Improving Global Road Safety : Towards Equitable and Sustainable Development, Guidelines for Country Road Safety Engagement

The sheer scale of health losses from road crashes makes road safety a development priority for the health and transport sectors of low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Poorer population groups bear a disproportionate burden of these health losses which are generally influenced by socio-economic factors and other social and environmental determinants, and increasing emphasis is being placed on global health promotion and equity as a core, crosscutting development strategy. Country development aims to promote higher living standards for all, with an emphasis on improved health, education and people's ability to participate in the economy and society. Improving road safety in LMICs contributes to the achievement of these development goals by addressing the vulnerability of citizens to catastrophic death and injury arising from road crashes and requires large-scale investments in infrastructure, institutions, vehicle fleets and the health and wellbeing of individuals. World Bank road safety projects have usually been components of larger road infrastructure and urban transport investment operations, and implemented as fragmented, single-sector initiatives. However, it became evident that a focus on measurable results and longer-term sustainability was critical to success. Hence the World Bank is now promoting safe system road safety projects that aim to simultaneously strengthen institutional capacity and accountability while seeking rapid improvements in safety performance for all road users. Country guidelines have been prepared to support this new approach. This report summarizes such guidelines for country road safety engagement.

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Main Authors:	Bliss, Tony, Raffo, Veronica
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCIDENT RESEARCH, AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT, AIR, CARBON TRANSPORT, CHAMBERS, COMMUNITIES, COVERS, CRASH DATA, CRASH FATALITIES, CRASH FATALITY, CRASH FATALITY RATE, CRASH INJURIES, CRASH PREVENTION, CRASHES, CRASHWORTHINESS, CYCLING, CYCLISTS, DEVELOPMENT STATUS, DRIVER DISTRACTION, DRIVER LICENSES, DRIVING, DRUNK DRIVING, ECONOMIC PROGRESS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, FRAMEWORK, GENDER, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HEALTH PROMOTION, HEAT, HELMETS, HIGHWAY, HOSPITALS, IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD SAFETY, IMPROVEMENT OF ROAD SAFETY, INCIDENT RESPONSE, INCOME, INJURY, INJURY CONTROL, INJURY DATA, INJURY PREVENTION, INJURY REDUCTIONS, INJURY SURVEILLANCE, INSURANCE COMPANIES, INTERNATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC, INTERNATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT DATABASE, INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, INTERVENTIONS, JUNCTIONS, LOCAL AIR POLLUTION, LOCAL AIR QUALITY, MASS, MOBILITY, MUNICIPAL ROAD, MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC, NATIONAL HIGHWAYS, NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY, NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY, NATIONAL ROADS, NATIONAL TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANS, POLICE, POPULATION GROUPS, POST CRASH, PROMOTION OF ROAD SAFETY, PROVINCIAL ROADS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, QUALITY CONTROL, RADIO, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ROAD, ROAD ACCIDENT, ROAD CRASH, ROAD CRASHES, ROAD DEATHS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD NETWORKS, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD SAFETY ACTION, ROAD SAFETY ACTIVITIES, ROAD SAFETY AGENCY, ROAD SAFETY AUDIT, ROAD SAFETY AWARENESS, ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION, ROAD SAFETY EFFORT, ROAD SAFETY EFFORTS, ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES, ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT, ROAD SAFETY POLICIES, ROAD SAFETY PROBLEMS, ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMS, ROAD SAFETY PROJECTS, ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH, ROAD SYSTEM, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES, ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES, ROAD USER, ROAD USERS, ROADS, ROUNDABOUTS, SAFER ROAD, SAFER ROADS, SAFETY BELTS, SAFETY DATA, SAFETY FEATURES, SAFETY INITIATIVES, SAFETY MEASURES, SAFETY OUTCOMES, SAFETY PERFORMANCE, SEAT BELT, SETTING OUT, SIGNS, SPEED, SPEED CONTROL, SPEED CONTROLS, SPEED LIMIT, SPEED LIMITS, STRUCTURAL FORMS, STRUCTURES, SUSTAINABLE SAFETY, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, TOOLS, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, TRAFFIC AGENTS, TRAFFIC CONTROL, TRAFFIC CRASHES, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, TRAFFIC INJURIES, TRAFFIC LEGISLATION, TRAFFIC POLICE, TRAFFIC RULES, TRAFFIC SAFETY, TRAFFIC SYSTEM, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT INVESTMENT, TRANSPORT RESEARCH, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORTATION, UNDERPINNING, URBAN AREAS, URBAN TRANSPORT, VEHICLE, VEHICLE FLEET, VEHICLE FLEETS, VEHICLE INSURANCE, VEHICLE KILOMETERS, VEHICLE SAFETY, VEHICLE SPEEDS, VEHICLES, WALKING, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18844850/improving-global-road-safety-towards-equitable-sustainable-development-guidelines-country-road-safety-engagement https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17627
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