Compendium of papers : First African Road Safety Congress, Nairobi, Kenya, 27-30 August 1984

Road accidents are a rapidly increasing problem in Africa. Death, disablement and human suffering are the meaning direct effects of this development which in addition consumes scarce economic resources and foreign exchange required for other and better purposes. The Compendium of Papers has been edited in accordance with the agenda of the meeting. Following the introduction all speeches and statements of the opening session appear in Part 1. Papers on road safety problems in Africa follow in Part 2 of the Compendium, which has been divided into three sections including respectively general statements, the Kenya experience and road safety work in other countries. Part 3 of the Compendium comprises papers on financing of road safety measures, whereas Part 4 reflects the discussions concerning the health aspects of road accidents. Road safety activities and results in the industrialized countries are described in Part 5 of the Compendium. This has been divided into four sections, namely traffic safety in Europe, effective Nordic action against abusive use of alcohol, highway safety in the Americas and transfer of technology and techniques to Africa.

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Format:	Working paper biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	1984
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10855/892
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