and compliant speedlimiters • Do your ambulances have roll over protection, IVMS and speedlimiters set at 120kph? • What would you do to get a replacement driver if you need one? • How robust is your Journey Management and your IVMS auditing system? • How do you ensure only responsible and mature people are driving your ambulances? • Have you ensured that patients are securely fastened into the beds in the journeys? • Is the equipment in your ambulance fixed and secured? • Are your fixtures and fittings in the ambulance secured to the frame or chassis of the vehicle? • Do you ensure that your Ambulance Driver regularly drives it around to avoid flat spots on the tyres? • Do you ensure all tyres are no older than 4 years from manufacture. • Do you audit your peripheral departments in the same way as your core business on HSE?