Safe Roads Matter

This guide sets the scene for establishing strong foundations for road safety action and examples of practical solutions and actions

Abstract

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 deaths when considered against the increasing global population and rapid motorisation trends over the same period, there is still a very long way to go and much to be done to reach the global targets.

This policy guide provides some background and context on the problem and who is at risk. It sets the scene for establishing strong foundations for road safety action and examples of practical solutions and actions that can be taken now if we are to save lives and prevent injury.

Everyone should find the guidance useful – but it specifically targets policy-makers and key decision-takers in lower income countries where the risk of a road traffic death is more than three times higher than in high-income countries. Here too, it is the vulnerable road users – pedestrians, particularly children and young people, cyclists and motorcyclists who are exposed to the highest risk from road travel.

This is an output of the High Volume Transport Applied Research Programme

Citation

Road Safety Foundation. Safe Roads Matter. 2020. Available from: http://transport-links.com/download/safe-roads-matter/

Safe Roads Matter

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Published 11 February 2020