The GRSP is delighted to announce that Emeritus Professor Barry Watson has been elected Chair of the Global Road Safety Partnership during the annual Steering Committee meeting that took place on June 17. Barry is a global road safety expert affiliated with the Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q), Queensland University…
Dubai, 15 May 2025 – The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) has been awarded the prestigious Excellence in Road Safety Award at the World Police Summit, held in Dubai. The award recognises GRSP’s outstanding contributions to advancing evidence-based road policing through its flagship initiative, the Road Policing Executive Leadership Course (RPELC). The World Police Summit,…
The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) invites organizations from the private sector, NGOs, government agencies, and police to join us in a shared mission to create a world free from road crash deaths and injuries. As a globally focused road safety programme hosted within the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC),…
The Fourth Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety convened in Marrakech, Morocco, from 18 to 20 February 2025, under the theme “Commit to Life.” This pivotal gathering brought together leaders and experts from over 100 countries to accelerate actions aimed at halving global road deaths and injuries by 2030, as outlined in the United Nations…
Motorcycle helmets for riders and passengers are a critical component of improving road safety in every country. Research clearly shows that wearing a properly fastened, certified motorcycle helmet meeting robust international safety standards can reduce the risk of death by more than six times and reduce the risk of brain injury by up to 74%…
In early December, the GRSP member and partner, Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) won the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for its Bridgestone Road Safety Program (BSRP). The BSRP has been a long journey that GRSP and Bridgestone have undertaken in partnership some five years ago. This integrated strategy aligns road safety interventions with best practices for…
10 December 2024 – London, UK — Auckland Transport has been honoured with a prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award in London, recognising its outstanding achievements in road safety through the implementation of its Safe Speeds Programme. This award, endorsed by an international panel of judges, highlights Auckland Transport’s significant contribution to aligning speed…
The Africa Road Safety Seminar 2024, held on October 8 and 9 in Nairobi, was a great success. Organized by the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) and the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), in association with our partners at the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), the event saw the presence of over 200 participants from…
A coalition of leading academics, health professionals, and road safety experts from New Zealand and around the world have issued an urgent open letter (READ HERE) to the Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, voicing serious concerns about the draft Speed Rule, which proposes widespread speed limit increases across many New Zealand roads. The letter,…
GRSP wishes to acknowledge the sad passing of David Silcock, who was a former GRSP CEO and much respected member of the road safety community. David had rich road safety experience that he brought when he first joined a GRSP project team in February 2000 and went on to become its first CEO in April…
The outcome of increased speed limits in New Zealand will be far greater numbers needlessly killed and seriously injured in preventable crashes. To implement policies that directly contradict ‘safe system’ principles undermines ongoing commitments to UN Political Declarations and Resolutions that were unanimously agreed at the UN General Assembly. Well done to Mava Moayyed &…
The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), a global road safety international organisation based in Switzerland that has been leading road safety work internationally for over 25 years has expressed its grave concerns about the increase in road trauma that will occur if the draft Speed Rule is approved and speeds increase. The GRSP, in their…
The Limpopo Road Safety Programme (LRSP), in collaboration with the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), Road Safety Partnership South Africa (RSPSA) and the South African Red Cross, has provided VIA training to 21 road safety facilitators who will facilitate road safety education in 22 selected schools across the Musina and Blouberg Municipalities. The VIA training,…
Road traffic crashes are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, causing approximately 1.19 million deaths annually and between 20-50 million non-fatal injuries. International SOS global assistance data from 2021 to 2024 reveals car, bus and truck crashes as the leading cause of road crashes assistance requests, accounting for nearly 38% of all cases….
The GRSP Signpost is our quarterly newsletter designed to share with you the important work both GRSP and other road safety actors are doing all around the globe. By sharing successes and challenges, we hope to encourage others to join the effort to reduce the unacceptable burden of road crash death and injury. Read our…
