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Road traffic crashes and injuries are a significant cause of death and disability worldwide, and Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from crashes and disproportionately...

Les accidents de la circulation et les traumatismes connexes constituent une cause importante de décès et d’invalidité dans le monde. L’Afrique ploie sous un fardeau...

Os sinistros rodoviários e as lesões deles resultantes em África constituem um desafio significativo para a saúde pública e o desenvolvimento. Segundo as estimativas mais...

A certified motorcycle helmet designed specifically for use by motorcycle riders and passengers is a critical component of improving road safety in every country. Research...

The Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023 (World Health Organization) shows that the number of annual road traffic fatalities was 1.19 million in 2021....

Protecting Young Lives: Global Status Report on Child and Adolescent Road Safety highlights the critical issue of road traffic crashes as a leading cause of...

Safety is paramount in AI systems’ adoption and trust. Much of the work on trustworthy AI principles and practices are primarily from Western contexts, despite...

All around the world, children are vulnerable road users, particularly when going to and from school. In Vietnam, according to statistics from the National Traffic...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th May 2018 confirmed...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th of May 2018...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th of May 2018...

This study marks a significant milestone in using the media to promote road safety campaigns and minimize deaths and injuries caused by negligence, governmental inaction,...

This manual is intended to provide clear and accessible information on the effective management of roadsafety infrastructure. Given the very wide audience, different parts of...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th May 2018 confirmed...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th May 2018 confirmed...

Road safety remains a major public health and societal challenge across the European Union (EU) (European Commission, 2018). Although the last two decades have seen...

The success of certain Northern European countries when it comes to road safety records can be attributed to a road safety management system (RSMS), which...

Pedestrians are the group most at risk to be involved in a road crash, especially children and young people (World Health Organization, 2023). In the...

Nearly 1.2 million people die annually on roads around the world, a problem recognized by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic. An organized...

As part of the AfroSAFE project, national guidelines for Black Spot Management (BSM) were developed for Tanzania and Zambia, and guidelines for Network Safety Management...

Traffic fatality rate (per population) in Africa is the worst among all world regions, and is 4 times higher than in EU-countries. In recent years,...

The study compares negative transport outcomes and influencing factors among pedestrians in three African countries (Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia) with three European countries with record of...

The “Guide for Safe School Zone Infrastructure” is a comprehensive document developed to address the critical issue of road safety around school zones in Uganda....

The report focuses on the critical role of post-crash response in mitigating fatalities and injuries, with a specific emphasis on the "Golden Hour"—the first 60...

This report is a case study-based examination of the information and approaches that can be used to counter some of the most significant myths and...

In order to meet the long term road safety policy goals laid down in the 1980's by the by the so called "Meerjarenplannen Verkeersveiligheid" (MPV,...

Effective road safety management requires a comprehensive and evidence-based approach that incorporates the latest research, best practices and leadership. Austroads project Best Practice Guidance in...

There were an estimated 1.19 million road traffic deaths in 2021 – a 5% drop when compared to the 1.25 million deaths in 2010. More...

Le présent Rapport de situation sur la sécurité routière dans le monde 2023 (cinquième édition depuis 2009) (1-4) présente des résultats très importants dans la...

This Country and Territory profile report accompanies the main WHO Global status report on road safety 2023 (1). It contains country profiles for the 194...

Africa continues to sustain significantly high road traffic fatality rates, which can be reduced through fast-tracked investment in road safety measures. Responding to this crisis,...

L’Afrique continue d’enregistrer des taux de mortalité routière considérablement élevés qu’il est possible de réduire grâce à des investissements accélérés dans les mesures de sécurité...

Despite the progress made in the countries and territories of the Eastern Mediterranean Region, it still has the second-highest road traffic death rate in the...

The National Road Safety Action Plan (2024- 2028) provides the national strategic direction for road safety strategies implementation for the next five years. This will...

The high number of road traffic accidents in South Africa and its associated consequences - has a significant impact on society which continues to hamper...

Ni faraja kwangu kushuhudia uzinduzi wa Mpango huu wa Kitaifa wa Usalama Barabarani, ulioandaliwa na Baraza la Taifa la Usalama Barabarani, ukiwa ni mpango wa...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th of May 2018...

Road traffic injury has been a persistent and worsening public health issue across Africa. From 2000 to 2019, the number of road traffic deaths steadily...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th May 2018 confirmed...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th May 2018 confirmed...

This deliverable, within the European funded project AfroSAFE, has reviewed the existing standards and regulations concerning vehicle import and registration in three African countries –...

This recommendations for vehicle safety and training material contains a review of the status of current vehicle safety regulations in Africa. Vehicles in this report...

As part of the HORIZON EUROPE project AfroSAFE: Safe System for radical improvement of road safety in low- and middle-income African countries, a review of...

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been experiencing growth in vehicle travel and mobility but have not yet realized road safety gains experienced by high-income...

Managing speed is one of the most powerful and cost-effective ways to achieve road safety. It has the potential to reduce crash frequency and severity,...

One of the challenges that we often face in conceptualising safety of the road transport system is the way in which it is a completely...

New road projects are constantly being planned and implemented that do not fully exploit the possibility to improve road safety by better design. This can...

The management of speed remains one of the biggest challenges facing road safety practitioners around the world and calls for a concerted, long-term, multidisciplinary response....

Globally, road traffic crashes kill approximately 1.3 million people every year – more than two every minute – with nine in ten deaths occurring in...

Road traffic injuries kill approximately 1.3 million people every year – more than two every minute – with nine in ten deaths occurring in low-and...

The safety of a country’s roads has a direct impact on the health of the population. It influences the well-being of the country’s citizens as...

This is the second National Road Safety Strategy (NRSS) that has been developed for the period 2022 - 2030 to facilitate the implementation and enhancement...

The ‘Ten Step Plan for Safer Road Infrastructure’ framework was developed in 2019 by the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) ‘Safer Roads and Mobility’...

The ‘Ten Step Plan for Safer Road Infrastructure’ framework was developed in 2019 by the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration ‘Safer Roads and Mobility’ group....

To address the scourge resulting from road crashes, in August 2020 the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a resolution, proclaiming the Decade of Action...

This executive summary provides an overview of the challenges and recommendations for establishing safe school zones in low-income countries, with a focus on road traffic...

Increasing motorization worldwide has brought increases in road traffic crashes and injuries to vehicle occupants, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. One of the most...

Alcohol plays a cultural and social role in many societies. However, the harmful effects of alcohol that are experienced in many aspects of daily life...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th May 2018 confirmed...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th May 2018 confirmed...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th May 2018 confirmed...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th May 2018 confirmed...

A Safe System approach differs from more traditional approaches such as black spot management or crash clustering methods in that it is more proactive and...

The mandate of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MoPWT) is that of "ensuring the provision and maintenance of public infrastructure to the satisfaction...

This policy and regulatory framework assessment reviews the current road safety policies in four African countries: Rwanda, Ghana, Zambia, and South Africa. It aims to...

This toolkit for mitigating road safety crashes reviews the current road safety policies in four African countries: Rwanda, Ghana, Zambia, and South Africa. It aims...

Over the past decade, the significant mulOsectoral costs of road fataliOes and injuries globally, and parOcularly in Africa, have been repeatedly emphasized (WHO, 2018). The...

This report documents the findings from an international study tour undertaken as part of the Federal HighwayAdministration’s Office of International Programs, to research Australian and...

The correlation between speed and injury crashes has been well documented throughout the scientific literature on traffic safety, and achieving lower speeds has been proven...

Road traffic accidents rank eighth among global causes of death. Traffic-related deaths and injuries contribute immense burdens to the global economy [1]. Ample evidence exists...

Professionals and practitioners across the road safety sector have understood for decades that enhancing the level of safety experienced by all who use our road...

Road Note 31 was first published in 1962 and revised in 1966, 1977 and then in 1993 as the fourth edition. Each edition was published...

The overview of illustrative examples of road safety measures in LMICs as described in this report is a follow up of an earlier WG activity,...

Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death globally for children and young adults between the ages of 5 and 29. Every year around...

The safety of a country’s roads has a direct impact on the health of the population. It influences the well-being of the country’s citizens as...

The Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018 (RVSA) replaced the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 (MVSA) and commenced in full on 1 July 2021. On this...

Road traffic fatalities and injuries are a global concern acknowledged in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an African concern acknowledged in the African...

Accurate road safety data are needed to understand road safety challenges in a country, design effective road safety policies, set appropriate targets, and monitor progress....

Science has shown that implementing a Safe System approach is the most effective and efficient way to improve road safety. However, introducing a Safe System...

Road crashes account for an estimated 1.35 million deaths and 50 million injuries worldwide each year, with over 90 percent of the reported deaths occurring...

Road traffic crashes kill approximately 1.3 million people every year - more than two every minute - with nine in ten deaths occurring in LMICs....

The South African Road Federation (SARF) undertook a total risk assessment of initially 89 schools in Mogale City considering the road environment, socio economic aspects...

The Ten Step Plan for Safer Road Infrastructure Project is jointly funded by the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) and by the Foreign Commonwealth...

The Ten Step Plan was produced in 2020 by the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) Safer Roads and Mobility Group partners. The plan is...

The National Road Safety Action Plan seeks to provide for the Development, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of interventions aimed at improving Road Safety in Uganda.

Globally, about 1.3 million people die every year in road traffic crashes and about 50 million are injured. For long, the death toll on roads...

Se necesitan datos precisos en materia de seguridad vial para comprender los retos de la seguridad vial de un país, diseñar políticas eficaces de seguridad...

The cost of road crashes is important in the safety debate in Australia, and the economic cost of road crashes informs road safety policy and...

This guide supports you to prepare a city road safety strategy which is capable of significantly and sustainably improving road safety in your city, and...

Road traffic crashes result in an estimated 1.35 million deaths and 50 million injuries worldwide per year with over 90 percent of these occurring in...

This guide supports you to prepare a city road safety strategy which is capable of significantly and sustainably improving road safety in your city, and...

African cities are growing at an extraordinary rate. Unfortunately, many cities are growing so fast that national, provincial, and city governments cannot manage how they...

This road safety strategy has been prepared to tackle a problem which is causing significant human misery and significant economic losses in The Gambia.

Issuing penalties for traffic offences is a key component of behaviour change techniques which have been used extensively in many jurisdictions. The use of penalties...

Les sanctions visant à punir les infractions au Code de la route constituent une composante essentielle des méthodes axées sur le changement de comportement, largement...

This Technical Guide has been developed to complement an international programme of work undertaken by the Global Road Safety Partnership to improve the safety of...

This Global Plan has been developed by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Regional Commissions, in cooperation with partners in the United Nations...

Le présent Plan mondial a été élaboré par l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé et les commissions régionales des Nations Unies, en coopération avec les partenaires...

Esta Guía Técnica se ha elaborado como complemento de un programa internacional de trabajo emprendido por la Asociación Mundial para la Seguridad Vial con el...

Este Plano Global foi desenvolvido pela Organização Mundial da Saúde e pelas Comissões Regionais das Nações Unidas, em cooperação com parceiros na Colaboração das Nações...

Se necesitan datos precisos en materia de seguridad vial para comprender los retos de la seguridad vial de un país, diseñar políticas eficaces de seguridad...

iRAP and its partners have developed a suite of tools that use the iRAP methodology to support infrastructure safety management globally and locally.

In 2019 the European Commission elaborated a list of Key Performance Indicators for road safety, further called ‘KPIs’. These KPIs are defined and discussed in...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th of May 2018...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th of May 2018...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th of May 2018...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th May 2018 confirmed...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th May 2018 confirmed...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th May 2018 confirmed...

The Communication of the European Commission “Europe on the Move – Sustainable Mobility for Europe: safe, connected and clean” of the 13th of May 2018...

The ESRA project (E-Survey of Road users’ Attitudes) is a joint initiative of research organisations and road safety institutes across 60 countries aiming at collecting...

The Safe System approach is exciting, promising and achievable. Behavioral highway safety and road users can and should be a part of it. State Highway...

Accurate road safety data are needed to understand road safety challenges in a country, design effective road safety policies, set appropriate targets, and monitor progress.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) recognises the high social and economic costs of road deaths and injuries. The EBRD supports the aims...

The Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 was characterized by concerted efforts at the global and African continental levels to curb road traffic injuries...

This booklet highlights a few examples of GRSF’s effective delivery of global road safety solutions for the period of 2017-2019. Since the f irst volume...

Road traffic crashes are a global health epidemic. Despite some positive achievements over the last decade, and a general stabilisation in the numbers of road...

An estimated 1.35 million people are killed, and around 50 million injured, every year in road traffic crashes, which makes poor road safety one of...

The trends of road crash in Africa is on the increase with close to 300,000 annual road deaths. The African region has the highest road...

This guide has been prepared to assist a jurisdiction to determine the level of readiness to move to automated enforcement (AE). Speed cameras enforcing speed...

The voluntary global performance targets for road safety risk factors and service delivery mechanisms are a means to enable countries to monitor and report on...

Every minute, someone in the world dies in urban traffic. To stop this, cities have taken a leadership role in the battle for road safety....

This design guide for kids supports cities in the design of streets as a public space of social encounter, equity, and inclusion. It considers the...

At the heart of the Towards Zero [Deaths and Injuries] vision is the belief that no one should be killed or seriously injured from using...

Every minute, someone in the world dies in urban traffic. To put the brakes on needless road deaths, cities are taking the lead in the...

Post-collision response is a topic which is often neglected in road safety discourse. The majority of road safety policies and efforts are directed towards preventing...

2019 SSATP Annual Meeting, Victoria Falls

The International Transport Forum collected mobility and road safety data from 31 cities, the majority of which in Europe, 10 in the Americas and 2...

The “Safe System” approach requires a shift in responsibility from the people using roads to the people designing them. It is a systemic approach that...

The most recent Global Status Report on Road Safety by the World Health Organization (2015) highlights Africa as the region with the highest rate of...

Road safety is a challenge of epidemic proportions. With 1.25 million people killed on the world’s roads each year and another 20-50 million seriously injured,...

Road safety has greatly improved in recent decades as the number of road fatalities has steadily decreased (European Commission, 2018a). However, this trend is not...

Aimed at halving road traffic deaths and injuries by 2020 and providing access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all by 2030,...

This book provides an introduction to many of the fundamental concepts of road safety. These concepts cover areas such as the nature of road safety...

One of the most pressing issues facing modern society today, both globally and particularly within the South African context is road safety. By 2030, road...

The Global Street Design Guide, developed by NACTO’s Global Designing Cities Initiative and supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, marked a step toward changing the old road...

Road traffic injuries are the ninth leading cause of death globally, claiming the lives of more than a million people each year on the roads...

The effective use of media in advocacy is an integral element of a policy advocacy campaign. Strategic utilization of the media can help create a...

Identifying the target audiences you need to engage through your media advocacy in order to meet your objectives is an important first step in your...

A critical component of your advocacy campaign is the development and delivery of the messages to communicate your policy goals to the people who can...

Campaigns to change road safety policy and legislation can take many years. As campaigns unfold, it is essential to assess progress at regular intervals to...

The media advocacy action plan is the centrepiece of your media advocacy work. Drawing from your overall advocacy campaign plan, it serves as the central...

Choosing the right messenger is as important as crafting the right message. In all media advocacy work it is vitally important to take some time...

Every year 1.25 million people die on the road and many more are seriously injured. A new and ambitious target lies ahead of us: halving...

The Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011–2020) was established by UN General Assembly Resolution 64/255 (2010) to accelerate coordinated international action aimed at reducing...

Whilst physical factors are conditions of geomehy and dynamics at the interface between vehicles and the road it is well known that Human Factors of...

To move a road safety issue onto the policy agenda and through the policy-making process you will need to develop and implement a strategic advocacy...

An action plan provides a practical roadmap for achieving your campaign goal and is a critical part of the campaign process. An action plan helps...

Setting policy priorities should be the first step of your policy advocacy campaign. These priorities describe the change you want to see happen and provide...

The enactment of a strong, effective road safety policy is an important victory. However, passage of a law doesn’t signal the end of a policy...

Since 2012 the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed and led an annual workshop to support countries in the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Programme...

Depuis 2012, l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) anime chaque année un atelier qu’elle a mis au point à l’intention des pays participant au Bloomberg...

Desde 2012, a Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) tem preparado e organizado seminários anuais destinados a ajudar os países do Programa Mundial de Segurança Viária...

The National Road Safety Strategy (NRSS) was released in May 2011 and is based firmly on Safe System principles. At its core is the aspiration...

This report provides model national guidance on implementing reduced speed limits on roads with high risk of severe crashes, which cannot be reasonably treated with...

This updated edition has been prepared to complement the previous guidelines issued by the World Bank that were designed to support the successful implementation of...

Many countries carry out so called road safety reviews others call them road safety audits of existing roads.

Governments and authorities at different levels invest a great deal of money and effort in changing the behaviour of road users. Road safety campaigns are...

In 2001, 50,000 people were killed on roads in the countries that today make up the European Union. In order to maintain sustainable development within...

Road safety campaigns play an integral part in the effort to improve road safety and thus reducing the number and/or severity of road accidents. The...

The main objective of RIPCORD-iSEREST Workpackage 5 (WP5) was to formulate good practice guidelines for implementing road safety inspections (RSI) in the European context. Conclusions...