Making Roads Safer

Every year, nearly 1.3 million people worldwide are killed in road crashes, which have become the leading cause of death among people between the ages of fifteen and twenty-nine. More than 90 percent of the world s road fatalities occur in developing countries, and half of the accident victims are pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. Road accidents disproportionately affect the poor, making road safety an economic development issue. Many crash victims are of working age, and their death or serious injury too frequently leaves their dependents destitute. Governments in poorer countries have assumed they cannot act to reduce death rates until they are wealthier. However, many of today s road safety measures can be implemented relatively inexpensively to reduce death rates, if managed correctly. The United Nations (UN) invited the World Health Organization (WHO) to coordinate a drive to improve road safety globally. It also proclaimed a decade of action for road safety (2011 2020) to stabilize and then reduce the level of traffic fatalities and serious injuries around the world. More than 100 countries as well as multilateral development banks, including the World Bank, support the interventions. The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) is aware of the rapidly worsening road safety situation in the developing world and efforts by the Bank's transport sector to encourage the use of best practices in road projects. This study, a pioneering learning product created by IEG in cooperation with transport operational staff and the Bank s Global Road Safety Facility (GRSF), aims to provide useful knowledge to Bank operational staff involved with road safety, to support Bank and client countries in fine tuning their road safety strategies and practices, and to support the acceleration of the Bank s operational road safety agenda.

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Main Author: Independent Evaluation Group
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:ACCELERATION, ACCIDENT BLACK SPOT, ACCIDENT DATA, ACCIDENT DATA SYSTEMS, ACCIDENT RATE, ACCIDENT RATES, ACCIDENT REPORTING, ACCIDENT SEVERITY, ACCIDENT STATISTICS, AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT, AIR, AIRBAGS, AMBULANCES, ASPHALT, AUTOMOBILE, AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATIONS, BITUMEN, BLACK SPOTS, BRAKING, BRAKING SYSTEMS, BRIDGE, BUS, BUSES, CAR, CAR DRIVERS, CAR MANUFACTURERS, CARS, CLIMATE CHANGE, COLLISIONS, COMMUNITIES, COST EFFECTIVENESS, COST OF ROAD CRASHES, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS, CRASH BARRIERS, CRASH CARE, CRASH PREVENTION, CRASH VICTIMS, CRASHES, CYCLISTS, DESCRIPTION, DRIVING RATES, DRUNK DRIVING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, EMERGENCY VEHICLES, FATALITIES, FATALITY, FATALITY RATE, FOOTBRIDGES, FRAMEWORK, GREENHOUSE GAS, HEAVY VEHICLE, HEAVY VEHICLES, HELMET USE, HELMETS, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY DESIGN, HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT, HIGHWAY PROJECT, HIGHWAY PROJECTS, HIGHWAYS, IMPACT TESTS, IMPLEMENTATION OF ROAD SAFETY, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INJURY, INJURY PREVENTION, INJURY RATES, INSURANCE COMPANIES, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, INVESTMENT IN ROAD SAFETY, LANES, LENGTH OF ROAD, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, MAIN ROAD, MINIBUS, MOBILITY, MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTORCYCLES, MOTORCYCLISTS, MOTORIZED TRANSPORT, NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY, NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY, NATIONAL TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, PEDESTRIANS, POLICE, PROMOTING ROAD SAFETY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, RAIL, RATE OF RETURN, ROAD, ROAD ACCIDENT, ROAD ACCIDENT FATALITIES, ROAD ACCIDENT VICTIMS, ROAD ACCIDENTS, ROAD BUILDING, ROAD CASUALTIES, ROAD CRASH, ROAD CRASHES, ROAD DEATHS, ROAD DESIGN, ROAD ENGINEERING, ROAD IMPROVEMENT, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD INJURY PREVENTION, ROAD INVESTMENT, ROAD LENGTH, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD PROJECTS, ROAD REHABILITATION, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD SAFETY ACTION, ROAD SAFETY ACTION PLAN, ROAD SAFETY ACTIONS, ROAD SAFETY ACTIVITIES, ROAD SAFETY ACTIVITY, ROAD SAFETY AGENCY, ROAD SAFETY CONFERENCE, ROAD SAFETY CRISIS, ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION, ROAD SAFETY ELEMENTS, ROAD SAFETY GUIDELINES, ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES, ROAD SAFETY ISSUES, ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT, ROAD SAFETY MEASURES, ROAD SAFETY POLICY, ROAD SAFETY PROGRAMS, ROAD SAFETY PROJECTS, ROAD SAFETY SITUATION, ROAD SAFETY SPECIALIST, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD SYSTEM, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES, ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITY, ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROAD USER, ROAD USER EDUCATION, ROAD USERS, ROADS, ROUTES, RURAL ROADS, SAFER ROADS, SAFETY AUDITS, SAFETY CAMPAIGNS, SAFETY DATA, SAFETY ENGINEERING, SAFETY FEATURES, SAFETY FUNDING, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, SAFETY INITIATIVES, SAFETY ISSUES, SAFETY KNOWLEDGE, SAFETY OF TRANSPORT, SAFETY OUTCOMES, SAFETY PROBLEM, SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, SANITATION, SEAT BELT, SEAT BELT USE, SEAT BELTS, SHARING, SIDEWALKS, SLOW TRAFFIC, SPEED, SPEED BUMPS, SPEED CONTROL, SPEED CONTROLS, SPEEDS, STRUCTURES, SURFACING, SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, TAXIS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC CONTROL, TRAFFIC CRASHES, TRAFFIC DEATHS, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, TRAFFIC FATALITIES, TRAFFIC FATALITY RATE, TRAFFIC FATALITY RATES, TRAFFIC INJURIES, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC POLICE, TRAFFIC SAFETY, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, TRAFFIC SPEEDS, TRAFFIC SYSTEM, TRAFFIC VOLUME, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT EVALUATION, TRANSPORT FACILITATION, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT PLANNING, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT STRATEGY, TRANSPORT STUDIES, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORT USERS, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, TRUE, TYPES OF TRAFFIC, URBAN ROAD, URBAN TRANSPORT, VEHICLE, VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, VEHICLE INSPECTIONS, VEHICLE REGULATIONS, VEHICLE SAFETY, VEHICLES, VULNERABLE ROAD USERS, WEALTH,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/24321748/learning-roads-safer-learning-world-banks-experience
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21821
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