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RECENT IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS AT UNITED NATIONS ON ROAD SAFETY AND A GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY TRUST FUND
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The General Assembly of United Nations on 12 April 2018 agreed a number of important steps to support road safety within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Actions agreed include
1. Acceptance of an offer...
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New Practical Guidance for Safety Auditors and Road Designers
Continue ReadingI attach for those road safety colleagues who may be interested, a new document that has been prepared for free distribution as guidance for road design engineers, new safety auditors and safety inspectors working on...
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INSURANCE INDUSTRY AND ROAD SAFETY
Continue ReadingA useful new document for those interested in this area . Unfortunately it does not discuss more radical possibilities of insurance industry getting involved in vehicle inspection /testing or even in driver testing. At present...
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Parliamentarians now mobilising to address global safety problem
Continue ReadingFor those of you who may not yet know, parliamentarians worldwide are being urged to mobilise to address the global road safety problem which is killing 3500 persons per day X 365 days each year....
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Why do more occupants die in car collisions in developing countries? – See this!
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Global car safety organisations Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the New Car Assessment Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean (Latin NCAP), Global New Car Assessment...
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New document on child safety in Africa
Continue ReadingAn excellent new document has just been produced on road safety for Sub Sahara children by the FIA Foundation, the Global Initiative for Child Health and Mobility and AMEND.
This 60-page report
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President’s Welcome note
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Welcome to the International road safety centre (IRSC) and this, my first blog from IRSC. As some of...
Vision
To assist Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) build local capacity and expertise across all 5 UN Decade Pillars of Road Safety thereby facilitating the development of effective and sustainable road safety activities that reduce deaths and injuries on their roads.
Mission Statement
Sharing experience and expertise, and advancing professionalism in all aspects of Road Safety.
Latest Abstracts
Road Safety Audit
Background Road crashes are a major social and economic problem around the world and many stakeholders are engaged in trying to improve the situation. In the autumn of 2009, Ministers and…
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Black Spot Management
Crashes have multiple contributory factors but it is often clear that there are some parts of every road network where there is an unusually high frequency of road crashes. These…
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1.Azerbaijan
"...We have seen many innovative activities which we will try to implement in our country. The main idea of this work is to save people’s lives and make sure that people do not suffer from...
2.Moldova
"... It is the first time in my life that I have been in such a place. I liked how they are doing their job. Everything is clear and well established there. Their methods of psychological influence on drivers is...
4.Kazakhstan
"It is a new experience and we will make thorough analysis of what we have seen after having returned to our country because having an opportunity to see a more professional training, driving in specific...